Shloka 48

Adhyāya 48: Brahmopadeśa on Prāṇāyāma, Sāttvika Vṛtti, and the Sattva–Kṣetrajña Question

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि गुरुशिष्यसंवादे अष्टचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi guruśiṣyasaṃvāde aṣṭacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତେ ଆଶ୍ୱମେଧିକ ପର୍ବରେ ଅନୁଗୀତା ପର୍ବରେ ଗୁରୁ-ଶିଷ୍ୟ ସଂବାଦର ଅଷ୍ଟଚାଳିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिके: in the Ashvamedhika (parvan)
• आश्वमेधिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita sub-parvan
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गुरुशिष्यसंवादे: in the dialogue of teacher and disciple
• गुरुशिष्यसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुशिष्यसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टचत्वारिंशः: forty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टचत्वारिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītāparvan
• Guru
• Śiṣya
• Vāyudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it highlights the ethical importance of knowledge being transmitted through the guru–disciple relationship, where dharma is preserved by orderly teaching, attentive learning, and the completion of instruction in a disciplined textual form.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of Chapter 48 within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva, specifically within a guru–disciple dialogue attributed here to Vāyudeva as speaker; it functions as a formal closure and organizational marker in the Gita Press edition.