Shloka 24

Garuḍa, the Brāhmaṇa’s Release, and Kaśyapa’s Counsel

Gajakacchapa-ākhyāna Prelude

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमयह़्ा भातत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपव॑र्में गरुडचरित्रविषयक चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparva-ke antargata Āstīkaparva-meṃ Garuḍa-caritra-viṣayaka caturviṃśatitam adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Так завершается двадцать четвёртая глава, повествующая о деяниях Гаруды (Garuḍa), в разделе Астика (Āstīka) «Ади-парвы» (Ādi Parva) почитаемой «Махабхараты». Этот колофон знаменует окончание одной повествовательной части и приглашает слушателя задуматься о том, как образцовые поступки и их последствия вплетены в нравственное наставление в рамках великого, основанного на дхарме, замысла эпоса.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाin the venerable Mahabharata

भारतin the Bharata (Mahabharata)

आदिin the beginning (Adi)

पर्वकेin the Parva (book/section)

अन्तर्गतcontained within

आस्तीकAstika (name)

पर्वणिin the Parva (section)

गरुडof Garuda

चरित्रof the story/deeds

विषयकconcerning

चतुर्विंशतितमःtwenty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Āstīka Parva

Garuḍa

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches how the Mahābhārata organizes moral reflection through clearly bounded narrative units. By marking completion, it encourages the reader to pause and consider the ethical implications of the Garuḍa narrative within the broader dharma framework of the Ādi Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new event occurs here; it is an editorial closing statement indicating that the chapter focused on Garuḍa’s account has concluded within the Āstīka section of the Ādi Parva.