Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 45 Shloka 45 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 45

कālacakra-वर्णनम् तथा āśrama-धarma-निरूपणम्

The Wheel of Time and the Norms of the Āśramas

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि गुरुशिष्यसंवादे पज्चचत्वारिंशो5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṃvāde pañcacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītāparvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ paitālīsavāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारतेऽश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि गुरुशिष्यसंवादे पञ्चचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकेin the Ashvamedhika

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita sub-parvan

गुरुशिष्यसंवादेin the dialogue of teacher and disciple

पञ्चचत्वारिंशःforty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā (Anugītāparvan)

Guru (teacher)

Śiṣya (disciple)

Vāyudeva (as speaker label)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter; its implicit teaching is the traditional framing of wisdom as transmitted through a guru–śiṣya (teacher–disciple) dialogue within the Anugītā context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes Anugītā-related Chapter 45 in the Āśvamedhika Parva, identifying the section (Anugītāparvan) and the topic (guru–śiṣya dialogue) and stating that the chapter is concluded.