Shloka 40

Adhyāya 40: Brahmā on Mahān (The Great Principle) and the All-Pervading Puruṣa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि गुरुशिष्यसंवादे चत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi guruśiṣyasaṃvāde catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இதி ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதே அச்வமேதிகப் பர்வணி அனுகீதாப் பர்வணி குரு-சிஷ்ய உரையாடலில் நாற்பதாம் அத்தியாயம்.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकेin the Ashvamedhika (parva)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parva)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita-subsection

गुरुशिष्यसंवादेin the dialogue between teacher and disciple

चत्वारिंशःfortieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītāparvan

Guru

Śiṣya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it does not present a new teaching, but formally signals the completion of the fortieth chapter within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva, framed as a guru–disciple dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking a structural boundary—closing the chapter. Although the speaker is noted as Vāyudeva in the surrounding context, this particular sentence functions as an editorial/narrative end-formula rather than direct speech.