Shloka 48

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें गुरु-शिष्य- संवादविषयक अड़तालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāra śrīmahābhārata āśvamedhikaparvake antargata anugītāparvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda-viṣayaka aṣṭacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு, ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் ஆஶ்வமேதிகப் பர்வத்தில் உள்ள அனுகீதா பகுதியிலே, குரு–சிஷ்ய உரையாடல் தொடர்பான நாற்பத்தெட்டாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वकेin the Ashvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita Parva

गुरुशिष्यसंवादविषयकconcerning the teacher-disciple dialogue

अष्टचत्वारिंशत्तमःforty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

Guru

Śiṣya

Vāyudeva (speaker attribution)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s pedagogical framing of dharma through a guru–śiṣya dialogue, marking the completion of a unit of ethical-spiritual instruction within the Anugītā.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the forty-eighth chapter of the Anugītā section inside the Aśvamedhika Parva, indicating that the preceding teacher–disciple conversation has concluded at this point.