Shloka 26

Adhyāya 26 — Ekākṣara-Brahman (“Om”) and the Hṛdayastha Guru

Inner Teacher

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि ब्राह्मणगीतासु षड्विंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi brāhmaṇagītāsu ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภาคอัศวเมธิกะ ในตอนอนุคีตา บทที่ยี่สิบหกแห่งพราหมณ์คีตาย่อมสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

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

• ब्राह्मणगीतासु: among/in the Brahmana-songs (Brahmana-gitas)
• ब्राह्मणगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• षड्विंशः: twenty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā
• Brāhmaṇa (speaker/teacher)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: its function is to signal the completion of the Brahmin’s instructional chapter within the Anugītā. The implied pedagogical point is structural—treating the Brahmin’s teaching as a discrete, authoritative unit embedded in the epic’s ethical reflections after the war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Brahmin’s discourse (Brāhmaṇa-gītā) reaches a formal close for chapter 26. The text marks its placement: Mahābhārata → Āśvamedhika Parva → Anugītā section → Brāhmaṇa-gītā → 26th chapter.