Shloka 38

Adhyāya 39 — त्रिगुणविवेकः (Discrimination of the Three Guṇas) and Avyakta-Doctrine

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपव॑के अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वनें गुरु-शिष्य- संवादविषयक अड़तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrī-mahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antargata anugītā-parvaṇe guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda-viṣayaka aṣṭātriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ บทที่สามสิบแปด อันว่าด้วยบทสนทนาระหว่างครูกับศิษย์ ในส่วนอนุคีตา ซึ่งอยู่ภายในอัศวเมธิกปรวะแห่งศรีมหาภารตะ อันเป็นคัมภีร์อันเคารพยิ่ง ก็สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वणिin the Ashvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतेcontained within

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita Parva

गुरुशिष्यसंवादविषयकःconcerning the teacher-disciple dialogue

अष्टत्रिंशत्तमःthirty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

Guru

Śiṣya

Vāyudeva (as speaker attribution)

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes that the preceding material is framed as a guru–śiṣya (teacher–disciple) dialogue within the Anugītā, underscoring the Mahābhārata’s ethical instruction being transmitted through disciplined learning and inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes a chapter, stating that the thirty-eighth chapter on the teacher–disciple dialogue in the Anugītā section (within the Aśvamedhika Parva) has been completed; it functions as an editorial/narrative marker of completion.