Shloka 26

अन्तर्वन-विद्यारण्योपमा

The Allegory of the Inner Forest of Knowledge

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi brāhmaṇa-gītā-viṣayaka ṣaḍviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon nagwakas ang ikadalawampu’t anim na kabanata hinggil sa paksang “Awit ng Brahmana,” sa loob ng bahaging Anugītā ng Aśvamedhika Parva ng banal na Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिक: Ashvamedhika (pertaining to the Ashvamedha)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वके: in the Parva-section
• पर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीता: in the Anugita
• अनुगीता: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the sub-parva/section
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणगीता: Brahmana-gita (the 'song/teaching' of the Brahmana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; on the topic of
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• षड्विंशतितमः: twenty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरितः: completed; finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā Parva
• Brāhmaṇa (speaker/teaching figure)
• Brāhmaṇa-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as the completed twenty-sixth chapter of the Brāhmaṇa-gītā topic within the Anugītā. Its function is to mark closure and to situate the ethical/spiritual instruction within the epic’s larger structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses to record a formal end-of-chapter notice. It indicates that the discourse attributed to the brāhmaṇa speaker has reached the end of its twenty-sixth chapter within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva.