Shloka 33

Adhyāya 34: Kṣetrajña-Lakṣaṇa and the Araṇi Metaphor

Mind–Intellect Allegory

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहद्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक तैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrī-mahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi brāhmaṇa-gītā-viṣayaka trayastriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon nagwakas ang ikatatlumpu’t tatlong kabanata ng bahagi ng Brāhmaṇa-Gītā sa loob ng Anugītā sub-parvan, na kabilang sa Āśvamedhika Parva ng kagalang-galang na Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिक: pertaining to the Aśvamedha
• आश्वमेधिक: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

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

• पर्व: in the sub-parvan/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणगीता: in the 'Brāhmaṇa-gītā'
• ब्राह्मणगीता: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• विषयक: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तमः: thirty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/has become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), Third, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्रीमहाभारत (Mahābhārata)
• आश्वमेधिकपर्व (Āśvamedhika Parva)
• अनुगीतापर्व (Anugītā Parva)
• ब्राह्मणगीता (Brāhmaṇa-Gītā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending notice), not a teaching verse. Its function is to mark that the thirty-third chapter on the topic of the Brāhmaṇa-Gītā within the Anugītā section has concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing a chapter within the Āśvamedhika Parva’s Anugītā sub-parvan. It signals a transition point in the compilation/recitation, indicating completion of the specified adhyāya.