Shloka 43

Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka

Book 14, Chapter 43

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि गुरुशिष्यसंवादे त्रिचत्वारिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi guruśiṣyasaṃvāde tricattvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے اشومیدھک پَرو کے تحت انوگیتا پَرو میں گُرو-شِشیہ سنواد کا تینتالیسواں (43واں) ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आश्वमेधिकेin the Aśvamedhika (parvan)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugītā sub-parvan

गुरुशिष्यसंवादेin the dialogue of guru and disciple

त्रिचत्वारिंशःforty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

Guru

Śiṣya

Vāyudeva (as speaker heading)

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to formally close a chapter of instruction, highlighting the importance of orderly transmission of dharma through the guru–disciple mode of learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the completion of the forty-third chapter within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva, concluding a segment of the guru–disciple dialogue (introduced under the heading 'Vāyudeva said').