Shloka 24

Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें ब्राह्मण-गीताविषयक चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi brāhmaṇa-gītā-viṣayakaś caturviṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ hai mươi bốn, nói về chủ đề “Khúc ca của Bà-la-môn” (Brāhmaṇa-gītā), thuộc phần Anugītā trong Aśvamedhika Parva của bộ Mahābhārata tôn kính. Lời thuật này là dấu ấn kết chương, báo hiệu sự chuyển sang phần kế tiếp của giáo huấn và suy niệm về dharma.

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

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

• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: in the Ashvamedhika Parva
• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वमेधिकपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita Parva
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणगीताविषयकः: concerning the Brahmana-gita
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चतुर्विंशः: twenty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā
• Brāhmaṇa-gītā
• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its function is to mark the completion of a chapter devoted to the Brāhmaṇa-gītā theme within the Anugītā. The implied pedagogical point is structural—signaling that a unit of ethical-spiritual instruction has concluded and the text is moving onward.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker label indicates Nārada, but the sentence itself serves as an editorial/narrative closure: it announces that the twenty-fourth chapter on the Brāhmaṇa-gītā topic in the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva has ended.