Shloka 47

Adhyāya 48: Brahmopadeśa on Prāṇāyāma, Sāttvika Vṛtti, and the Sattva–Kṣetrajña Question

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें गुरु-शिष्य- संवादविषयक सैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Āśvamedhika-parvake antargata Anugītā-parvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ saptacatvāriṃśattamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ bốn mươi bảy, nói về cuộc đối thoại giữa thầy và trò, thuộc phần Anugītā nằm trong Āśvamedhika Parva của bộ Mahābhārata thiêng liêng. Lời kết này báo hiệu sự hoàn tất một đơn vị giáo huấn, đặt toàn bộ lời giảng trước đó vào khuôn phép của sự truyền trao đạo đức và tâm linh.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) 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)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• गुरुशिष्यसंवादविषयकः: pertaining to the guru-disciple dialogue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तचत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तचत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/has become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• महाभारत (Mahābhārata)
• आश्वमेधिकपर्व (Āśvamedhika Parva)
• अनुगीतापर्व (Anugītā Parva)
• गुरु (guru)
• शिष्य (śiṣya)
• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva) (speaker attribution)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as a completed unit of instruction transmitted through a guru–disciple dialogue, emphasizing the authority of disciplined teaching and the structured handing down of dharma-oriented knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: it announces that the forty-seventh chapter on the guru–disciple dialogue within the Anugītā section of the Āśvamedhika Parva has concluded, marking a formal end to that chapter’s discourse.