Shloka 43

Brahmā’s Enumeration of Primacies (Ādi) and the Supremacy of Knowledge

Jñāna

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपव॑के अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें गुरु-शिष्य- संवादविषयक तैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargata Anugītāparvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṁvāda-viṣayakaḥ trayastriṁśattamaḥ? (taina-cattvāriṁśattamaḥ) adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.

Translation

如是，在尊贵的《摩诃婆罗多》中，于《马祭篇》（Āśvamedhika Parva）之《阿努歌罗》（Anugītā）部分，论师徒对话之第四十三章至此圆满告终。

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (in)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• गुरुशिष्यसंवादविषयकः: concerning the teacher-disciple dialogue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरुशिष्यसंवादविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिचत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिचत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā
• guru (teacher)
• śiṣya (disciple)
• Vāyudeva (as speaker label)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it does not present a new teaching, but signals that the chapter whose topic is a guru–disciple dialogue has concluded within the Anugītā portion of the Āśvamedhika Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The discourse section ends formally. The text marks the completion of the forty-third chapter of the Anugītā-related material inside the Āśvamedhika Parva.