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

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》阿湿婆梅陀迦篇中《阿努吉塔》部分，关于师徒对话的第四十七章告终。此结语为章回之收束，标示一段教诲的圆满，将前述言说框定为有次第的伦理与灵性之传授。

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.