Shloka 66

Adhyāya 69: Strategic duels under Bhīṣma’s command

Virāṭa–Bhīṣma; Arjuna–Aśvatthāmā; Bhīma–Duryodhana; Abhimanyu–Lakṣmaṇa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि विश्वोपाख्याने षट्षष्टितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi viśvopākhyāne ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «بهيشما بارفا»—وخاصة في القسم المتعلّق بصرع بهيشما—تنتهي «فيشفوباخيانا» بفصلها السادس والستين (66). وهذا خاتمةٌ نصّية (colophon) تُعلِم بانقضاء وحدةٍ سردية، وتُدرِج الحادثة في الإطار الأخلاقي للحرب، حيث إن سقوط شيخٍ مُبجَّل يُعامَل بوصفه أمرًا جليلًا مضبوطًا بترتيب النص.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on Bhīṣma's slaying

विश्वोपाख्यानेin the Viśva-upākhyāna (episode named 'Viśva')

षट्षष्टितमःsixty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣma-vadha (slaying/fall of Bhīṣma)

Viśvopākhyāna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

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 frame the narrative ethically and textually by formally closing a chapter within the war-book, reminding the reader that the account of Bhīṣma’s fall is part of an ordered transmission where even violent events are narrated with solemn structure and accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse signals the end of a chapter: it identifies the larger book (Bhīṣma Parva), the relevant sub-episode (Bhīṣma-vadha), and the embedded narrative label (Viśvopākhyāna), concluding the sixty-sixth chapter with the standard ‘iti … adhyāyaḥ’ closure.