Shloka 114

Bhīṣma–Karṇa Saṃvāda on the Śaraśayyā (भीष्म–कर्ण संवादः शरशय्यायाम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीमार्जुनपराक्रमे चतुर्दशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīmārjunaparākrame caturdaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ ভীষ্মপৰ্বত, ভীষ্মবধপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত, ভীম আৰু অৰ্জুনৰ পৰাক্ৰম বৰ্ণনা কৰা একশ চৌদশতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhishma Parva
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on Bhishma's slaying
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीमार्जुनपराक्रमे: in (the account of) the prowess of Bhima and Arjuna
• भीमार्जुनपराक्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमार्जुनपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्दशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and fourteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣma
• Bhīma
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and situating it within the epic’s structure. Ethically, it underscores how the Mahābhārata frames war-narrative through named themes—here, Bhīṣma’s fall and the valor of Bhīma and Arjuna—inviting the reader to reflect on heroism and duty (kṣātra-dharma) within the larger moral arc of the war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya concludes the chapter by formally stating its placement: in the Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the episode concerning Bhīṣma’s slaying, and focused on the prowess of Bhīma and Arjuna. It functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new event.