Shloka 121

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि दुर्योधन प्रति भीष्मवाक्ये एकविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi duryodhana prati bhīṣmavākye ekaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ইতি শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ ভীষ্মপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত ভীষ্মবধপৰ্বত দুঃৰ্যোধনৰ প্ৰতি ভীষ্মবাক্য-প্ৰসঙ্গৰ একশ একুশতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhishma-parvan

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhishma

दुर्योधनto Duryodhana

प्रतिtowards; addressed to

भीष्मवाक्येin Bhishma's speech/words

एकविंशत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-twenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣma

Duryodhana

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 line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter that contained Bhīṣma’s counsel to Duryodhana. Its ethical function is to frame the preceding instruction as authoritative guidance delivered within the pressures of war and to mark a transition to the next narrative unit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya concludes the chapter by formally stating its placement in the epic (Mahābhārata), its larger book (Bhīṣma Parva), its sub-episode (Bhīṣma-vadha section), and its topic (Bhīṣma’s words to Duryodhana), identifying it as the 121st chapter.