Shloka 94
अभिमन्यु–अलम्बुसयुद्धम् / The Duel of Abhimanyu and Alambusa
with Arjuna’s approach to Bhīṣma
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि अष्टमयुद्धदिवसे घटोत्कचयुद्धे चतुर्नवतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi aṣṭamayuddhadivase ghaṭotkacayuddhe catur-navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
এইভাবে শ্রীমহাভারতের ভীষ্মপর্বে, ভীষ্মবধপর্বের অন্তর্গত, যুদ্ধের অষ্টম দিনে, ঘটোৎকচ-যুদ্ধ প্রসঙ্গে চতুর্ণবতিতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but through framing: it underscores that the war’s events unfold within a larger moral and fated order (dharma and destiny), where pivotal figures like Bhīṣma and extraordinary warriors like Ghaṭotkaca become instruments in the epic’s ethical reckoning.
This line marks the close of a chapter, identifying its placement in Bhīṣma Parva and the Bhīṣma-slaying section, and noting that the events belong to the eighth day of the Kurukṣetra war and include the episode of Ghaṭotkaca’s combat.