Shloka 120

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मोपधानदाने विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmopadhānadāne viṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Bhīṣma Parva—genauer im Abschnitt über Bhīṣmas Sturz—dieses hundertzwanzigste Kapitel, das die Darbringung einer stützenden Hilfe für Bhīṣma schildert. Der Kolophon beschließt das Kapitel und rahmt die Begebenheit als Tat von Pflicht und Mitgefühl inmitten der Gewalt des Krieges.

Word by Word

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

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

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhīṣma-parvan
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: in the section (sub-parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मोपधानदाने: in (the topic of) the giving of Bhīṣma's upadhāna (support/pillow)
• भीष्मोपधानदाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मोपधानदान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विंशति: twenty
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: more; additional
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣma
• Bhīṣmavadha-parvan (episode/section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Though this line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse, it frames the surrounding narrative ethically: even in war, dharma includes compassion and proper care for the fallen—here signaled by the ‘giving of support/provision’ to Bhīṣma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter within Bhīṣma Parva, in the portion dealing with Bhīṣma’s being brought down. It indicates that the chapter’s theme involved an act of assistance or provision offered to Bhīṣma, and it formally marks the end of Adhyāya 120.