Shloka 120

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्म भारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें भीष्मको तकिया देनेसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला एक सौ बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate Bhīṣmaparvake antargataṃ Bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi Bhīṣmaṃ takiyā denena sambandhaṃ rakhanevālā ekaśataviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Sañjaya schließt: So endet im ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Bhīṣma Parva, das hundertzwanzigste Kapitel, das mit der Begebenheit zusammenhängt, Bhīṣma im Abschnitt über seinen Fall ein Kissen zu reichen.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमत्glorious, venerable

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhishma-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded, contained

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the Bhishma-slaying section (parvan)

भीष्मायto Bhishma

तकिायa pillow

दानेनby giving

सम्बन्धम्relation, connection

रखत्having/keeping (connected with)

एकone

शतhundred

विंशतितमःtwentieth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted, finished

अभवत्was, became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śrīmahābhārata

Bhīṣma

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣmavadha Parva

pillow (taki(y)ā)

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?

Even in war, dharma includes humane conduct: showing respect and care to a fallen elder like Bhīṣma reflects ethical restraint and honor amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon stating that the chapter in Bhīṣma Parva—linked to the episode of giving Bhīṣma a pillow/head-rest in the context of his fall—has ended.