Shloka 74
Adhyāya 78 — Bhīṣma’s Advance, Duryodhana’s Rally, and Concurrent Duels (भीष्मस्याभ्युद्यमः, दुर्योधनस्योत्साहवचनम्, विविधयुद्धवर्णनम्)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें पाँचवें दिवसके युद्धकी समाप्तिविषयक चौहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Bhīṣma-parvaṇi antar-gate Bhīṣma-vadha-parvaṇi pañcama-divasasya yuddhasya samāpti-viṣayakaś catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
So endet im verehrten Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Bhīṣma Parva—genauer im Abschnitt über Bhīṣmas Sturz—das vierundsiebzigste Kapitel, das den Abschluss der Kämpfe am fünften Tag schildert. Die Erzählung setzt hier eine feierliche Zäsur im Fortgang des Krieges und hebt das unerbittliche Verstreichen der Tage sowie das wachsende moralische Gewicht des Konflikts hervor, der auf Bhīṣmas entscheidendes Schicksal zutreibt.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This is a colophon-style closing that highlights how the epic frames war through measured stages (days and chapters), inviting reflection on the accumulating ethical consequences of continued violence and the inevitability of pivotal outcomes such as Bhīṣma’s fall.
Sañjaya signals the completion of the chapter that deals with the end of the fifth day’s fighting, situating it within the Bhīṣma Parva and the subsection focused on Bhīṣma’s downfall.