Shloka 80
महाव्यूहप्रवर्तनम् / Deployment of the Great Battle Arrays
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मदुर्योधनसंवादे अशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmaduryodhanasaṃvāde aśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Bhīṣma Parva, im Abschnitt über Bhīṣmas Sturz, im Gespräch zwischen Bhīṣma und Duryodhana, das achtzigste Kapitel. Dieses Schlusskolophon rahmt die Begebenheit als einen moralisch schwerwiegenden Austausch mitten in der Kriegsverwüstung, wo Treue, Pflicht (Dharma) und die Folgen der Verstocktheit um Bhīṣmas nahenden Untergang zusammenlaufen.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it signals that the preceding dialogue is to be read as ethically significant—counsel given amid war, and the tragic results when power and pride resist wise restraint.
This is the chapter-ending marker: Sañjaya indicates that the eightieth chapter concludes, situated in Bhīṣma Parva, specifically in the episode on Bhīṣma’s fall, and centered on the conversation between Bhīṣma and Duryodhana.