Shloka 82

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya-saṃvādaḥ; madhyāhna-saṅgrāma-pravṛttiḥ

Dhritarashtra–Sanjaya dialogue and the midday battle escalation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि द्वैरथे द्ॉयशीतितमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi dvairathe dvāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweiundachtzigste Kapitel, betitelt „Die Tötung Bhīṣmas“, innerhalb des Bhīṣma Parva der Śrī Mahābhārata, im Abschnitt über das Wagen-Duell (dwairatha). Dies ist der Kolophon, der den Abschluss der Erzählung kennzeichnet, wie sie von Sañjaya berichtet wurde.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma

द्वैरथेin the duel (chariot-combat)

द्व्यशीतितमःeighty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣmavadha-parvan

Sañjaya

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames its narrative ethically and historically through careful textual markers—closing a unit of war narration and situating it within the larger parvan structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration reaches a chapter boundary: Sañjaya’s report concludes the eighty-second chapter within the Bhīṣma Parva, specifically in the episode dealing with Bhīṣma’s fall and the chariot-warrior duel context.