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Shloka 91

भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति उपालम्भः

Bhīṣma’s Reproof to Duryodhana

इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि हैडिम्बयुद्धे एकनवतितमो<ध्याय: ।। ९१ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें घटोत्कच-युद्धाविषयक इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi haiḍimbayuddhe ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 91 ||

Sañjaya sprach: So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Bhīṣma Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt über Bhīṣmas Tod—dieses einundneunzigste Kapitel, das von der Schlacht mit dem Haiḍimba (Ghaṭotkaca) handelt. Dieses Kolophon kennzeichnet den Abschluss des Kapitels und ordnet die Begebenheit in die umfassendere moralische und strategische Entfaltung des Krieges ein, in dem außergewöhnliche Helden und ihre Kräfte in einen Konflikt mit stetig steigenden Einsätzen hineingezogen werden.

इतिthus; so
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीfortune; auspiciousness; honorific ‘Shri’
श्री:
TypeNoun
Rootश्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
महाभारतेin the Mahabharata
महाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhishma-parvan
भीष्मपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्मपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the Bhishma-slaying section (sub-parvan)
भीष्मवधपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्मवधपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
हैडिम्बयुद्धेin the (Haiḍimba) battle
हैडिम्बयुद्धे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहैडिम्बयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
एकनवतितमःninety-first
एकनवतितमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootएकनवतितम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
M
Mahābhārata
B
Bhīṣma Parva
B
Bhīṣma-vadha Parvan (episode/section)
H
Haiḍimba (Ghaṭotkaca)

Educational Q&A

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal instruction: it teaches how the epic self-organizes its narrative—placing particular battles and heroes within a larger ethical and strategic arc of the Kurukṣetra war, and signaling closure and continuity through formal markers.

Sañjaya formally concludes the chapter, identifying it as the ninety-first chapter within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the portion connected with Bhīṣma’s eventual fall, and noting that the chapter’s focus is the Haiḍimba (Ghaṭotkaca)-related battle.