Shloka 108

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागमे अष्टाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmaśikhaṇḍīsamāgame aṣṭādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma, at the episode of the encounter between Bhīṣma and Śikhaṇḍī, ends the one-hundred-and-eighth chapter.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhīṣma-parvan
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागमे: in the meeting/encounter of Bhīṣma and Śikhaṇḍī
• भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाधिकशततमः: one hundred and eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣma
• Śikhaṇḍī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a chapter-ending colophon underscores a key Mahābhārata lesson: in war, outcomes are not only tactical but moral—shaped by vows, prior causes, and ethical constraints. Bhīṣma’s impending fall is presented as a dharma-laden event rather than mere defeat.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal colophon concluding a chapter/episode: it situates the text within Bhīṣma Parva and specifically the episode of Bhīṣma’s slaying, highlighting the encounter between Bhīṣma and Śikhaṇḍī as the focal narrative moment.