Shloka 117

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे सप्तदशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe saptadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma—ends the one-hundred-and-seventeenth chapter, describing the tangled and tumultuous battle. This closing colophon frames the narrative as part of the larger moral crisis of war, where even the fall of a venerable elder becomes an inevitable consequence of conflicting duties and the momentum of adharma-driven conflict.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• इति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• 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 Bhīṣma's slaying
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/chaotic battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुलयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तदशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and seventeenth
• सप्तदशाधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तदशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣmavadha-parvan (episode/section)
• Bhīṣma