Shloka 122
इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मकर्णसंवादे द्वाविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmakarṇasaṃvāde dvāviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning the fall of Bhīṣma—during the dialogue between Bhīṣma and Karṇa, ends the one-hundred-and-twenty-second chapter (chapter 122).
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s structure. Ethically, it reminds readers that the Mahābhārata frames moral inquiry through situated dialogue—here, Bhīṣma and Karṇa—within the pressures of war and duty.
The verse does not advance the plot directly; it signals that the chapter has concluded and identifies its setting: Bhīṣma Parva, in the episode concerning Bhīṣma’s fall, during the Bhīṣma–Karṇa conversation, as reported by Sañjaya.