Shloka 68
Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि विश्वोपाख्याने अष्टषष्टितमो 5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें विश्ञोपाख्यानविषयक अड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi viśvopākhyāne aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Sañjaya said: “Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma—ends the sixty-eighth chapter of the episode known as the Viśvopākhyāna.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement. Its ethical function is contextual: it frames the preceding narration within the Mahābhārata’s dharma-centered war narrative, highlighting that the account belongs to the pivotal sequence surrounding Bhīṣma’s fall—an event that forces reflection on duty, strategy, and the tragic costs of righteous conflict.
Sañjaya signals the completion of a chapter: the sixty-eighth adhyāya of the Viśvopākhyāna episode, located within Bhīṣma Parva and the Bhīṣma-vadha sub-section. It is a structural marker indicating that the embedded narrative segment has concluded at this point.