Shloka 73
Duryodhana’s Anxiety, Bhīṣma’s Reassurance, and Renewed Mobilization (दुर्योधनचिन्ता–भीष्मप्रत्याश्वासन–सेनानिर्गमनम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि द्वन्ड्ययुद्धे त्रिसप्ततितमो5ध्याय: ।। ७३ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें दन्धयुद्धविषयक तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi dvandvayuddhe trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 73 ||
Sañjaya said: “Thus, in the sacred Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning Bhīṣma’s fall—this seventy-third chapter, dealing with the theme of duel-combat, is concluded.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This is a colophon marking the close of a chapter. Its ethical-literary function is to frame the war narrative within an ordered textual structure, reminding the listener that even violent events are being reported through a disciplined tradition of narration and classification (parva, adhyāya, thematic headings).
The verse does not advance the battlefield action directly; it formally concludes the seventy-third chapter of the Bhīṣma Parva, identifying it as part of the Bhīṣma-vadha section and noting its focus on duel-combat.