Shloka 76
अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः
Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें धृतराष््रकी चिन्ताविषयक छिह्त्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvake antargata-bhīṣmavadha-parvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭrasya cintā-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the seventy-sixth chapter of the Bhīṣma Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma, dealing with Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s anxious reflections.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a war narrative, the text highlights the ethical and psychological dimension: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s worry signals how attachment and partiality cloud judgment, and how the consequences of adharma manifest as inner unrest alongside external catastrophe.
This is a concluding colophon stating that the chapter has ended: within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the subsection on Bhīṣma’s fall, the seventy-sixth chapter—focused on Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s concerns—has been completed, as reported by Sañjaya.