Shloka 82
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya-saṃvādaḥ; madhyāhna-saṅgrāma-pravṛttiḥ
Dhritarashtra–Sanjaya dialogue and the midday battle escalation
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि द्वैरथे द्ॉयशीतितमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi dvairathe dvāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the eighty-second chapter, titled “The Slaying of Bhīṣma,” within the Bhīṣma Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the section concerning the duel on chariots. This is a colophon marking the close of the chapter’s narration as reported by Sañjaya.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames its narrative ethically and historically through careful textual markers—closing a unit of war narration and situating it within the larger parvan structure.
The narration reaches a chapter boundary: Sañjaya’s report concludes the eighty-second chapter within the Bhīṣma Parva, specifically in the episode dealing with Bhīṣma’s fall and the chariot-warrior duel context.