Shloka 89

Adhyāya 92: Irāvanta-śoka, punaḥ-pravṛttiḥ saṅgrāmasya

Arjuna’s grief and the battle’s renewed intensity

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि अष्टमदिवसयुद्धे एकोननवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi aṣṭamadivasayuddhe ekonanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the eighty-ninth chapter in the Bhīṣma Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma, describing the battle of the eighth day. This closing colophon frames the narrative as part of the larger ethical tragedy of war, marking a formal pause in the account of duty, strategy, and the mounting cost of conflict.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable honorific
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: great (in)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Mahābhārata
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhīṣma-parvan (section)
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: in the Bhīṣma-slaying sub-parvan
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टमदिवसयुद्धे: in the battle of the eighth day
• अष्टमदिवसयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमदिवसयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोननवतितमः: eighty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोननवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣma-vadha-parvan
• eighth day of the Kurukṣetra war
• Bhīṣma