Shloka 179
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि रामभीष्मयुद्धे एकोनाशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत अग्बोपाख्यानपर्वमें परशुराम और भीष्यका युद्धविषयक एक सौ उन्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi rāma-bhīṣma-yuddhe ekonāśīty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva, the Ambopākhyāna section, the one-hundred-and-seventy-ninth chapter concerning the battle between Rāma (Paraśurāma) and Bhīṣma.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the preceding episode as a completed unit. Ethically, the Rāma–Bhīṣma conflict highlights how vows, honor, and perceived duty can collide, and how even exemplary figures may be drawn into confrontation when dharma is interpreted differently.
This is the closing notice for the chapter describing the battle between Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya) and Bhīṣma within the Ambā-related episode. It signals that the account of their combat in this chapter has concluded.