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Shloka 74

भीष्मस्य मण्डलव्यूहः — Bhīṣma’s Maṇḍala Battle-Formation and the Opening Engagements

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि पञठचमदिवसावहारे चतु:सप्ततितमोध्याय:

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi pañcamadivasāvahāre catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Bhīṣma Parva—en particular, la sección relativa a la caída (muerte) de Bhīṣma—en el relato del quinto día (de batalla), concluye el capítulo septuagésimo cuarto. Este colofón señala el cierre de una unidad narrativa, situando los hechos bajo la gravedad ética de la guerra y el inminente ocaso de un gran anciano, cuyo destino está ligado a votos, deber y a las trágicas necesidades del campo de batalla.

इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan
भीष्मपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्मपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma
भीष्मवधपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्मवधपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पञ्चमदिवसावहारेin the account/recital of the fifth day
पञ्चमदिवसावहारे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चमदिवसावहार
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
चतु:सप्ततितमseventy-fourth
चतु:सप्ततितम:
TypeAdjective
Rootचतु:सप्ततितम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

Ś
Śrī Mahābhārata
B
Bhīṣma Parva
B
Bhīṣma-vadha-parvan (section/episode)
F
fifth day (of the Kurukṣetra war)

Educational Q&A

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames moral history—events are carefully located within parva, sub-episode, and battle-day, underscoring that ethical reflection in the Mahābhārata is inseparable from narrative context.

The text is closing a chapter: it states that the seventy-fourth chapter ends within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the Bhīṣma-vadha episode, during the narration of the fifth day of the Kurukṣetra war.