Shloka 231
भीष्मव्यूहदर्शनम् / Viewing Bhīṣma’s Battle Array and Arjuna’s Reassurance
इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वणि युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादे एकविंशो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrīmadbhagavadgītāparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirārjunasaṃvāde ekaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
संजय बोले—इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के भीष्मपर्व के श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्व में युधिष्ठिर और अर्जुन के संवाद का इक्कीसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the formal close of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s larger structure (Parva, sub-section, and dialogue frame), emphasizing careful transmission and contextual reading.
Sañjaya, the narrator reporting events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, signals that the twenty-first chapter has concluded, identifying its placement in Bhīṣma Parva and naming the dialogue frame as a conversation between Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna.