Shloka 80

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मदुर्योधनसंवादे अशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmaduryodhanasaṃvāde aśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के भीष्मपर्व में, भीष्मवधपर्व के अंतर्गत, भीष्म और दुर्योधन के संवाद में, अस्सीवाँ अध्याय समाप्त होता है।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma

भीष्मदुर्योधनसंवादेin the dialogue between Bhīṣma and Duryodhana

अशीतितमःeightieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma

Duryodhana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣmavadha Parva (episode/section)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it signals that the preceding dialogue is to be read as ethically significant—counsel given amid war, and the tragic results when power and pride resist wise restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending marker: Sañjaya indicates that the eightieth chapter concludes, situated in Bhīṣma Parva, specifically in the episode on Bhīṣma’s fall, and centered on the conversation between Bhīṣma and Duryodhana.