Shloka 110
भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः
Bhīṣma’s unmatched momentum and the assault with Śikhaṇḍin in the lead
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि अर्जुनदुःशासनसमागमे दशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi arjunaduḥśāsanasamāgame daśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sanjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying (fall) of Bhīṣma—ends the one-hundred-and-tenth chapter, describing the encounter between Arjuna and Duḥśāsana. This closing colophon frames the episode as part of the larger moral and strategic arc of the war, where personal enmities and vows unfold within the overarching demands of dharma on the battlefield.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames events ethically and structurally—individual clashes (like Arjuna and Duḥśāsana) are situated within the wider dharmic narrative of the war and within the pivotal arc of Bhīṣma’s fall.
The text is marking the close of Adhyāya 110 in the Bhīṣma Parva, identifying its focus as the encounter between Arjuna and Duḥśāsana, and placing it within the broader Bhīṣma-vadha (Bhīṣma’s bringing down) section.