Shloka 114
Bhīṣma–Karṇa Saṃvāda on the Śaraśayyā (भीष्म–कर्ण संवादः शरशय्यायाम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीमार्जुनपराक्रमे चतुर्दशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīmārjunaparākrame caturdaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma—this one-hundred-and-fourteenth chapter (being the 114th), describing the heroic prowess of Bhīma and Arjuna. (Sañjaya’s concluding colophon.)
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and situating it within the epic’s structure. Ethically, it underscores how the Mahābhārata frames war-narrative through named themes—here, Bhīṣma’s fall and the valor of Bhīma and Arjuna—inviting the reader to reflect on heroism and duty (kṣātra-dharma) within the larger moral arc of the war.
Sañjaya concludes the chapter by formally stating its placement: in the Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the episode concerning Bhīṣma’s slaying, and focused on the prowess of Bhīma and Arjuna. It functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new event.