Shloka 120

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मोपधानदाने विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmopadhānadāne viṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning Bhīṣma’s fall—this one-hundred-and-twentieth chapter, describing the offering of a supportive provision to Bhīṣma. The colophon marks the close of the chapter and frames the episode as an act of duty and compassion amid the violence of war.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (sub-parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma

भीष्मोपधानदानेin (the topic of) the giving of Bhīṣma's upadhāna (support/pillow)

विंशतिtwenty

अधिकmore; additional

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣma

Bhīṣmavadha-parvan (episode/section)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Though this line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse, it frames the surrounding narrative ethically: even in war, dharma includes compassion and proper care for the fallen—here signaled by the ‘giving of support/provision’ to Bhīṣma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter within Bhīṣma Parva, in the portion dealing with Bhīṣma’s being brought down. It indicates that the chapter’s theme involved an act of assistance or provision offered to Bhīṣma, and it formally marks the end of Adhyāya 120.