Shloka 129
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें दुर्योधनके प्रति भीष्यका कथनविषयक एक सौ इक््कीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvake antargataṁ bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi duryodhanaṁ prati bhīṣmasya kathana-viṣayaka ekaśataikaviṁśatitam adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-first chapter of the Bhīṣma Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma, dealing with Bhīṣma’s address to Duryodhana. The closing formula signals a transition: the narrative pauses to mark completion of a unit in which counsel, duty, and the moral weight of war are framed through Bhīṣma’s words to the Kaurava king.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes textual structure and the ethical framing of the episode by identifying the chapter’s subject—Bhīṣma’s counsel to Duryodhana—within the war narrative, reminding the reader that moral instruction and accountability accompany the events of battle.
The narrator marks the completion of a chapter in the Bhīṣma Parva, specifically within the section on Bhīṣma’s fall, stating that the chapter concerned Bhīṣma’s words addressed to Duryodhana; it signals a transition to the next unit of the story.