Shloka 122
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें भीष्म-कर्णसंवादाविषयक एक सौ बाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvake antargataṃ bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣma-karṇa-saṃvādāviṣayaka ekaśatadvāviṃśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat
Sanjaya said: Thus concludes the one hundred and twenty-second chapter of the Mahabharata’s Bhishma Parva, within the section concerning Bhishma’s fall, dealing with the dialogue between Bhishma and Karna. The narration marks a formal closure of this unit of the war-account, framing the ethical gravity of the conflict through the voices of senior warriors and their counsel.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse functions as a colophon, emphasizing the epic’s disciplined structure: events of war are not merely action but are framed through authoritative dialogue (Bhishma and Karna), reminding the reader that counsel, duty, and moral consequence accompany martial deeds.
Sanjaya signals the end of a chapter within Bhishma Parva, specifically in the subsection about Bhishma’s fall, noting that the chapter’s subject was the conversation between Bhishma and Karna; it is a formal closure marker rather than a new plot event.