Shloka 81
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya-saṃvādaḥ; madhyāhna-saṅgrāma-pravṛttiḥ
Dhritarashtra–Sanjaya dialogue and the midday battle escalation
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें सातवें दिनका युद्धविषयक इकक््यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Bhīṣmaparvake antargataṃ Bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saptame dine yuddhaviṣayakam ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma—the eighty-first chapter, dealing with the events of battle on the seventh day, is concluded. The closing formula underscores the epic’s ethical framing of war: even amid violence, the narrative is carefully ordered, dated, and morally contextualized through the fate of Bhīṣma and the unfolding of dharma on the battlefield.
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