Shloka 84
अध्याय ८८ — घटोत्कच-दुर्योधनयुद्धवर्णनम्
Ghaṭotkaca–Duryodhana Engagement
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें सातवें दिनके युद्धर्ें सुशर्मा और अर्जुनकी भिड़ंतसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Bhīṣmaparvake antargataṃ Bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saptame dine yuddhe Suśarmā-Arjunayoḥ bhiḍantena sambandhaṃ rakhanevālā caturāśītitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Sañjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning Bhīṣma’s slaying—the eighty-fourth chapter, connected with the clash between Suśarmā and Arjuna on the seventh day of the war, is concluded. The closing formula underscores the epic’s careful framing of events: individual duels are presented as morally charged episodes within the larger dharmic crisis of the Kurukṣetra war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This is a colophon-style conclusion rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames warfare ethically by situating personal combats (like Suśarmā vs Arjuna) within the broader dharmic narrative of Kurukṣetra, reminding the reader that each encounter is part of a larger moral and historical arc.
Sañjaya marks the end of the eighty-fourth chapter in Bhīṣma Parva, noting that the chapter’s focus is the confrontation between Suśarmā and Arjuna during the seventh day of the war, within the larger episode associated with Bhīṣma’s eventual fall.