Shloka 120
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मोपधानदाने विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmopadhānadāne viṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』の『ビーシュマ・パルヴァ』—とりわけビーシュマの落下を語る段—において、ビーシュマに支えとなる備えを捧げることを述べた第百二十章は終わる。この章末の詞は章の閉じを告げ、戦の暴力のただ中にあっても、それが義務と慈悲の行いであることを示す。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.