Mahabharata 6.91.88 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 91, Shloka 88
Bhagadattā’s Deployment Against Ghaṭotkaca; Elephant-Corps Escalation
इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि सुनाभादिधृतराष्ट्रपुत्रवधे अष्टाशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi sunābhādidhṛtarāṣṭraputravadhe aṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಭೀಷ್ಮಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಭೀಷ್ಮವಧಪರ್ವದೊಳಗೆ, ಸುನಾಭಾದಿ ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಪುತ್ರವಧವನ್ನು ವರ್ಣಿಸುವ ಎಂಭತ್ತೆಂಟನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical weight of the war narrative by formally closing a chapter centered on deaths among Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, reminding the reader of the irreversible consequences of adharma-driven conflict and the tragic cost borne by royal lineages.
This is the chapter-ending colophon: Sañjaya’s narration marks the conclusion of the eighty-eighth chapter within Bhīṣma Parva, in the sub-section dealing with Bhīṣma’s slaying, and notes that the chapter’s content included the killing of Sunābha and other sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
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