Shloka 43

Arjuna–Bhīṣma Strategic Engagement and Mutual Arrow-Interdiction (भीष्मार्जुनसमागमः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें भीष्म आदिका समादरविषयक तैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvake antargataṃ bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmādikā samādaraviṣayakaḥ taitālīśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນພາກບີສະມະ (Bhīṣma Parva) ຂອງມະຫາພາຣະຕະອັນສັກສິດ ບົດທີ 43 ອັນກ່ຽວກັບການນົບນ້ອມຍົກຍ້ອງບີສະມະ ແລະຜູ້ອື່ນໆ ໃນຕອນວ່າດ້ວຍການລົ້ມລົງຂອງບີສະມະ ກໍສິ້ນສຸດລົງແລ້ວ. ຄໍາປິດທ້າຍນີ້ເປັນດັ່ງການຢຸດພັກໃນເລື່ອງສົງຄາມ ເພື່ອເນັ້ນນໍ້າໜັກແຫ່ງທໍາມະ ຄືການເຄົາລົບຜູ້ເຖົ້າແກ່ ແລະນັກຮົບຜູ້ຄວນຄາລະວະ ແມ່ນແຕ່ຢູ່ກາງຄວາມຮຸນແຮງກໍຕາມ.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीvenerable; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

भीष्मपर्वकेin the Bhishma-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the Bhishma-slaying sub-parvan

भीष्मof Bhishma

आदिकand others; etc.

समादरof respect; honor

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

त्रिचत्वारिंशत्तमःforty-third

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; concluded

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣmavadha-parvan

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in the midst of war, dharma requires maintaining reverence and proper regard for venerable figures such as Bhīṣma; the chapter’s stated focus on samādara (honor) highlights ethical restraint and respect amid conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon: Sañjaya signals that the forty-third chapter of the Bhīṣma Parva—within the Bhīṣma-vadha section—has ended, summarizing the chapter’s subject as the honoring/respect shown to Bhīṣma and others.