Shloka 66

Adhyāya 70: Sātyaki’s Arrow-Display and the Bhūriśravas Engagement; Twilight Withdrawal

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहा भारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें विश्वोपाख्यानविषयक छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi antargate bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi viśvopākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນີ້ ຈົບລົງແລ້ວໃນບົດທີ 66 ວ່າດ້ວຍ «ວິສະວະໂອປາຂະຍານ» (Viśvopākhyāna) ພາຍໃນພາກ «ພີສະມະວະທະ» (Bhīṣmavadha) ໃນ «ພີສະມະປະຣະວະ» (Bhīṣma Parva) ຂອງມະຫາພາຣະຕະອັນສັກສິດ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍນີ້ເປັນເຄື່ອງໝາຍວ່າ ໜ່ວຍເລື່ອງໜຶ່ງໄດ້ສໍາເລັດ ຢູ່ກາງຄວາມຕຶງຕັນທາງທໍາ ແລະກົນຍຸດຂອງສົງຄາມກຸຣຸກເຊດຕຣະ; ການລົ້ມລົງຂອງພີສະມະເປັນກອບໃຫ້ການຄິດໄຕ່ຕອງເຖິງໜ້າທີ່ ຄໍາຊີ້ນໍາ ແລະຜົນຕາມມາຂອງການກະທໍາທີ່ຖືກທໍາ ແລະຜິດທໍາ.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्री-महा-भारतthe revered Mahabharata

भीष्म-पर्वof the Bhishma Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded within; contained in

भीष्म-वध-पर्वin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhishma

विश्व-उपाख्यान-विषयकconcerning the narrative of Vishva

षट्-षष्टितमःsixty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरितःwas completed; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣmavadha-parvan (section)

Viśvopākhyāna

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic is organized into parvas and sub-sections, and it signals closure of a thematic unit. In context, such closures frame the war narrative with reminders of order, continuity, and the ethical weight carried by the episodes surrounding Bhīṣma’s fall.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the completion of the sixty-sixth chapter focused on the Viśvopākhyāna episode, situated within the Bhīṣmavadha section of the Bhīṣma Parva. It functions as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than describing an action within the story.