Shloka 72
भीमसेन-दुर्योधन-समागमः
Bhīmasena–Duryodhana Engagement at Sunset
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि पञ्चमदिवसयुद्धे द्विसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi pañcamadivasayuddhe dvisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ «ສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ» ພາຍໃນ ພີສະມະປະຣະວະ—ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກທີ່ກ່ຽວກັບການລົ້ມລົງຂອງພີສະມະ—ນີ້ແມ່ນການສິ້ນສຸດຂອງບົດທີ 72 ອັນພັນລະນາການຮົບໃນວັນທີຫ້າ. ຄຳລົງທ້າຍນີ້ໝາຍເຖິງການຜັນຜ່ານຂອງເນື້ອເລື່ອງ ເນັ້ນໃຫ້ເຫັນການເຄື່ອນໄຫວອັນສົມບູນແລະຂຶ້ນຄ່ອຍໆຂອງສົງຄາມ ທີ່ກຳລັງນຳໄປສູ່ການລົ້ມລົງອັນຖືກກຳນົດໄວ້ຂອງຜູ້ເຖົ້າໃຫຍ່ ພີສະມະ—ຈຸດຫັນທີ່ສຳຄັນທັງດ້ານທຳ ແລະ ຍຸດທະສາດ ໃນສົງຄາມກຸຣຸກເສດຕຣະ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its ‘teaching’ lies in how the epic frames events: the war is narrated with careful structural markers, and the mention of Bhīṣma’s impending downfall highlights the ethical gravity of the conflict—victory is intertwined with the fall of venerable figures and the heavy cost of adharma-driven war.
Sañjaya signals the close of the seventy-second chapter in the Bhīṣma Parva, within the Bhīṣma-vadha section, noting that the account pertains to the fighting of the fifth day. It functions as a formal chapter-ending marker and a cue that the narrative is progressing toward the decisive events surrounding Bhīṣma.