इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि द्वन्ड्ययुद्धे त्रिसप्ततितमो5ध्याय: ।। ७३ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें दन्धयुद्धविषयक तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi dvandvayuddhe trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 73 ||
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ ‘ມະຫາພາຣະຕະ’ ອັນສັກສິດ ພາຍໃນ ‘ພີສະມະປະຣະວະ’ ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກ ‘ພີສະມະວະທະປະຣະວະ’ ບົດທີ 73 ນີ້ ອັນວ່າດ້ວຍ ‘ດວັນດວະຍຸດ’ (ການປະລະມືຕໍ່ມື) ໄດ້ສຳເລັດລົງແລ້ວ»។
संजय उवाच
This is a colophon marking the close of a chapter. Its ethical-literary function is to frame the war narrative within an ordered textual structure, reminding the listener that even violent events are being reported through a disciplined tradition of narration and classification (parva, adhyāya, thematic headings).
The verse does not advance the battlefield action directly; it formally concludes the seventy-third chapter of the Bhīṣma Parva, identifying it as part of the Bhīṣma-vadha section and noting its focus on duel-combat.