Shloka 74
भीष्मस्य मण्डलव्यूहः — Bhīṣma’s Maṇḍala Battle-Formation and the Opening Engagements
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि पञठचमदिवसावहारे चतु:सप्ततितमोध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi pañcamadivasāvahāre catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ഭീഷ്മപർവത്തിൽ, ഭീഷ്മവധപർവത്തിനകത്ത്, യുദ്ധത്തിന്റെ അഞ്ചാം ദിവസവിവരണത്തിൽ, എഴുപത്തിനാലാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമാകുന്നു.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames moral history—events are carefully located within parva, sub-episode, and battle-day, underscoring that ethical reflection in the Mahābhārata is inseparable from narrative context.
The text is closing a chapter: it states that the seventy-fourth chapter ends within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the Bhīṣma-vadha episode, during the narration of the fifth day of the Kurukṣetra war.