Shloka 102

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें भीमपराक्रमविषयक एक यौ दोवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvake antargataṁ bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīmaparākramaviṣayaka eka-yā dvāvāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Bhīṣma Parva, pada bahagian mengenai pembunuhan Bhīṣma, berakhirlah bab ke-102 yang mengisahkan keperkasaan Bhīma.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वकेin the Bhīṣma-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-slaying sub-parvan

भीमपराक्रमविषयकconcerning Bhīma's prowess

एकःone

वाor

द्वितीयःsecond

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete; full

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣma

Bhīma

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 verse functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal teaching: it emphasizes orderly transmission of the epic by marking the completion of a chapter focused on Bhīma’s prowess within the morally complex setting of the Kurukṣetra war, reminding readers that heroic action is being recorded and evaluated within a dharma-laden narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya signals the end of the chapter (Adhyāya 106) in the Bhīṣma Parva, specifying that it belongs to the Bhīṣma-vadha section and that its subject is Bhīma’s mighty deeds; it is a structural closing line rather than an event-description.