Shloka 110
भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः
Bhīṣma’s unmatched momentum and the assault with Śikhaṇḍin in the lead
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि अर्जुनदुःशासनसमागमे दशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi arjunaduḥśāsanasamāgame daśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sañjaya berkata: Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Bhīṣma Parva—khususnya pada bahagian tentang kejatuhan (kematian) Bhīṣma—berakhirlah bab yang ke-seratus sepuluh, yang mengisahkan pertemuan Arjuna dengan Duḥśāsana. Kolofon penutup ini menempatkan peristiwa tersebut dalam arka moral dan strategi perang yang lebih besar, ketika dendam peribadi dan sumpah janji terungkai di bawah tuntutan dharma di medan laga.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames events ethically and structurally—individual clashes (like Arjuna and Duḥśāsana) are situated within the wider dharmic narrative of the war and within the pivotal arc of Bhīṣma’s fall.
The text is marking the close of Adhyāya 110 in the Bhīṣma Parva, identifying its focus as the encounter between Arjuna and Duḥśāsana, and placing it within the broader Bhīṣma-vadha (Bhīṣma’s bringing down) section.