Shloka 111

भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः

Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि दन्डयुद्धे एकादशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें दन्धयुद्धविषयक एक सौ ग्यारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi daṇḍayuddhe ekādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, dalam Bhīṣma Parva—dalam bahagian tentang gugurnya Bhīṣma—berakhirlah bab ke-seratus sebelas mengenai pertempuran dengan tongkat/gada (daṇḍa-yuddha).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-slaying section (sub-parvan)

दण्डयुद्धेin the club-fight (episode)

एकादशाधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eleventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣmavadha-parvan (section on Bhīṣma’s fall)

Daṇḍa-yuddha (staff/club combat episode)

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 line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; its primary function is structural rather than doctrinal. Ethically, it situates the reader within the Mahābhārata’s war narrative, reminding that events are presented in ordered units within the larger dharma-and-war discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, identifying its placement: in the Bhīṣma Parva, within the Bhīṣma-fall section, concluding the one-hundred-and-eleventh chapter connected with the daṇḍa-yuddha (staff/club combat) episode.