Shloka 69
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि पञ्चम दिवसयुद्धारम्भे एकोनसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi pañcama divasayuddhārambhe ekonasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Bhīṣma Parva—khususnya bahagian mengenai gugurnya Bhīṣma—bermulalah pertempuran hari kelima; inilah bab yang keenam puluh sembilan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the narrative by marking the textual division (parva/adhyāya) and situating events ethically within the war-chronicle—reminding the reader that the account is organized around pivotal moral and martial turning points, here associated with Bhīṣma’s eventual fall.
The text signals a transition: the commencement of the fighting on the fifth day of the Kurukṣetra war, within the Bhīṣma Parva and the episode leading toward Bhīṣma’s downfall; it identifies the chapter as the sixty-ninth.