Shloka 82

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya-saṃvādaḥ; madhyāhna-saṅgrāma-pravṛttiḥ

Dhritarashtra–Sanjaya dialogue and the midday battle escalation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि द्वैरथे द्ॉयशीतितमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi dvairathe dvāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଭୀଷ୍ମପର୍ବରେ ଭୀଷ୍ମବଧପର୍ବ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ‘ଦ୍ୱୈରଥ’ ନାମକ ଦ୍ୱ୍ୟଶୀତିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhīṣma-parvan
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वैरथे: in the duel (chariot-combat)
• द्वैरथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैरथ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्व्यशीतितमः: eighty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्व्यशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣmavadha-parvan
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames its narrative ethically and historically through careful textual markers—closing a unit of war narration and situating it within the larger parvan structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration reaches a chapter boundary: Sañjaya’s report concludes the eighty-second chapter within the Bhīṣma Parva, specifically in the episode dealing with Bhīṣma’s fall and the chariot-warrior duel context.