Shloka 231
भीष्मव्यूहदर्शनम् / Viewing Bhīṣma’s Battle Array and Arjuna’s Reassurance
इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वणि युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादे एकविंशो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrīmadbhagavadgītāparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirārjunasaṃvāde ekaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sañjaya disse: Assim, no sagrado Mahābhārata, dentro do Bhīṣma Parva, na seção venerável conhecida como Bhagavadgītā Parva, no diálogo entre Yudhiṣṭhira e Arjuna, encerra-se o vigésimo primeiro capítulo.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the formal close of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s larger structure (Parva, sub-section, and dialogue frame), emphasizing careful transmission and contextual reading.
Sañjaya, the narrator reporting events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, signals that the twenty-first chapter has concluded, identifying its placement in Bhīṣma Parva and naming the dialogue frame as a conversation between Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna.