Shloka 53
Saubhadra under Concentrated Assault; Pārṣata’s Intervention and Escalation
इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि धृष्टट्युम्नद्रोणयुद्धे त्रिपड्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi dhṛṣṭadyumnadroṇayuddhe tripañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Assim termina o quinquagésimo terceiro capítulo do Bhīṣma Parvan do Śrī Mahābhārata, na seção referente à morte de Bhīṣma, descrevendo a batalha entre Dhṛṣṭadyumna e Droṇa. O colofão assinala uma transição na narrativa da guerra e ressalta a tensão ética do épico: até a queda de anciãos venerados e o choque entre grandes mestres e guerreiros se desenrolam sob as exigências inexoráveis do dever kṣatriya e os custos trágicos do dharma em tempo de guerra.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the narrative ethically by highlighting that the war’s decisive events—such as Bhīṣma’s fall and the clash of eminent figures like Droṇa and Dhṛṣṭadyumna—occur within the contested terrain of dharma, where duty, loyalty, and the costs of violence are continually weighed.
This is the chapter-ending colophon: it announces that the fifty-third chapter has concluded in the Bhīṣma Parvan, specifically within the portion dealing with Bhīṣma’s slaying/fall, and it identifies the chapter’s focus as the battle between Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Droṇa.