Shloka 86
Chapter 89: Bhīma dispatched to protect Ghaṭotkaca amid escalating engagements
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि सप्तमदिवसयुद्धावहारे षडशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saptamadivasayuddhāvahāre ṣaḍaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Bhīṣma Parva, na seção referente à queda de Bhīṣma, no relato da batalha do sétimo dia, encerra-se o octogésimo sexto capítulo. Este colofão final situa a narrativa no quadro ético da guerra: o desdobrar do destino e do dever (dharma) no movimento culminante rumo à queda de Bhīṣma, assinalando também a progressão dia a dia do conflito de Kurukṣetra.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its implicit teaching is structural and ethical: the war narrative is presented as a day-by-day unfolding of duty and consequence, and the approach to Bhīṣma’s fall is framed as a pivotal dharmic turning point within the epic.
The text is marking the end of the eighty-sixth chapter in the Bhīṣma Parva, specifying that the chapter belongs to the account of the seventh day’s fighting and to the episode concerning Bhīṣma’s slaying, thereby locating the reader precisely within the Kurukṣetra war sequence.