Shloka 117

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे सप्तदशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe saptadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे सप्तदशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• इति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• 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 Bhīṣma's slaying
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/chaotic battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुलयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तदशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and seventeenth
• सप्तदशाधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तदशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣmavadha-parvan (episode/section)
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it situates the reader within the epic’s ethical landscape: the war becomes “saṅkula” (entangled), reflecting how competing obligations and moral compromises culminate in the fall of even the most revered figures like Bhīṣma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter marker stating that a chapter describing the chaotic battle, within the Bhīṣma Parva and the Bhīṣma-slaying episode, has concluded.