Shloka 74
भीष्मस्य मण्डलव्यूहः — Bhīṣma’s Maṇḍala Battle-Formation and the Opening Engagements
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि पञठचमदिवसावहारे चतु:सप्ततितमोध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi pañcamadivasāvahāre catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் பீஷ்மபர்வத்தில், பீஷ்மவதப் பர்வத்தின் உட்பிரிவில், போரின் ஐந்தாம் நாளின் வர்ணனையில், எழுபத்துநான்காம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவடைகிறது.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames moral history—events are carefully located within parva, sub-episode, and battle-day, underscoring that ethical reflection in the Mahābhārata is inseparable from narrative context.
The text is closing a chapter: it states that the seventy-fourth chapter ends within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the Bhīṣma-vadha episode, during the narration of the fifth day of the Kurukṣetra war.