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Shloka 114

Bhīṣma–Karṇa Saṃvāda on the Śaraśayyā (भीष्म–कर्ण संवादः शरशय्यायाम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीमार्जुनपराक्रमे चतुर्दशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīmārjunaparākrame caturdaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతంలోని భీష్మపర్వంలో, భీష్మవధపర్వాంతర్గతంగా, భీమార్జునుల పరాక్రమాన్ని వర్ణించే నూట పద్నాలుగవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhishma Parva

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on Bhishma's slaying

भीमार्जुनपराक्रमेin (the account of) the prowess of Bhima and Arjuna

चतुर्दशाधिकशततमःone hundred and fourteenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣma

Bhīma

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and situating it within the epic’s structure. Ethically, it underscores how the Mahābhārata frames war-narrative through named themes—here, Bhīṣma’s fall and the valor of Bhīma and Arjuna—inviting the reader to reflect on heroism and duty (kṣātra-dharma) within the larger moral arc of the war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya concludes the chapter by formally stating its placement: in the Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the episode concerning Bhīṣma’s slaying, and focused on the prowess of Bhīma and Arjuna. It functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new event.