Shloka 114

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें भीमसेन और अर्जुनका पराक्रमविषयक एक सौ चौदहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi antargate bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīmasena-arjunayoḥ parākramaviṣayaka ekaśata-caturdaśottara-adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతము భీష్మపర్వమునందలి భీష్మవధపర్వములో భీమసేనార్జునుల పరాక్రమవిషయక నూట పద్నాలుగవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाthe glorious great (one)

भारतMahabharata

भीष्मपर्वकेin the Bhishma-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

भीष्मवधपर्वमेंin the Bhishma-slaying sub-parvan

भीमसेनof Bhimasena

अर्जुनof Arjuna

पराक्रमविषयकconcerning valor/prowess

एकone

शतhundred

चतुर्दशfourteen

अध्यायchapter

पूराcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śrī Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣma-vadha Parva

Bhīmasena

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the preceding account as an ethical epic record where valor is presented in relation to dharma and the responsibilities of warriors in a just-ordered society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya marks the conclusion of the chapter within Bhīṣma Parva, specifying that it concerned the heroic prowess of Bhīmasena and Arjuna and belonged to the internal section dealing with Bhīṣma’s fall.