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Shloka 231

भीष्मव्यूहदर्शनम् / Viewing Bhīṣma’s Battle Array and Arjuna’s Reassurance

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वणि युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादे एकविंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrīmadbhagavadgītāparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirārjunasaṃvāde ekaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—ఇట్లు పవిత్ర మహాభారతంలోని భీష్మపర్వమున, శ్రీమద్భగవద్గీతాపర్వమున, యుధిష్ఠిరార్జున సంభాషణలో ఇరవై ఒకటవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वणिin the Śrīmad Bhagavadgītā section

युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादेin the dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna

एकविंशःtwenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhagavadgītā

Yudhiṣṭhira

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 line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the formal close of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s larger structure (Parva, sub-section, and dialogue frame), emphasizing careful transmission and contextual reading.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, the narrator reporting events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, signals that the twenty-first chapter has concluded, identifying its placement in Bhīṣma Parva and naming the dialogue frame as a conversation between Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna.