Shloka 110

भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः

Bhīṣma’s unmatched momentum and the assault with Śikhaṇḍin in the lead

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि अर्जुनदुःशासनसमागमे दशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi arjunaduḥśāsanasamāgame daśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภีษมปรวะ ในภาคว่าด้วยการล้มลงของภีษมะ บทว่าด้วยการประจันหน้าระหว่างอรชุนกับทุศาสนะ บัดนี้จบบทที่หนึ่งร้อยสิบ

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan (section)

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-slaying sub-section

अर्जुनदुःशासनसमागमेin the meeting/encounter of Arjuna and Duḥśāsana

दशाधिकशततमःone hundred and tenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma

Arjuna

Duḥśāsana

Bhīṣma Parva

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 rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames events ethically and structurally—individual clashes (like Arjuna and Duḥśāsana) are situated within the wider dharmic narrative of the war and within the pivotal arc of Bhīṣma’s fall.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the close of Adhyāya 110 in the Bhīṣma Parva, identifying its focus as the encounter between Arjuna and Duḥśāsana, and placing it within the broader Bhīṣma-vadha (Bhīṣma’s bringing down) section.