Shloka 112

भीष्मस्य जलप्रार्थना — अर्जुनस्य पर्जन्यास्त्रप्रयोगः — दुर्योधनं प्रति सन्ध्युपदेशः

Bhīṣma’s request for water; Arjuna’s Parjanya-astra; counsel to Duryodhana on reconciliation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें द्रोण और अश्वत्थामाका संवादविषयक एक सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय प्रा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi antargate bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi droṇa-aśvatthāmayoḥ saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvādaśaḥ adhyāyaḥ prāptaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภีษมปรวะ ภาคว่าด้วยการสังหารภีษมะ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยสิบสอง อันเป็นเรื่องสนทนาระหว่างโทรณะกับอัศวัตถามา ได้สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

भीष्मपर्वकेin/within the Bhishma-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the Bhishma-slaying section

द्रोणof Drona

अश्वत्थाम्नःof Ashvatthama

संवादविषयकconcerning the dialogue

एकone

शतhundred

द्वादशोत्तरtwelve over (i.e., +12)

अध्यायःchapter

प्राप्तःhas been reached/comes (to an end)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Mahabharata

Bhishma Parva

Bhishma-vadha Parva (section)

Drona

Ashvatthama

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 primarily a structural colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it highlights that, even amid war, guidance and moral reasoning are transmitted through dialogue (saṃvāda). The ethical emphasis is on counsel, responsibility, and the framing of violent events within reflective discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya signals the close/arrival of a chapter in the Bhīṣma Parva, specifying that the chapter’s subject is the conversation between Droṇa and his son Aśvatthāmā, situated within the section dealing with Bhīṣma’s fall.