Shloka 108

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागमे अष्टाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmaśikhaṇḍīsamāgame aṣṭādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Kaya nito, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa Bhīṣma Parva, sa bahaging tumatalakay sa pagbagsak ni Bhīṣma, sa tagpong pagharap nina Bhīṣma at Śikhaṇḍī, nagwawakas ang ika-isang daan at walong kabanata.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma

भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागमेin the meeting/encounter of Bhīṣma and Śikhaṇḍī

अष्टाधिकशततमःone hundred and eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣma

Śikhaṇḍī

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?

Even a chapter-ending colophon underscores a key Mahābhārata lesson: in war, outcomes are not only tactical but moral—shaped by vows, prior causes, and ethical constraints. Bhīṣma’s impending fall is presented as a dharma-laden event rather than mere defeat.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal colophon concluding a chapter/episode: it situates the text within Bhīṣma Parva and specifically the episode of Bhīṣma’s slaying, highlighting the encounter between Bhīṣma and Śikhaṇḍī as the focal narrative moment.