Shloka 74

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि पञठचमदिवसावहारे चतु:सप्ततितमोध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi pañcamadivasāvahāre catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa ganito, sa «Śrī Mahābhārata», sa loob ng «Bhīṣma Parva»—lalo na sa bahaging tumatalakay sa pagbagsak (kamatayan) ni Bhīṣma—sa salaysay ng ikalimang araw (ng digmaan), nagwawakas ang ikapitumpu’t apat na kabanata. Ito ang pangwakas na tala (colophon) na nagmamarka ng pagsasara ng isang yunit ng salaysay, inilalagay ang mga pangyayari sa bigat ng dharma sa digmaan at sa nalalapit na pagbagsak ng dakilang nakatatanda, na ang kapalaran ay nakatali sa panata, tungkulin, at sa malungkot na mga pangangailangan ng larangan ng labanan.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma

पञ्चमदिवसावहारेin the account/recital of the fifth day

चतु:सप्ततितमseventy-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣma-vadha-parvan (section/episode)

fifth day (of the Kurukṣetra war)

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 functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames moral history—events are carefully located within parva, sub-episode, and battle-day, underscoring that ethical reflection in the Mahābhārata is inseparable from narrative context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it states that the seventy-fourth chapter ends within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the Bhīṣma-vadha episode, during the narration of the fifth day of the Kurukṣetra war.