Shloka 76
अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः
Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें धृतराष््रकी चिन्ताविषयक छिह्त्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvake antargata-bhīṣmavadha-parvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭrasya cintā-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ikapitumpu’t anim na kabanata ng Bhīṣma Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, sa bahaging tumatalakay sa pagbagsak ni Bhīṣma, hinggil sa balisang pagninilay ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a war narrative, the text highlights the ethical and psychological dimension: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s worry signals how attachment and partiality cloud judgment, and how the consequences of adharma manifest as inner unrest alongside external catastrophe.
This is a concluding colophon stating that the chapter has ended: within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the subsection on Bhīṣma’s fall, the seventy-sixth chapter—focused on Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s concerns—has been completed, as reported by Sañjaya.