Shloka 77
अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः
Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment
इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे द्रोणपराक्रमे सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe droṇaparākrame saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Bhīṣma Parva—lalo na sa bahaging tumatalakay sa pagbagsak ni Bhīṣma—sa gitna ng magulo at masalimuot na labanan, nagwakas ang ikapitumpu’t pitong kabanata, ang salaysay ng kagitingan ni Droṇa.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the ethical atmosphere of the narrative by naming the battle as “saṅkula” (confused, entangled), reminding the reader that war collapses clarity and tests dharma, even while valor (parākrama) is praised.
This is an end-of-chapter colophon marking the close of the seventy-seventh chapter within the Bhīṣma Parva, situating the events in the Bhīṣma-slaying context and highlighting the chaotic battle and Droṇa’s martial exploits as the chapter’s narrative focus.