Shloka 94
अभिमन्यु–अलम्बुसयुद्धम् / The Duel of Abhimanyu and Alambusa
with Arjuna’s approach to Bhīṣma
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि अष्टमयुद्धदिवसे घटोत्कचयुद्धे चतुर्नवतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi aṣṭamayuddhadivase ghaṭotkacayuddhe catur-navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Kaya nito, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Bhīṣma Parva—sa bahaging tumatalakay sa pagbagsak ni Bhīṣma—sa ikawalong araw ng digmaan, sa yugto ng labanan ni Ghaṭotkaca, nagtatapos ang ika-94 na kabanata.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but through framing: it underscores that the war’s events unfold within a larger moral and fated order (dharma and destiny), where pivotal figures like Bhīṣma and extraordinary warriors like Ghaṭotkaca become instruments in the epic’s ethical reckoning.
This line marks the close of a chapter, identifying its placement in Bhīṣma Parva and the Bhīṣma-slaying section, and noting that the events belong to the eighth day of the Kurukṣetra war and include the episode of Ghaṭotkaca’s combat.