Shloka 118

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मपराक्रमे अष्टादशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें भीष्मपराक्रमविषयक एक यौ अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmaparākrame aṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے بھیشم پَرو کے اندر بھیشم وَدھ پَرو میں بھیشم کے پرाकرم و کارناموں کا بیان کرنے والا ایک سو اٹھارہواں باب مکمل ہوا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; so; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhishma Parva

भीष्मवधपर्वणिin the section (sub-parva) on the slaying of Bhishma

भीष्मपराक्रमेin (the topic of) Bhishma's prowess

अष्टादशाधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighteenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma

Bhīṣma Parva

Bhīṣmavadha-parvan (section)

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 is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; its ethical emphasis is indirect: it frames Bhīṣma’s valor within the larger dharmic tragedy of war, reminding the reader that heroic prowess is recorded and judged within an ordered narrative of duty, consequence, and remembrance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Sañjaya signals the formal close of the chapter in the Bhīṣma Parva, specifically within the portion dealing with Bhīṣma’s fall, indicating that the preceding content has described Bhīṣma’s exploits (parākrama) and that the chapter count has reached 118.