Shloka 78
भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे अष्टसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe aṣṭasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
یوں شری مہابھارت کے بھیشم پَرو میں، بھیشم وَدھ پَرو کے تحت، سَنکُل (انتہائی الجھی ہوئی) جنگ کی روداد کا اٹھتّرواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode ethically by marking the battle as ‘saṅkula’ (confused and entangled) and situating Bhīṣma’s downfall as a decisive moment in the war where questions of duty, loyalty, and righteous order intensify.
This is the chapter-ending colophon: it signals the close of the seventy-eighth chapter within Bhīṣma Parva, in the sub-section dealing with Bhīṣma’s being brought down, and characterizes the events as a chaotic melee (saṅkula-yuddha).