Shloka 103
भीष्मरथाभिमुख्यं — Arjuna’s advance with Śikhaṇḍin; Duḥśāsana’s interception
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे उयधिकशततमो ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें घमासान युद्धविषयक एक सौ तीसरा अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe tryadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Sañjaya kết lời: Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Bhīṣma Parva—đặc biệt trong phần nói về việc Bhīṣma bị hạ sát—chương thứ một trăm lẻ ba, miêu tả cuộc giao chiến dữ dội và hỗn loạn, đã kết thúc.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches through form—marking the end of a chapter in the war narrative and reminding the reader that the violent events are embedded in a larger ethical history (itihāsa) where actions in battle carry moral weight and consequences.
Sañjaya formally closes the chapter, stating that the one-hundred-and-third chapter has ended within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the sub-section dealing with Bhīṣma’s fall, and that the chapter’s subject is the intense, chaotic fighting (saṅkula-yuddha).