Shloka 108

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागमे अष्टाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmaśikhaṇḍīsamāgame aṣṭādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《毗湿摩篇》，于“毗湿摩之陨”一节，在“毗湿摩与尸建陀相会”之处，第一百零八章终。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhīṣma-parvan
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागमे: in the meeting/encounter of Bhīṣma and Śikhaṇḍī
• भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मशिखण्डीसमागम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाधिकशततमः: one hundred and eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣma
• Śikhaṇḍī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a chapter-ending colophon underscores a key Mahābhārata lesson: in war, outcomes are not only tactical but moral—shaped by vows, prior causes, and ethical constraints. Bhīṣma’s impending fall is presented as a dharma-laden event rather than mere defeat.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal colophon concluding a chapter/episode: it situates the text within Bhīṣma Parva and specifically the episode of Bhīṣma’s slaying, highlighting the encounter between Bhīṣma and Śikhaṇḍī as the focal narrative moment.