Shloka 115

Devanagari script

उस महासमरमें एक दूसरेके वधके लिये एकत्र हुए विजयाभिलाषी सैनिकोंका बड़ा भयंकर संग्राम हुआ ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

usa mahāsamare meṃ eka dūsare ke vadha ke liye ekatra hue vijayābhilāṣī sainikoṃ kā baṛā bhayaṅkara saṅgrāma huā ||

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi bhīṣmopadeśe pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

isa prakāra śrīmahābhārata bhīṣmaparva ke antargata bhīṣmavadhaparva meṃ bhīṣma ke upadeśa-viṣayaka eka sau pandrahavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

桑阇耶说道：在那场大决战中，求胜的士卒——为相互杀戮而聚集——展开了极其惨烈可怖的厮杀。至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《毗湿摩篇》内“毗湿摩之陨落”一节，关于毗湿摩教诲的第一百一十五章告终。

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महासमरे: in the great battle
• महासमरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासमर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एक: one
• एक: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अन्यस्य: of another
• अन्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वधाय: for killing/slaying
• वधाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• एकत्र: together
• एकत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकत्र

• समेतानाम्: of those assembled
• समेतानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इ (समेत)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• विजयाभिलाषिणाम्: of victory-desiring
• विजयाभिलाषिणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजय-अभिलाषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सैनिकानाम्: of the soldiers
• सैनिकानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनिक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भयानकः: terrible
• भयानकः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संग्रामः: battle
• संग्रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhishma Parva
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• भीष्मोपदेशे: in Bhishma's instruction
• भीष्मोपदेशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म-उपदेश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चदशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and fifteenth
• पञ्चदशाधिकशततमः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective (Ordinal)
• Root: पञ्चदश-अधिक-शत-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣma-vadha Parva (section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions mainly as a colophon and narrative summation: it underscores the grim reality of war—victory-desire drives warriors into mutual slaughter—while framing the surrounding material as Bhīṣma’s instructive discourse (upadeśa), reminding the reader that ethical reflection is embedded within the battlefield narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a fierce battle erupted among assembled soldiers intent on killing one another to secure victory. The passage then formally closes the chapter, identifying it as part of Bhīṣma Parva, within the subsection on Bhīṣma’s fall, and connected to Bhīṣma’s teachings.