Shloka 74
भीष्मस्य मण्डलव्यूहः — Bhīṣma’s Maṇḍala Battle-Formation and the Opening Engagements
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि पञठचमदिवसावहारे चतु:सप्ततितमोध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi pañcamadivasāvahāre catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《毗湿摩篇》之内——尤指叙述毗湿摩陨落（被击倒）之段——在第五日战事的记述中，第七十四章至此终了。此为卷末题记（colophon），标示一段叙事的收束：将诸事置于战争之伦理重压之下，并预示那位以誓愿与职责系命的伟大长老，在战场悲剧性的必然中走向覆落。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames moral history—events are carefully located within parva, sub-episode, and battle-day, underscoring that ethical reflection in the Mahābhārata is inseparable from narrative context.
The text is closing a chapter: it states that the seventy-fourth chapter ends within the Bhīṣma Parva, in the Bhīṣma-vadha episode, during the narration of the fifth day of the Kurukṣetra war.