Shloka 81
भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King
इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि सप्तमयुद्धदिवसे एकाशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saptamayuddhadivase ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
如是，在可敬的《摩诃婆罗多》中，于《毗湿摩篇》之内——尤指叙述毗湿摩陨落之章段——在战争第七日，第八十一章至此终结。此奥书标示庄严收束，并将叙事安置于伦理之框：战事愈发不可避免，而一位伟大长者的倾覆日益逼近；其一生体现誓愿、职责与悲剧性的后果。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames events within dharma and time—by formally locating the chapter in the Bhīṣma Parva and the ‘Bhīṣma-vadha’ section, it underscores that even the fall of a righteous elder occurs within the larger moral and karmic unfolding of war.
The text is closing a chapter: it states that, in the Mahābhārata’s Bhīṣma Parva, within the portion dealing with Bhīṣma’s fall, on the seventh day of battle, the eighty-first chapter concludes.