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Shloka 311

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि आरणेयपर्वणि मृगान्वेषणे एकादशाधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi āraṇeyaparvaṇi mṛgānveṣaṇe ekādaśādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهارتا»، ضمن «فانا بارفا»—وخاصةً في قسم «آرانْيَيا»—ينتهي الفصل المعنون «البحث عن الأيل»، وهو الفصل الثلاثمئة والحادي عشر. وهذه خاتمةٌ تُثبّت انقضاء وحدةٍ سردية، وتضع الحادثة في سياق المنفى في الغابة حيث يُمتحَن السلوكُ وفق الدارما وسط الشدائد والمطاردة.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

आरणेयपर्वणिin the Āraṇeya-parvan (section of the forest book)

मृगान्वेषणेin the searching for deer (deer-search episode)

एकादशाधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-and-eleventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Āraṇeya Parva

mṛga (deer)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse; its function is to frame the episode within the forest-exile setting, where the broader ethical emphasis is that dharma must be upheld even amid scarcity, danger, and pursuit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the conclusion of a chapter titled “The Search for the Deer” within the Vana Parva’s Āraṇeya section; it signals the end of that narrative unit and provides its placement and chapter count.