Shloka 311
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत आरणेयपर्वमें मृगका अनुसंधानविषयक तीन सौ ग्यारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate āraṇeyaparvaṇi mṛgānusandhāna-viṣayakaḥ trayodaśa-śata-eka-daśottaraḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Thus ends the three hundred and eleventh chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Āraṇeya section, dealing with the pursuit and tracking of a deer.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line primarily signals completion rather than delivering a direct doctrinal teaching; ethically, it situates the episode within the forest context where vigilance, restraint, and right conduct are repeatedly tested during exile.
This is the closing statement for a chapter in the Vana Parva (within the Āraṇeya section) whose subject is the search/tracking of a deer; it formally marks that chapter as finished.