Shloka 311

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि आरणेयपर्वणि मृगान्वेषणे एकादशाधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi āraṇeyaparvaṇi mṛgānveṣaṇe ekādaśādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ വനപർവത്തിൽ, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ആരണേയപർവത്തിൽ, ‘മൃഗാന്വേഷണം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള മൂന്നുനൂറ്റി പതിനൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തം।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आरणेयपर्वणि: in the Āraṇeya-parvan (section of the forest book)
• आरणेयपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरणेयपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मृगान्वेषणे: in the searching for deer (deer-search episode)
• मृगान्वेषणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगान्वेषण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकादशाधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-eleventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादशाधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Āraṇeya Parva
• mṛga (deer)

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.