Shloka 312

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत आरणेयपर्वमें नकुल आदि चारों भाइयोंके मूर्च्छित होकर गिरनेसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला तीन सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय प्रा हुआ ॥/

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata āraṇeyaparvame Nakulādi cāroṃ bhāiyoṃ ke mūrcchita hokara girane se sambandha rakhanevālā trīśata-dvādaśa-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ prāptaḥ.

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ବନପର୍ବ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଆରଣେୟପର୍ବରେ ନକୁଳ ଆଦି ଚାରିଭାଇ ମୂର୍ଛିତ ହୋଇ ଭୂମିରେ ପତିତ ହେବା ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀୟ ତିନିଶେ ବାରତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ଆରମ୍ଭ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आरणेयपर्वणि: in the Āraṇeya-parvan
• आरणेयपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरणेयपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नकुलादिचतुर्भ्रातॄणाम्: of the four brothers beginning with Nakula
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुलादिचतुर्भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मूर्च्छित: fainted; unconscious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भूत्वा: having become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• पतनात्: from (their) falling down
• पतनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सम्बन्धिनम्: related; connected
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिशतद्वादशतमः: three-hundred-and-twelfth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशतद्वादशतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्राप्तः: has been reached/obtained (i.e., is concluded/arrived)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Past participle (kta), Singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• the four brothers (Pandava brothers collectively)
• Mahabharata
• Vana Parva
• Araṇeya Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Although this line is a chapter-marker rather than a direct instruction, it frames an ethical trial in the forest: the brothers’ collapse signals the consequences of acting without proper discernment and restraint, setting the stage for dharma-centered questioning and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the start of a chapter in the Āraṇeya portion of Vana Parva, tied to the incident where Nakula and the other brothers fall unconscious—an episode that leads into the well-known forest encounter involving a Yakṣa and a test of wisdom.