Shloka 311

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत आरणेयपर्वमें मृगका अनुसंधानविषयक तीन सौ ग्यारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate āraṇeyaparvaṇi mṛgānusandhāna-viṣayakaḥ trayodaśa-śata-eka-daśottaraḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Так завершается триста одиннадцатая глава «Махабхараты», в «Вана-парве», в разделе «Араньяка», повествующая о погоне и выслеживании оленя.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतof the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

आरणेयपर्वणिin the Araneyaparva

मृगof the deer

अनुसन्धानof the search/investigation

विषयकconcerning

त्रिशतthree hundred

एकादशeleven

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Vana Parva

Āraṇeya Parva

mṛga (deer)

Character Dynamics

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?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.