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

至此，《摩诃婆罗多》森林篇（Vana Parva）阿兰尼耶部分中，关于追逐并寻踪一鹿的第三百一十一章结束。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: of the revered Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• आरणेयपर्वणि: in the Araneyaparva
• आरणेयपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरणेयपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मृग: of the deer
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अनुसन्धान: of the search/investigation
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुसन्धान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशत: three hundred
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकादश: eleven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Āraṇeya Parva
• mṛga (deer)

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.