Shloka 81

Devanagari script

यदा त्रीणि समेतानि अन्तरिक्षे पुराणि च

Transliteration

yadā trīṇi sametāni antarīkṣe purāṇi ca

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: „Als die Drei sich in der Mitte des Himmels zusammenfanden und auch die uralten Vorzeichen…“

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• समेतानि: assembled, come together
• समेतानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समेत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the sky, in mid-air
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुराणि: cities, forts
• पुराणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• antarīkṣa (the sky/mid-region)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse fragment points to the Mahābhārata motif that moral disorder on earth is reflected by disturbances or conjunctions in the heavens: as adharma intensifies, signs appear that warn of the consequences of collective actions, especially in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa begins describing a moment when “three” things converge in the sky, along with “ancient” signs—an introduction to an omen-laden passage that frames the unfolding events of the Kurukṣetra war as being accompanied by cosmic portents.