Shloka 816

Devanagari script

त्रिपर्वणा त्रिशल्येन तदा तानि बिभेद सः । जब वे तीनों पुर आकाशमें एकत्र हुए, तब उन्होंने तीन गाँठ और तीन फलवाले बाणसे उन तीनों पुरोंको विदीर्ण कर डाला

Transliteration

triparvaṇā triśalyena tadā tāni bibheda saḥ |

Translation

ನಿಯತ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಮೂರು ಪುರಗಳು ಒಂದಾದಾಗ, ಅವನು ಮೂರು ಪರ್ವಗಳೂ ಮೂರು ಶಲ್ಯಗಳೂಳ್ಳ ಒಂದೇ ಶರದಿಂದ ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಭೇದಿಸಿ ಚೂರುಚೂರಾಗಿಸಿದನು।

Word by Word

• त्रिपर्वणा: with a three-jointed (arrow)
• त्रिपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• त्रिशल्येन: with a three-barbed (arrow)
• त्रिशल्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिशल्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• तानि: those (things/fortresses)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• बिभेद: split, pierced, shattered
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• three aerial cities (tripura)
• three-jointed arrow (triparvaṇa śara)
• three-barbed arrow (triśalya śara)
• sky

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights focused, proportionate force used at the right moment to neutralize a concentrated danger; power becomes ethically meaningful when guided by discernment and the aim of restoring order.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the three cities align together in the sky, the hero (implied by context) uses a specially fashioned arrow—described as three-jointed and three-barbed—to pierce and destroy all three at once.