Shloka 29
Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda
Disclosure and Consolation
विगाहा सलिल त्वाशु वाग्बाणैर्भुशविक्षत: । उत्थाय स गदापाणिरयुद्धाय समुपस्थित:
vigāhya salilaṃ tv āśu vāgbāṇair bhṛśa-vikṣataḥ | utthāya sa gadāpāṇir ayuddhāya samupasthitaḥ ||
সেই সময় ভীমসেনৰ বাক্যবাণে অতি আহত হৈ দুঃশাসন (দুৰ্যোধন) তৎক্ষণাৎ পানীৰ পৰা উঠি আহিল; হাতত গদা লৈ যুদ্ধৰ বাবে উদ্যত হৈ পাণ্ডৱসকলৰ সন্মুখত আহি থিয় হ’ল।
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech has moral weight: words can injure like weapons (vāgbāṇa). The verse implicitly warns that taunting and harsh admonition may deepen hostility, while also showing how pride and rage can propel a person back into violence despite being ‘wounded’ by rebuke.
Duryodhana, stung and ‘wounded’ by Bhīma’s cutting words, dives into the water; then he quickly rises out holding a mace and approaches the Pāṇḍavas, prepared to fight.