Shloka 29

Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda

Disclosure and Consolation

Devanagari script

विगाहा सलिल त्वाशु वाग्बाणैर्भुशविक्षत: । उत्थाय स गदापाणिरयुद्धाय समुपस्थित:,उस समय भीमसेनके वाग्बाणोंसे अत्यन्त घायल होकर दुर्योधन तुरंत पानीसे बाहर निकला और हाथमें गदा ले युद्धके लिये उद्यत हो पाण्डवोंके पास आ गया

Transliteration

vigāhya salilaṃ tv āśu vāgbāṇair bhṛśa-vikṣataḥ | utthāya sa gadāpāṇir ayuddhāya samupasthitaḥ ||

Translation

Obwohl Duryodhana von Bhīmasenas Worten, scharf wie Pfeile, schwer verwundet war, stieg er sogleich aus dem Wasser; und als er unverzüglich mit der Keule in der Hand aufstand, trat er den Pāṇḍavas entgegen, kampfbereit.

Word by Word

विगाह्यhaving plunged/entered

सलिलम्water

तुbut/indeed

आशुquickly

वाग्बाणैःwith word-arrows (verbal shafts)

भृशविक्षतःseverely wounded

उत्थायhaving risen (up)

सःhe

गदापाणिःone whose hand holds a mace (mace-in-hand)

अयुद्धायfor battle/fighting

समुपस्थितःhaving approached / standing ready

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Bhīmasena

Duryodhana

Pāṇḍavas

salila (water)

gadā (mace)

vāgbāṇa (word-arrows)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.