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 ||
都利约陀那虽被毗摩塞那如箭般尖利的言辞刺得遍体鳞伤，却立刻从水中跃出；随即手执钉锤，挺身而起，走向般度诸子，准备迎战。
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.