Shloka 80
Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)
एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजा प्रहस्योलूकमब्रवीत् । धनंजयं पुनर्ब्रूहि वासुदेवस्य शृण्वत:
evam uktvā tato rājā prahasyolūkam abravīt | dhanañjayaṁ punar brūhi vāsudevasya śṛṇvataḥ ||
国王（难敌）说罢，便放声讥笑，转而对优卢迦说道：“去吧，再把我的话传给檀那阇耶（阿周那）——要当着婆苏提婆（奎师那）亲自聆听之时说出来。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how arrogance and mockery can become instruments of adharma: Duryodhana seeks to shame and provoke Arjuna openly, even before Kṛṣṇa, showing a will to escalate conflict rather than pursue restraint or reconciliation.
Sañjaya narrates that Duryodhana, after speaking, laughs and instructs his messenger Ulūka to repeat a message to Arjuna, explicitly to be spoken in Kṛṣṇa’s hearing—framing the message as a public challenge and intensifying the prelude to war.