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SABHA PARVA
 
युधिष्ठिरः-
'अन्येनान्यस्य वै घृतं विषमं प्रतिभाति मे ।
एतद्विद्वन्नुपादत्स्व काममेवं प्रवर्तताम् ॥
 
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"One gambling for another seems to
me to be irregular ; learned man, know this ;
but if you so desire, let is proceed.
 
'सन्ति निष्कसहस्रस्य भाण्डिन्यो भरिताश्शुभाः।
कोशो हिरण्यमक्षय्यं सदश्वा राष्ट्रसंमताः ।
शवं दासीसहस्राणि कुशला नृत्तसामसु ।
सहस्रसंख्या नागा मे सर्वशब्दक्षमा युधि ।
गवाश्वं बहुधेनूकमसंख्येयमजाविकम् ।
एतद्राजन्मम धनं तेन दीव्याम्यहं त्वया ॥'
 
"There are beautiful chests each filled
with a thousand pieces of gold; (my) treasury
of inexhaustible gold; excellent horses
celebrated in (all) countries ; hundred thousand
attendant women, experts in dance and
songs; my elephants numbering a thousand
and capable of standing every noise in
battle; bulls and horses with numerous