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THE MAHABHARATA
 
शिरो गृहीत्वा विदुरो गतसत्त्व इवाभवत् ।

आस्ते ध्यायन्नधोवस्क्त्रो निश्वसन्निव पन्नगः ॥
 

Holding his head, Vidura looked like

one whose life had departed; hanging

down his face and sighing like a serpent,

he was immersed in thought.
 

 
धृतराष्ट्रस्तु संहृष्टः पर्यपृच्छत्पुनःपुनः ।
 

किं जितं किं जितमिति ह्याकारं नाभ्यरक्षत ॥
 

And Dhritarashtra rejoiced and asked again

and again : "Has it been won, has it

been won ?" He did not hide his feelings.
 

 
जहर्ष कर्णोऽतिभृशं सह दुःशासनादिभिः ।

इतरेषां तु सभ्यानां नेत्रेभ्यः प्रापतज्जलम् ॥
 

Karna, along with Dussasana and others,

exulted intensely. Tears fell from the eyes

of others in the assembly.
 

 
सौबलो जितमित्येव तानक्षानन्वपद्यत ॥
 

Sakuni played the dice with the word

"Won".