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THE MAHABHARATA
"What wish of yours shall I now carry
out ? Ask what you want."
दुर्योधनः-
'ददासि चेद्वरं मह्यं जीव
गृहीत्वा रथिनां श्रेष्ठं मत्समीपमिहानय ॥
सत्यप्रतिज्ञे त्वानीते पुनर्द्यूतेन निर्जिते ।
पुनर्यास्यन्त्यरण्याय पाण्डवास्तमनुव्रताः ।
सोऽयं मम जयो व्यक्तं दीर्घकालं भविष्यति ॥ '
Duryodhana—
"If you grant me a boon, capture
alive Yudhisthira, that best of chariot-fighters,
and bring him here to me. When that
Yudhisthira who keeps his promise is
brought and vanquished again at a game
of dice, the sons of Pandu who are vowed
to act in obedience to him will go to the
forest once more. And this will clearly
be a longstanding victory for me."