Then ensued a battle between the Kurus and the Pandavas. O king, that owed its origin to that game at dice and that brought about awful carnage.
ततः प्रववृत्ते युद्धं कुरूणां पाण्डवैः सह। अक्षद्यूतकृतं राजन् सुघोरं वैशसं तदा॥