Adepts at the play, they robbed the virtuous king Yudhishthira who was holy, attached to the rules of the Kshatriya class and unskillful at the game of dice.
अनक्षज्ञं मताक्षः सन् क्षत्रवृत्ते स्थितं शुचिम्। ते तथा वञ्चयित्वा तु धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम्॥