Highly wily, he had defeated Yudhishthira in the assembly by his power of deception and won from him his vast kingdom. The son of Pandu, however, has now conquered Shakuni's life-breaths.
मायया निकृतिप्रज्ञो जितवान् यो युधिष्ठिरम्। सभायां विपुलं राज्य स पुनजीवितं जितः॥