O king, let the son of Kunti, Yudhishthira, be summoned. A skilfull man, keeping himself uninjured, and by throwing dice may vanquish one that has no skill. O descendant of Bharata, know that betting is my bow, the dice are my arrows, the marks of them (dice) are my bow-strings, and the dice-board is my car.
आहूयतां परं राजन् कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। अगत्वा संशयमहमयुद्ध्वा च चमूमुखे॥ अक्षान् क्षिपन्नक्षतः सन् विद्धानविदुषो जये। ग्लहान् धनूंषि मे विद्धि शरानक्षांश्च भारत॥ अक्षाणां हृदयं मे ज्या रथं विद्धि ममास्तरम्॥