Being unwilling to bear all this at the same time being incapable of vanquishing the Pandavas in the field of bettle, he planned a most unjust game at dice, instead of being willing to obtain fortune by his own exertion and with the help of the king of Gandhara.
अमर्षणः स्वयं जेतुमशक्तः पाण्डवान् रणे। निरुत्साहश्च संप्राप्तुं सुश्रियं क्षत्रियोऽपि सन्॥ गान्धारराजसहितश्छद्मद्यूतममन्त्रयत्।