I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Saubala, the man of magic power and the root of the gaming and the feud, had been killed by Sahadeva.
यदाश्रौषं कलहद्यूतमूलं मायाबलं सौबलं पाण्डवेन। हतं संग्रामे सहदेवेन पापं तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥