And by inviting to my help Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and Valhika. O descendant of Kuru, I would have said to the king, the son of Vichitravirya, for your sake, "O lord of kings, your sons should desist from gambling." I would have also pointed out the evils by which you have been reduced to this distress.
भीष्मद्रोणौ समानाय्य कृपं बाह्रीकमेव च। वैचित्रवीर्यं राजानमलं द्यूतेन कौरव॥ पुत्राणां तव राजेन्द्र त्वनिमित्तमिति प्रभो। तत्राचक्षमहं दोषान् यैर्भवान् व्यतिरोपितः॥