Although there were then at the place a thousand other people whom Yudhishthira could defeat at a game of dice, he took no notice of these and none of Karna and Suyodhana but challenged Subala's son and was defeated by him in the game. He lost at every step.
हित्वा हि कर्णं च सुयोधनं च समाह्वयद् देवितुमाजमीढः। दुरोदरास्तत्र सहक्रस्रशोऽन्ये युधिष्ठिरो यान् विषहेत जेतुम्॥ उत्सृज्य तान् सौबलमेव चायं समाह्वयत् तेन जितोऽक्षवत्याम्। स दीव्यमानः प्रतिदेवनेन अक्षेषु नित्यं तु पराङ्मुखेषु॥