Yudhisthira said This Sahadeva administers justice, he has acquired a reputation for learning in this world. Though this prince does not deserve to be staked in play, yet with such dear object as my stake, I shall play, as if he is not so.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अयं धर्मान् सहदेवोऽनुशास्ति लोके ह्यस्मिन् पण्डिताख्यां गतश्च। अनर्हता राजपुत्रेण तेन दीव्याम्यहं चाप्रियवत् प्रियेण॥