O descendant of Kuru, it is on account of my absence at that time from the country of Anartha that you have been beset by the misfortunes engendered by gambling.
असांनिध्यं तु कौरव्य ममानर्तेष्वभूत् तदा। येनेदं व्यसनं प्राप्ता भवन्तो द्यूतकारितम्॥