That royal sage, the illustrious Yudhishthira, reflecting that the extremity of misery which had befallen his brothers was owing to his own fault and remembering also the sufferings that had arisen from his act of gambling, could not sleep in peace. He felt as if his heart had been pierced with a lance.
युधिष्ठिरस्तु राजर्षिरात्मकर्मापराधजम्। चिन्तयन् स महाबाहुर्धातृणां दुःखमुत्तमम्॥ न सुष्वाप सुखं राजा हृदि शल्यैरिवार्पितैः। दौरात्म्यमनुपश्यंस्तत् काले द्यूतोद्भवस्य हि॥