'O king! foremost in loyalty, all the citizens accompanied by the ministers, are waiting at the gate with the desire of seeing you.' She repeatedly told him to grant them an interview. But as the king was possessed by Kali, he answered nothing to them or his queen of handsome looks, who gave utterance to her sorrows thus: And the counselors and all the citizens, overwhelmed with grief and shame and having uttered (unto themselves) that he would never stand, went back to their homes; and thence forward. O Yudhishthira, the gambling of Pushkara and Nala continued for several months, while the righteous king was always defeated.
राजन् पौरजनो द्वारि त्वां दिदृक्षुरवस्थितः। मन्त्रिभिः सहितः सर्वे राजभक्तिपुरस्कृतः॥ तं द्रष्टुमर्हसीत्येवं पुनः पुनरभाषत। तां तथा रुचिरापाङ्गी विलपन्तीं तथाविधाम्॥ आविष्टः कलिना राजा नाभ्यभाषत किंचन। ततस्ते मन्त्रिणः सर्वे ते चैव पुरवासिनः॥ नायमस्तीति दुःखार्ता वीडिता जग्मुरालयान्। तथा तदभवद् द्यूतं पुष्करस्य नलस्य च। युधिष्ठिर बहून् मासान् पुण्यश्लोकस्त्वजीयत॥