Duryodhana said O Pratikamin, why do you say so? Is there any prince who plays staking his (own) wife? The king was certainly intoxicated with dice, or else could he not find any other object or stake?
द्रौपद्युवाच कथं त्वेवं वदसि प्रातिकामिन् को हि दीव्येद् भार्यया राजपुत्रः। मूढो राजा द्यूतमदेन मत्तो ह्यभूनान्यत् कैतवमस्य किंचित्॥