Deeply engaged in the game, as he is deaf regarding the advices of his friends and relatives, so he does not accept my counsel. Surely me-seems, the high-souled Naishadha is not to be blamed for his not listening to my words, absorbed as he is in the game.
सुहृत्स्वजनवाक्यानि यथावन्न शृणोति च। ममापि च तथा वाक्यं नाभिनन्दति मोहितः॥ नूनं मन्ये न दोषोऽस्ति नैषधस्य महात्मनः। यत् तु मे वचनं राजा नाभिनन्दति मोहितः॥