SECTION –XII
(Arjunabhigamana Parva Continued)
"Vasudeva said, O lord of earth, if I had
been present at Dwaraka, then, O king, this evil would not have befallen thee!
And, O irrepressible one, coming unto the gambling-match, even if uninvited by
the son of Amvika (Dhritarashtra), or Duryodhana, or by the other Kauravas, I
would have prevented the game from taking place, by showing its many evils,
summoning to my aid Bhishma and Drona and Kripa, and Vahlika! O exalted one,
for thy sake I would have told the son of Vichitravirya--O foremost of
monarchs, let thy sons have nothing to do with dice!--I would have shown the
many evils (of dice) through which thou hast fallen into such distress and the
son of Virasena was formerly deprived of his kingdom! O king, unthought of
evils, befall a man from dice! I would have described how a man once engaged in
the game continueth to play (from desire of victory). Women, dice, hunting and
drinking to which people become addicted in consequence of temptation, have
been regarded as the four evils that deprive a man of prosperity. And those
versed in the Sastras are of opinion that evils attend upon all these. They
also that are addicted to dice know all its evils. O thou of mighty arms,
appearing before the son of Amvika, I would have pointed out that through dice
men in a day lose their possessions, and fall into distress, and are deprived
of their untasted wealth, and exchange harsh words! O perpetuator of the Kuru
race, I would have pointed out these and other attendant evils! If he had
accepted my words thus addressed, the welfare of the Kurus as also virtue
itself would both have been secured! And, O foremost of kings, if he had
rejected my gentle counsels offered as medicine, then, O best of the Bharata
race, I would have compelled him by force! And, if those who wait at his court,
professing to be his friends but in reality his foes, had supported him, then I
would have slain them all, along with those gamblers, there present! O
Kauravya, it is owing to my absence from the Anartta country at that time that
thou hast fallen into such distress begot of dice! O thou best of Kurus, O son
of Pandu, on arriving at Dwarka I learnt from Yuyudhana all about thy calamity!
And, O foremost of kings, directly I heard it with a heart sore agitated by
grief, have I speedily come here wishing to see thee, O king! Alas! O bull of
the Bharata race, ye have all fallen into dire distress! I see thee with thy
brothers plunged in misfortune!"
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