Mahabharata 2.46.3

2.46.3

vistareṇaitadicchāmi kathyamānaṃ tvayā dvija |
mūlaṃ hyetadvināśasya pṛthivyā dvijasattama || 3 ||

Janamejaya said,--"O thou foremost of all conversant with the Vedas, how did that game at dice take place, fraught with such evil to the cousins and through which my grand-sires, the son of Pandu, were plunged into such sorrow? What kings also were present in that assembly, and who amongst them approved of the gambling match and who amongst them forbade it? O sinless one, O chief of regenerate ones, I desire thee to recite in detail all about this, which, indeed, was the cause of the destruction of the world."