Dutaghatotkaca 45: ghaṭotkacaḥ

45

akṣānvimuñca śakune ! kuru bāṇayogya-
maṣṭāpadaṃ samarakarmaṇi yuktarūpam |
na hyatra dāraharaṇaṃ na ca rājyatantraṃ
prāṇāḥ paṇo'tra ratirugrabalaiśca bāṇaiḥ || 45 ||

Abandon your dice, Śakuni! Make the chessboard fit for arrows, / suitable for the work of battle! / For here is no seizing of a wife, nor the governance of a kingdom; / here life is the stake, and the delight is with arrows of terrible might! || 45