Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.23

v2.c18.23

“Go unto the gamblers, ask there,
(Ask) Thou in the hall, thou Sūta’s son :
‘Didst thou first gamble thyself away,
Or me, Yudhishṭhira ?’
When thou hast found this out, come
And lead me away, O Sūta’s son;
For when I know what the king wishes,
Then do I go, filled with sorrow.”
To the hall he hastened and spoke
There these words of Draupadī;
He spoke these words unto Pāṇḍu’s son,
Who was standing amidst the princes :
“Wast thou the lord, when thou didst me play away ?” 1
Thus speaks to thee Draupadī.
“Didst thou first play thyself
Away, or me, Yudhishṭhira ?”
But senseless stood Yudhishṭhira,
Like one bereft of life,2
Answered not one word
To the Sūta, good or evil.