Shloka 15
सभा-पर्व, अध्याय ६१ — द्रौपदी-प्रश्नः, सभाधर्मः, सत्यवचन-नियमः
युधिछिर उवाच सहस्रसंख्या नागा मे मत्तास्तिष्ठन्ति सौबल । हेमकक्षा: कृतापीडा: पद्मिनो हेममालिन:
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | sahasrasaṅkhyā nāgā me mattās tiṣṭhanti saubala | hemakakṣāḥ kṛtāpīḍāḥ padmino hemamālinaḥ ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「おおサウバラ（スバラの子）よ、我には千頭の象がいる。いずれも発情期にあって、整然と立ち備えている。繋ぎ綱は黄金、頭には精巧な飾りを戴き、こめかみと額には蓮華のごとき印があり、首には黄金の花環が輝いている。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the allure of royal wealth and display; in the broader dice-hall narrative it foreshadows how attachment to status and prosperity can become ethically perilous when challenged by deceit and gambling.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Śakuni (Saubala) and lists his magnificent assets—especially a thousand musth elephants richly ornamented—within the Sabha Parva setting that leads into the fateful contest of dice.