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 ||
尤提士提罗说道：“噢，骚婆罗（苏婆罗之子），我有一千头大象，皆在发情之期，列阵而立，随时听命。它们的系缚之绳为黄金所制；头戴精工饰冠；两鬓与额上有如莲华之纹；颈间金饰如花环般闪耀。”
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.