girls,
adorned from head to foot with golden ornaments; next all the remainder
of his goods; next all his cattle; and then the whole of his Raj,
excepting only the lands which had been granted to the Brahmans.(17)

(17)'A lakh is a hundred thousand, and a crore is a hundred lakhs, or
ten millions. The Hindoo term might therefore have been converted into
English numerals, only that it does not seem certain that the bards
meant precisely a hundred thousand slaves, but only a very large number.
The exceptional clause in favour of the Brahmans is very significant.
When the little settlement at Indra-prastha had been swelled by the
imagination of the later bards into an extensive Raj, the thought may
have entered the minds of the Brahmanical compilers that in losing the
Raj, the Brahmans might have lost those free lands, known as inams
or jagheers, which are frequently granted by pious Rajas for the
subsistence of Brahmans. Hence the insertion of the clause.'

'Now when Yudhishthira had lost his Raj, the Chieftains present in the
pavilion were of opinion that he should cease to play, but he would not
listen to their words, but persisted in the game. And he staked all the
jewels belonging to his brothers, and he lost them; and he staked his
two younger brothers, one after the other, and he lost them; and he then
staked Arjuna, and Bhima, and finally himself; and he lost every game.
Then Sakuni said to him:--"You have done a bad act, Yudhishthira, in
gaming away yourself and becoming a slave. But now, stake your
wife, Draupadi, and if you win the game you will again be free." And
Yudhishthira answered and said:--"I will stake Draupadi!" And all
assembled were greatly troubled and thought evil of Yudhishthira; and
his uncle Vidura put his hand to his head and fainted away, whilst
Bhishma and Drona turned deadly pale, and many of the company were very
sorrowful; but Duryodhana and his brother Duhsasana, and some others of
the Kauravas, were glad in their hearts, and plainly manifested their
joy. Then Sakuni threw the dice, and won Draupadi for Duryodhana.

'Then all in that assembly were in great consternation, and the
Chieftains gazed upon one another without speaking a word. And
Duryodhana said to his uncle Vidura:--"Go now and bring Draupadi hither,
and bid her sweep the rooms." But Vidura cried out against him with a
loud voice, and said:--"What wickedness is this? Will you order a woman
who is of noble birth, and the