TEXT 8
dyute tv adharmena jitasya sadhoh
satyavalambasya vanam gatasya
na yacato dat samayena dayam
tamo-jusano yad ajata-satroh
SYNONYMS
dyuteby means of gambling; tubut; adharmenaby unfair tricks; jitasyaof the vanquished; sadhoha saintly person; satya-avalambasyaone who embraced truth as shelter; vanamforest; gatasyaof the goer; nanever; yacatahwhen asked for; adatdelivered; samayenain due course; dayamright share; tamah-jusanahoverwhelmed by illusion; yatas much as; ajata-satrohof one who had no enemy.
TRANSLATION
Yudhisthira, who was born without any enemy, was unfairly defeated in gambling. But because he had taken the vow of truthfulness, he went off to the forest. When he came back in due course and begged the return of his rightful share of the kingdom, he was refused by Dhrtarastra, who was overwhelmed by illusion.
PURPORT
Maharaja Yudhisthira was the rightful heir to his fathers kingdom. But just to favor his own sons, headed by Duryodhana, Dhrtarastra, Maharaja Yudhisthiras uncle, adopted various unfair means to cheat his nephews of their rightful share of the kingdom. At last the Pandavas demanded only five villages, one for each of the five brothers, but that was also refused by the usurpers. This incident led to the War of Kuruksetra. The Battle of Kuruksetra, therefore, was induced by the Kurus, and not the Pandavas.
As ksatriyas, the proper livelihood of the Pandavas was only to rule, and not to accept any other occupation. A brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya will not accept employment for his livelihood under any circumstances.

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