Verse 37

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Dry floor taken for water· Verses 37–40

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On dry floor he gathered up the end of his garment, taking it for water, and fell on the dry floor; and in water he took it for floor in his confusion, fooled by the maya of Maya. Bhima laughed to see it, and so did the women and the other kings, though the king tried to stop them, dear one; and Krsna approved. Ashamed, his face turned down, blazing with anger, he went out in silence and set off for the city named for the elephant. There was a great cry of grief from the good, and he to whom no enemy is born was like a man whose mind is troubled. The Bhagavan stayed silent, he who meant to lift the earth's burden, and by whose glance that man had been sent astray.

This is what I have told you, king, since you asked me here: the bad heart of Suyodhana at the Rajasuya, the great rite.