In the Sabha Parva of the Mahabharata, Duryodhana visits the new palace of the Pandavas and falls into a pool. “Beholding the plight of Duryodhana, the mighty Bhima and Arjuna and both the twins, all laughed aloud.” Duryodhana tells his uncle Shakuni about the laughter. The dice game follows.
In many popular retellings, it is Draupadi who laughs and says that the son of a blind man is blind, andhe ka putra andha. The Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata does not include her line.