Ṛgveda · Sūkta 10.34
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10.34.1
प्रा॒वे॒पा मा॑ बृह॒तो मा॑दयन्ति प्रवाते॒जा इरि॑णे॒ वर्वृ॑तानाः ।
सोम॑स्येव मौजव॒तस्य॑ भ॒क्षो वि॒भीद॑को॒ जागृ॑वि॒र्मह्य॑मच्छान् ॥
The trembling dice exhilarate me, the great one; rushing with the speed of wind, they roll upon the board. Like a portion of Maujavata soma, the wakeful fruit of the vibhidaka has come to me.
10.34.2
न मा॑ मिमेथ॒ न जि॑हीळ ए॒षा शि॒वा सखि॑भ्य उ॒त मह्य॑मासीत् ।
अ॒क्षस्या॒हमे॑कप॒रस्य॑ हे॒तोरनु॑व्रता॒मप॑ जा॒याम॑रोधम् ॥
It did not harm me, nor did it scorn me; it was auspicious for friends and for me too. Because of the one-sided die, I have driven away my obedient wife.
10.34.3
द्वेष्टि॑ श्व॒श्रूरप॑ जा॒या रु॑णद्धि॒ न ना॑थि॒तो वि॑न्दते मर्डि॒तार॑म् ।
अश्व॑स्येव॒ जर॑तो॒ वस्न्य॑स्य॒ नाहं वि॑न्दामि कित॒वस्य॒ भोग॑म् ॥
My mother-in-law hates me, my wife keeps away from me; the afflicted finds no helper. As an old horse does not get the wealth of the rich man, so I do not find the enjoyment of the gambler.
10.34.4
अ॒न्ये जा॒यां परि॑ मृशन्त्यस्य॒ यस्यागृ॑ध॒द्वेद॑ने वा॒ज्य॑क्षः ।
पि॒ता मा॒ता भ्रात॑र एनमाहु॒र्न जा॑नीमो॒ नय॑ता ब॒द्धमे॒तम् ॥
Others caress his wife, in whose affliction the swift die took delight. Father, mother, and brothers say of him: 'We do not know him; lead away this bound man.'
10.34.5
यदा॒दीध्ये॒ न द॑विषाण्येभिः परा॒यद्भ्योऽव॑ हीये॒ सखि॑भ्यः ।
न्यु॑प्ताश्च ब॒भ्रवो॒ वाच॒मक्र॑तँ॒ एमीदे॑षां निष्कृ॒तं जा॒रिणी॑व ॥
Whenever I burn, the dice do not leave me; by them I am cast down, away from my friends. The thrown tawny dice speak; I go toward the reckoning of these, like a wanton woman.
10.34.6
स॒भामे॑ति कित॒वः पृ॒च्छमा॑नो जे॒ष्यामीति॑ त॒न्वा॑ शूशु॑जानः ।
अ॒क्षासो॑ अस्य॒ वि ति॑रन्ति॒ कामं॑ प्रति॒दीव्ने॒ दध॑त॒ आ कृ॒तानि॑ ॥
The gambler goes to the assembly, inquiring; saying 'I shall win,' he shakes his own body. His dice scatter his desire; the stakes placed against his rival carry him on to the deeds he has done.
10.34.7
अ॒क्षास॒ इद॑ङ्कु॒शिनो॑ नितो॒दिनो॑ नि॒कृत्वा॑न॒स्तप॑नास्तापयि॒ष्णवः॑ ।
कु॒मा॒रदे॑ष्णा॒ जय॑तः पुन॒र्हणो॒ मध्वा॒ सम्पृ॑क्ताः कित॒वस्य॑ ब॒र्हणा॑ ॥
The dice, goad-bearing and piercing, deceitful and burning, eager to torment, with boyish stakes, winning, raking back again and again, smeared with honey, with the gambler's rake.
10.34.8
त्रि॒प॒ञ्चा॒शः क्री॑ळति॒ व्रात॑ एषां दे॒व इ॑व सवि॒ता स॒त्यध॑र्मा ।
उ॒ग्रस्य॑ चिन्म॒न्यवे॒ ना न॑मन्ते॒ राजा॑ चिदेभ्यो॒ नम॒ इत्कृ॑णोति ॥
A troop of fifty-three plays among them, like the god Savitṛ whose law is true; not even before the wrath of the fierce one do they bow, yet the king indeed bows down to these.
10.34.9
नी॒चा व॑र्तन्त उ॒परि॑ स्फुरन्ति अह॒स्तासो॒ हस्त॑वन्तं सहन्ते ।
दि॒व्या अङ्गा॑रा॒ इरि॑णे॒ न्यु॑प्ताः शी॒ताः सन्तो॒ हृद॑यं॒ निर्द॑हन्ति ॥
Downward they turn, upward they leap; the handless ones overcome the one with hands. Heavenly embers lie cast on the board; though cold, they burn the heart from within.
10.34.10
जा॒या त॑प्यते कित॒वस्य॑ ही॒ना मा॒ता पु॒त्रस्य॒ चर॑तः॒ क्व॑ स्वित् ।
ऋ॒णा॒वा बिभ्य॒द्धन॑मि॒च्छमा॑नो अ॒न्येषा॒मस्त॒मुप॒ नक्त॑मेति ॥
The gambler's wife is tormented, forsaken; the mother of the son wanders—where? The debtor, fearing and seeking wealth, comes by night toward another's house.
10.34.11
स्त्रियं॑ दृ॒ष्ट्वाय॑ कित॒वं त॑तापा॒न्येषां॑ जा॒यां सुकृ॑तं च॒ योनि॑म् ।
पू॒र्वा॒ह्णे अश्वा॑न्युयु॒जे हि ब॒भ्रून्त्सो अ॒ग्नेरन्ते॑ वृष॒लः प॑पाद ॥
Having seen a woman, he tormented the gambler, the wife of another, and the well-made home; in the forenoon he yoked the tawny horses—the bull reached the edge of Agni.
10.34.12
यो वः॑ सेना॒नीर्म॑ह॒तो ग॒णस्य॒ राजा॒ व्रात॑स्य प्रथ॒मो ब॒भूव॑ ।
तस्मै॑ कृणोमि॒ न धना॑ रुणध्मि॒ दशा॒हं प्राची॒स्तदृ॒तं व॑दामि ॥
For him who became the leader of your great troop, the king and first of the group, I do not withhold wealth; in the ten directions, toward the east, I speak that truth.
10.34.13
अ॒क्षैर्मा दी॑व्यः कृ॒षिमित्कृ॑षस्व वि॒त्ते र॑मस्व ब॒हु मन्य॑मानः ।
तत्र॒ गावः॑ कितव॒ तत्र॑ जा॒या तन्मे॒ वि च॑ष्टे सवि॒तायम॒र्यः ॥
Do not play at dice; plough the field. Take delight in what you have, deeming it much. There are the cows, O gambler, and there is the wife. Savitṛ, this lord, clearly shows me this.
10.34.14
मि॒त्रं कृ॑णुध्वं॒ खलु॑ मृ॒ळता॑ नो॒ मा नो॑ घो॒रेण॑ चरता॒भि धृ॒ष्णु ।
नि वो॒ नु म॒न्युर्वि॑शता॒मरा॑तिर॒न्यो ब॑भ्रू॒णां प्रसि॑तौ॒ न्व॑स्तु ॥
Make Mitra our ally, and truly be gracious to us. Do not attack us with terrifying force; do not rush upon us boldly. May your wrath now subside; may enmity fall upon others, and so be it in the bond of the brown ones.