Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.p6

27.p6

rājño 'ktam: bho devadatta, tvam atīvaprājñaḥ; katham evam atipāpe dyūtakarmaṇi buddhiṃ karoṣi? teno 'ktam: prājño 'pi puruṣaḥ karmaṇā preryamāṇaḥ kiṃ na kariṣyati? tathā co 'ktam: kiṃ karoti naraḥ prājñaḥ preryamānaḥ svakarmabhiḥ?

The king said: "Sir, whoever you are, you are certainly a very intelligent man; how is it that you are so devoted to the serious vice of gambling?" Said he: "Even an intelligent man will do anything when driven by (the fatal power of his own past) deeds. And it is said: 8. What can even an intelligent man do, when driven by the power of his own deeds? For the minds of men are above all determined by their past deeds."