Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.p7

27.p7

rājñā bhaṇitam: bhoḥ saumya, dyūtaṃ mahāpāpamūlam; sarveṣāṃ vyasanānām āśrayo dyūtavidhiḥ. uktaṃ ca:

The king said: "Good sir, gambling is the source of great evils; all the vices rest upon devotion to gambling. And it is said: 9. This house (of gambling) is a disgrace, an abode of thieves and harlots and the like; it is the chief of all the vices, a treasure-house of great disasters, the seed of evil, the first among the rough roads to hell; knowing this, what man of clear mind will engage in gambling? And so: 10. (To a gambler) of what account are disgrace, poverty, misfortunes, anger, covetousness and so on, theft, and the other vices; yes, of what account are the tortures of dead men in hell? — since gambling is the whole soul of him who gets no rest from its terrible infatuation. Thus the noble declare; for an intelligent man (who gambles) is mentioned everywhere upon earth among rogues and abandoned characters.