[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Simhasanadvatrimshika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana) › 27.p7 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 27.p7 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 27.p7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.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. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.8) - [Next: 27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.9) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.27.p9) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.27.p7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.27.p7) · Pramāṇa