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Rigveda 10.34.7

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.34.7

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10.34.7

a̱kṣāsa̱ id a̍ṅku̱śino̍ nito̱dino̍ ni̱kṛtvā̍na̱s tapa̍nās tāpayi̱ṣṇava̍ḥ |
ku̱mā̱rade̍ṣṇā̱ jaya̍taḥ puna̱rhaṇo̱ madhvā̱ sampṛ̍ktāḥ kita̱vasya̍ ba̱rhaṇā̍ ||

Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe. They give frail gifts and then destroy the man who wins, thickly anointed with the player's fairest good.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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