Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c8.29

c8.29

61. निजयैव वाचयात्मनो गौरवं निवेशयन्तः ।
ये यान्ति प्रशंसामेव जयन्तीह ते महाकवयः ॥
63. दौर्गत्येपि सौख्यानि तेषां विभवपि भवन्ति दुःखानि ।
काव्यपरमार्थरसिकानि येषां जायन्ते हृदयानि ॥
67. शोभयति सुखयति चोपभुज्यमानो लवोपि लक्ष्म्याः ।
देवी सरस्वती पुनरस The definite conclusion from them; but so far as they go there is hardly any difference between his dialect and that of Mâthura. The Professor is led to attribute two languages to gamblers by the annotator on the Sâhityadarpaṇa whom he quotes, and who explains धूर्त by अक्षदेविन. But if the word is to be so understood, दिव्यताम् in the next line is not wanted, and neither योध nor नागरिक. For, supposing the warriors and clever worldly men were gamblers, gambling was not confined to them; whence there is no reason to mention them in particular.