A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s2.220
A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s2.220
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v1.c8.s2.220
The most beautiful amongst the non-religious poems of the Ṛgveda collection is the song of the gambler, Ṛv. X, 34. It is the soliloquy of a penitent sinner, who by means of his irresistible attraction to dice-playing has destroyed the happiness of his life. In pathetic verses the gambler describes how the dice have caused him to lose his domestic happiness :
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- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit