A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s2.227

v1.c8.s2.227

“Grieved is the gambler’s wife by him abandoned,
Grieved, too, his mother as he aimless wanders.
Indebted, fearing, he desiring money
At night approaches other people’s houses. [10]

It pains the gambler when he sees a woman
Another’s wife, and their well-ordered household.
He yokes those brown steeds early in the morning,¹
And when the fire is low sinks down a beggar.”² [11]