Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s7.48

c7.s7.48

Śukrāchārya rules that any overindulgence in gambling, women and drinking would produce disasters. Nala and Yudhiṣṭhira are examples of kings who suffered terribly on account of indulgence in the vice of gambling. Indra, Dāṇḍakya, Nahuṣa and Rāvaṇa were kings who came to great grief owing to excess in sexual sensuousness. Too much of drink leads to the loss of intelligence.³