Rig Veda · 10.34.13

Rig Veda 10.34.13 — Dice, Etc

Verse 13 of 14 from Sukta 10.34 (Dice, Etc) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.34.13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अक्षैर्मा दीव्यः कर्षिमित कर्षस्व वित्ते रमस्व बहुमन्यमानः | तत्र गावः कितव तत्र जाया तन मे विचष्टे सवितायमर्यः

IAST Romanisation

akṣairmā dīvyaḥ kṛṣimit kṛṣasva vitte ramasva bahumanyamānaḥ | tatra ghāvaḥ kitava tatra jāyā tan me vicaṣṭe savitāyamaryaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Play not with dice: no, cultivate thy corn-land. Enjoy the gain, and deem that wealth sufficient. There are thy cattle there thy wife, O gambler. So this good Savitar himself hath told me.

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