Rig Veda · 10.34.5

Rig Veda 10.34.5 — Dice, Etc

Verse 5 of 14 from Sukta 10.34 (Dice, Etc) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.34.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदादीध्ये न दविषाण्येभिः परायद्भ्यो.अव हीयेसखिभ्यः | नयुप्ताश्च बभ्रवो वाचमक्रतनेमीदेषां निष्क्र्तं जारिणीव

IAST Romanisation

yadādīdhye na daviṣāṇyebhiḥ parāyadbhyo.ava hīyesakhibhyaḥ | nyuptāśca babhravo vācamakratanemīdeṣāṃ niṣkṛtaṃ jāriṇīva

English Translation (Griffith)

When I resolve to play with these no longer, my friends depart from me and leave me lonely. When the brown dice, thrown on the board, have rattled, like a fond girl I seek the place of meeting.

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