Rigveda 10.034.10
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 34 · Verse 10.34.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
जा॒या त॑प्यते कित॒वस्य॑ ही॒ना मा॒ता पु॒त्रस्य॒ चर॑तः॒ क्व॑ स्वित् । ऋ॒णा॒वा बिभ्य॒द्धन॑मि॒च्छमा॑नो॒ऽन्येषा॒मस्त॒मुप॒ नक्त॑मेति
jāyā tapyate kitavasya hīnā mātā putrasya carataḥ kva svit ṛṇāvā bibhyaddhanamicchamāno'nyeṣāmastamupa naktameti
By progeny is the singer praised—motherless is the bard when the son wanders, where indeed? He, fearing debt, desires wealth; he says he will join the others at night.
The deserted wife of the gamester is afflicted; the mother (grieves) for the son wandering wherever helikes; involved in debt, ever in fear, anxious for wealth, (the gambler) goes forth by night to the dwellings of others(to plural nder).
The gambler's wife is left forlorn and wretched: the mother mourns the son who wanders homeless. In constant fear, in debt, and seeking riches, he goes by night unto the home of others.