Rigveda 10.034.07
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 34 · Verse 10.34.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒क्षास॒ इद॑ङ्कु॒शिनो॑ नितो॒दिनो॑ नि॒कृत्वा॑न॒स्तप॑नास्तापयि॒ष्णवः॑ । कु॒मा॒रदे॑ष्णा॒ जय॑तः पुन॒र्हणो॒ मध्वा॒ सम्पृ॑क्ताः कित॒वस्य॑ ब॒र्हणा॑
akṣāsa idaṅkuśino nitodino nikṛtvānastapanāstāpayiṣṇavaḥ kumāradeṣṇā jayataḥ punarhaṇo madhvā sampṛktāḥ kitavasya barhaṇā
With eyes like hooked goads, daily they drove away the burning ones, the scorched; youthful sons of bulls were victorious again; joined with honey they reached the singer’s hymn.
Dice verily are armed with hooks, with goads, pricking, paining and torturing (the gamester); to thewinning (plural yer) they are the givers of sons, they are tipped with honey; slaying him in return by taking away thegambler's (all).
Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe. They give frail gifts and then destroy the man who wins, thickly anointed with the player's fairest good.