Rig Veda

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अ॒क्षास॒ इद॑ङ्कु॒शिनो॑ नितो॒दिनो॑ नि॒कृत्वा॑न॒स्तप॑नास्तापयि॒ष्णव॑: । कु॒मा॒रदे॑ष्णा॒ जय॑तः पुन॒र्हणो॒ मध्वा॒ सम्पृ॑क्ताः कित॒वस्य॑ ब॒र्हणा॑ ॥ अक्षास इदङ्कुशिनो नितोदिनो निकृत्वानस्तपनास्तापयिष्णवः । कुमारदेष्णा जयतः पुनर्हणो मध्वा सम्पृक्ताः कितवस्य बर्हणा ॥

sanskrit

Dice verily are armed with hooks, with goads, pricking, paining and torturing (the gamester); to thewinning (player) they are the givers of sons, they are tipped with honey; slaying him in return by taking away thegambler's (all).

english translation

a॒kSAsa॒ ida॑Gku॒zino॑ nito॒dino॑ ni॒kRtvA॑na॒stapa॑nAstApayi॒SNava॑: | ku॒mA॒rade॑SNA॒ jaya॑taH puna॒rhaNo॒ madhvA॒ sampR॑ktAH kita॒vasya॑ ba॒rhaNA॑ || akSAsa idaGkuzino nitodino nikRtvAnastapanAstApayiSNavaH | kumAradeSNA jayataH punarhaNo madhvA sampRktAH kitavasya barhaNA ||

hk transliteration