GAMBLING-DHYOOTHAM-ध्यूतं

 SUBHASHITHANI: 413

You will never be able to try your luck with the most stringent law of nature: karma. Therefore, the term “chance” in gambling is a denial of the laws of God. One thinks that somewhere in the system is a loophole, a place to beat the odds, a chance to win – but there isn’t.-Anon

प्रातर्द्यूतप्रसङ्गेन मध्याह्ने स्त्रीप्रसङ्गतः ।
रात्रौ चौरप्रसङ्गेन कालो गच्छन्ति धीमताम् ॥ Chanakya niti
Wise men spend their mornings in discussing gambling ( Mahabharata), the afternoon talking about the woman ( Ramayana- Sita devi ), and the night hearing about the activities of theft ( Srimad Bhagavatham- Krishna’s childhood pranks )

दश कामसमुत्थानि तथाऽष्टौ क्रोधजानि च ।
व्यसनानि दुर्ऽन्तानि प्रयत्नेन विवर्जयेत् ॥ ४५ ॥Manusmruti

daśa kāmasamutthāni tathā'ṣṭau krodhajāni ca |
vyasanāni dur'ntāni prayatnena vivarjayet || 7.45 ||

The king shall shun the ten ruinous vices springing from love of pleasure, as also the eight arising from anger.

मृगयाऽक्षो दिवास्वप्नः परिवादः स्त्रियो मदः ।
तौर्यत्रिकं वृथाट्या च कामजो दशको गणः ॥ Manusmruti
mṛgayā'kṣo divāsvapnaḥ parivādaḥ striyo madaḥ |
tauryatrikaṃ vṛthāṭyā ca kāmajo daśako gaṇaḥ || 7.47 ||
Hunting, dice, sleeping during the day, censoriousness, women, intoxication, musical triad and listless wandering constitute the ten-fold set arising from the love of pleasure.

पानमक्षाः स्त्रियश्चैव मृगया च यथाक्रमम् ।

एतत् कष्टतमं विद्यात्चतुष्कं कामजे गणे ॥ Manusmruti

pānamakṣāḥ striyaścaiva mṛgayā ca yathākramam |
etat kaṣṭatamaṃ vidyātcatuṣkaṃ kāmaje gaṇe || 7.50 ||

In the set arising from love of pleasure: Drinking, dice, women and hunting are to be regarded as the four most pernicious, in the order in which they are named.

सप्त दोषा सदा राजन् हातव्या व्यसनोदयाः
प्रायशो यैर्विनश्यन्ति कृतमूला अपीश्वराः।
स्त्रियोऽक्षाः मृगया पानं वाक्पारुष्यं च पंचमं
महच्च दण्डपारुष्यं अर्थदूषणमेव च ॥ Vidura niti

Sapta doshaah sadaa raajan haatavyaa vyasanodayaah

Praayasho yairvinashyanti kritamoola apeeshwaraah I
Striyokshaah mrigayaa paanam vaakpaarushyam cha panchamam
Mahachcha dandapaarushyam arthadooshanameva cha  IIIIl
The following seven bad habits will lead to the downfall of even a well-established king.   Women, gambling, hunting, intoxicating drinks, use of harsh words, inflicting very harsh punishment for minor offences and misuse of the treasury.

द्यूतं समाह्वयं चैव राजा राष्ट्रात्निवारयेत् ।
राजान्तकरणावेतौ द्वौ दोषौ पृथिवीक्षिताम् ॥ २२१ ॥Manusmruti
dyūtaṃ samāhvayaṃ caiva rājā rāṣṭrātnivārayet |
rājāntakaraṇāvetau dvau doṣau pṛthivīkṣitām || 9.221 ||
The King shall exclude from his realm Gambling and Betting; these two evils bring about the destruction of the kingdoms of princes.

प्रकाशमेतत् तास्कर्यं यद् देवनसमाह्वयौ ।
तयोर्नित्यं प्रतीघाते नृपतिर्यत्नवान् भवेत् ॥ २२२ ॥Manusmruti
prakāśametat tāskaryaṃ yad devanasamāhvayau |
tayornityaṃ pratīghāte nṛpatiryatnavān bhavet || 9.222 ||
Gambling and Betting are open theft; the King shall always be careful in suppressing them.

अप्राणिभिर्यत् क्रियते तत्लोके द्यूतमुच्यते ।
प्राणिभिः क्रियते यस्तु स विज्ञेयः समाह्वयः ॥ २२३ ॥Manusmruti
aprāṇibhiryat kriyate tatloke dyūtamucyate |
prāṇibhiḥ kriyate yastu sa vijñeyaḥ samāhvayaḥ || 9.223 ||
That which is done through inanimate things is called ‘Gambling’; while what is done through animate things is to be known as ‘Betting.

द्यूतमेतत् पुरा कल्पे दृष्टं वैरकरं महत् ।
तस्माद् द्यूतं न सेवेत हास्यार्थमपि बुद्धिमान् ॥ २२७ ॥Manusmruti
dyūtametat purā kalpe dṛṣṭaṃ vairakaraṃ mahat |
tasmād dyūtaṃ na seveta hāsyārthamapi buddhimān || 2.227 ||
In former cycles gambling has been seen to be the great source of enmity; the wise man shall therefore not have recourse to gambling, even in joke.

 Srimad Mahabharata: NALA'S GAME OF DICE
Kali possesses Nala; Nala and his brother entered into game of dice; Citizens, ministers and Damayanti try to prevent Nala from gambling but failed to achieve their objective.

வேண்டற்க வென்றிடினும் சூதினை வென்றதூஉம்
தூண்டிற்பொன் மீன்விழுங்கி அற்று. Thirukkural 931

Seek not the gamester's play; though you should win,
Your gain is as the baited hook the fish takes in.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH