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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Verse 931
Do not take to gambling even if you can win,
Or your wins will be like the baited hook that the fish swallows.
Verse 932
To win once, a gambler loses a hundred times.
Is that the way to win either happiness or prosperity?
Verse 934
Gambling brings on many woes and erodes a man's good name.
There is nothing which ends in more wretched poverty.
Verse 935
Those enamored of the dice, the gambling hall
And their lucky hand lose everything in their desire to win.
Verse 936
Gambling is misfortune's other name, and fools ensnared
By her will suffer an empty stomach and a surfeit of sorrow.
Verse 937
Spending time in the gambling hall wastes
Ancestral wealth and diminishes an individual's worth.
Verse 938
Gambling will consume a man's wealth and corrupt his honesty.
It will end his benevolence and bring on him misery.
Verse 939
Those who take to gambling's fickle gain forfeit these five:
Raiments, riches, rations, renown and urudition.
Verse 940
The gambler's passion increases with the losses incurred.
Even so does the soul's craving for life grow with the griefs suffered.
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The Holy Kural
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