Episode 98: The Vedic View of Gambling

Ayurveda & Spirituality with Alakananda Ma · Apr 23, 2026

I make a resolve that I will not go gaming.

So my friends depart and leave me behind.

But as soon as the brown nuts are rattled and thrown,

to meet them I run, like an amorous girl.

Rig Veda, Dyuta Sukta, tr. HH Wilson

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