#017 THE GOD WHO WON OTHERS' DICE AND FETCHED FOR US

BOOK 7, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 109 E, GAMBLERS' PRAYERS (5)

Sage : Badarayana (pr: Baadaraayan`a) - (another name Vyaasa).

Gods: : There seems to be a separate God for gambling with "Dice".

Procedure : There are seven verses from 109 A to 109 G. This is the fifth verse. All the verses are to be used in this procedure.

The dice are to be first soaked in curd and honey for three nights.
Then they are to be sanctified by recitiing the seven verses three times.

KAAND`A 7, ANUVAAKAM 10, SUUKTAM 109 E

Yee noo dyuvee dhanam idam cakaara,
Yoo akshaan`aan`am glahanam s`eeshan`am ca,
Sa noo deevoo havir idam jushaan`oo,
Gandharvee bhi hi sadhaamaadam madeeshee.

GIST

The God who brought us riches and made us glorious (by defeating the wealth of the other competing gamblers),
The God who won others' dice and fetched them for us,
Let that God enjoy these sacrificial oblations.

We also relish the oblations along with the Gandharvas and become inebriated.

GLOSSARY
Gandharvas : Believed to be a class of celestial demy-Gods. Historians believe these to be a tribe in Kandahar (Afghanistan).