अभ्यर्थितस्तदा तस्मै स्थानानि कलये ददौ ।
द्यूतं पानं स्त्रियः सूना यत्राधर्मश्चतुर्विधः ॥३८॥
sÅ«ta uvÄca
abhyarthitas tadÄ tasmai
sthÄnÄni kalaye dadau
dyÅ«taá¹ pÄnaá¹ striyaḥ sÅ«nÄ
yatrÄdharmaÅ› catur-vidhaḥ
SÅ«ta said: He then gave to Kali who had made the request places where there were four types of irreligion: gambling, wine, unmarried women and slaughter of animals.
Dyutam is clearly gambling. Panam means drinking wine and other things. Striyah means unmarried women. Sunah is killing other living entities. With the appearance of gambling comes untruth,80 the loss of truthfulness. With the appearance of drinking comes intoxication81 and loss of mercy. With illicit women comes illicit sex and impurity. With violence to living entities comes all adharmas. Those who commit violence to living entities have no austerity, cleanliness or mercy. Truthful speaking does not exist in them at all.
