1.39 कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन
kathaṃ na jñeyam
Word meanings
katham—why;na—not;jñeyam—should be known;asmābhiḥ—we;pāpāt—from sin;asmāt—these;nivartitum—to turn away;kula-kṣhaya—killing the kindered;kṛitam—done;doṣham—crime;prapaśhyadbhiḥ—who can see;janārdana—he who looks after the public, Shree Krishna
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But, perceiving clearly the evil consequences ensuing from the ruin of the family, should we not have sense enough to refrain from this sinful act, O Janardana?
Should not we, whose eyes are open, who consider it to be wrong to annihilate our house, turn away from so great a crime?
Why should we not learn to shun this crime - we who see the evil of ruining a clan, O Krsna?
yet how can we who clearly see the evil arising from destroying the family remain unaware of (the need of) abstaining from this sin?
Why should not we, who clearly see evil in the destruction of a family, learn to turn away from this sin, O Janardana (Krishna)?
1.41 अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः। स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः
adharm
Word meanings
adharma—irreligion;abhibhavāt—preponderance;kṛiṣhṇa—Shree Krishna;praduṣhyanti—become immoral;kula-striyaḥ—women of the family;strīṣhu—of women;duṣhṭāsu—become immoral;vārṣhṇeya—descendant of Vrishni;jāyate—are born;varṇa-saṅkaraḥ—unwanted progeny
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O Krsna, due to the domination of impiety, the women of the family become corrupt. O member of the Vrsni-clan, when the women become corrupt, there arises the intermixture of castes.
When irreligion spreads, the women of the house begin to stray; when they lose their purity, adulteration of the stock follows.
When lawlessness prevails, O Krsna, the women of the clan become corrupt; when women become corrupt, there arises intermixture of classes.
O Krishna, when vice predominates, the women of the family become corrupt. O descendant of the Vrsnis, when women become corrupted, it results in the intermingling of castes.
By prevalence of impiety, O Krishna, the women of the family become corrupt and, women becoming corrupted, O Varsneya (descendant of Vrishni), there arises intermingling of castes!
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.40 कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः। धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत
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Word meanings
kula-kṣhaye—in the destruction of a dynasty;praṇaśhyanti—are vanquished;kula-dharmāḥ—family traditions;sanātanāḥ—eternal;dharme—religion;naṣhṭe—is destroyed;kulam—family;kṛitsnam—the whole;adharmaḥ—irreligion;abhibhavati—overcome;uta—indeed
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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When a family ruins, the eternal duties of the family perish; when the duties perish, impiety inevitably dominates the entire family.
The destruction of our kindred means the destruction of the traditions of our ancient lineage, and when these are lost, irreligion will overrun our homes.
With the ruin of a clan, perish its ancient traditions, and when traditions perish, lawlessness overtakes the whole clan
From the ruin of the family are totally destroyed the traditional rites and duties of the family. When rites and duties are destroyed, vice overpowers the entire family also.
In the destruction of a family, the immemorial religious rites of that family perish; on the destruction of spirituality, impiety overcomes the whole family.
