1.40 कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः। धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत
kula
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.
1.42 सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः
saṅkaro narakāya
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saṅkaraḥ—unwanted children;narakāya—hellish;eva—indeed;kula-ghnānām—for those who destroy the family;kulasya—of the family;cha—also;patanti—fall;pitaraḥ—ancestors;hi—verily;eṣhām—their;lupta—deprived of;piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ—performances of sacrificial offerings
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The intermixture leads the family-ruiners and their families to nothing but hell; for, their ancestors (their individual souls) fall down [in hell], being deprived of the rites of offering rice-balls and water [intended for them].
Promiscuity ruins both the family and those who defile it; while the souls of our ancestors droop, through lack of the funeral cakes and ablutions.
This mixing of classes leads to hell the clan itself and its destroyers; for the spirits of their ancestors fall degraded, deprived of the ritual offerings of food and water.
And the intermingling in the family leads the ruiners of the family verily into hell. The forefathers of these fall down (into hell) because of being deprived of the offerings of rice-balls and water.
Confusion of castes leads to hell the slayers of the family, for their forefathers fall, deprived of the offerings of rice-ball and water.
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.41 अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः। स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः
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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!
