Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 42

सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।

saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ

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Word Meanings

saṅkaraḥunwanted children
narakāyahellish
evaindeed
kula-ghnānāmfor those who destroy the family
kulasyaof the family
chaalso
patantifall
pitaraḥancestors
hiverily
eṣhāmtheir
luptadeprived of
piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥperformances of sacrificial offerings
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Translation

Confusion of castes leads to hell for the slayers of the family, for their forebears fall, deprived of the offerings of rice-balls and libations of water.

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Commentary

1.42 सङ्करः confusion of castes? नरकाय for the hell? एव also? कुलघ्नानाम् of the slayers of the family?कुलस्य of the family? च and? पतन्ति fall? पितरः the forefathers? हि verily? एषां their? लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः deprived of the offerings of ricall and water.No Commentary.

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Bhagavad Gita 1.42 - Chapter 1 Verse 42 in Hindi & English