Bhagavad Gita · 1.41
॥
Devanāgarī
अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः ।
स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ |
strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अधर्माभिभवात्adharma-abhibhavātfrom the prevalence of lawlessness, from the spread of unrighteousness.
कृष्णkṛṣṇaO Kṛṣṇa!
प्रदुष्यन्तिpraduṣyantibecome corrupted, defiled, spoiled.
कुलस्त्रियःkula-striyaḥthe women of the family, the women of the household.
स्त्रीषुstrīṣuwhen the women.
दुष्टासुduṣṭāsuare corrupted, defiled, fallen.
वार्ष्णेयvārṣṇeyaO Vārṣṇeya! (descendant of the Vṛṣṇi dynasty).
जायतेjāyateis born, arises.
वर्णसङ्करःvarṇa-saṅkaraḥunwanted progeny, the mixing of the social orders (varṇas).
Translation
“O Kṛṣṇa, when lawlessness prevails in the family, the women of the family become corrupted. And when the women are corrupted, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, there arises unwanted progeny [the mixing of the social orders].”
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