Bhagavad Gita · 1.42
॥
Devanāgarī
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च ।
पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṁ kulasya ca |
patanti pitaro hy eṣāṁ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सङ्करःsaṅkaraḥthe mixing [of the social orders], unwanted progeny.
नरकायnarakāyato hell.
एवevasurely, straight.
कुलघ्नानाम्kula-ghnānāmof the destroyers of the family.
कुलस्यkulasyaand of the family itself.
चcaand.
पतन्तिpatantifall.
पितरःpitaraḥthe ancestors, the ancestral souls.
हिhitruly, indeed.
एषाम्eṣāmof them (of the destroyers of the family).
लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाःlupta-piṇḍa-udaka-kriyāḥthose for whom the offerings of food (piṇḍa) and water (udaka) have ceased.
Translation
“The mixing of the social orders leads straight to hell both the destroyers of the family and the family itself. Indeed, the ancestral souls of such men fall [from the heavens], deprived of offerings of food and water.”
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