Bhagavad Gita · 1.43
॥
Devanāgarī
दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः ।
उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
doṣair etaiḥ kulaghnānāṁ varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ |
utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
दोषैःdoṣaiḥby these sinful acts, by these faults.
एतैःetaiḥby these.
कुलघ्नानाम्kula-ghnānāmof the destroyers of the family.
वर्णसङ्करकारकैःvarṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥby those that bring about unwanted progeny (varṇa-saṅkara).
उत्साद्यन्तेutsādyanteare destroyed, uprooted, brought to ruin.
जातिधर्माःjāti-dharmāḥthe laws of the community, the traditions of the caste/social order.
कुलधर्माःkula-dharmāḥthe family traditions, the laws of the dynasty.
चcaand.
शाश्वताःśāśvatāḥeternal, age-old.
Translation
“By these sinful deeds of the destroyers of the family, which bring about the mixing of the social orders, the eternal traditions of the community and the age-old laws of the family are uprooted.”
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