Bhagavad Gita · 1.44
॥
Devanāgarī
उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन ।
नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
utsannakuladharmāṇāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana |
narake niyataṁ vāso bhavatīty anuśuśruma ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणाम्utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāmof those whose family traditions (kula-dharma) are destroyed (utsanna).
मनुष्याणाम्manuṣyāṇāmof the men.
जनार्दनjanārdanaO Janārdana!
नरकेnarakein hell.
नियतम्niyatamsurely, invariably, for a long time.
वासःvāsaḥdwelling, abode, residence.
भवतिbhavatiis, comes to be.
इतिitithus, this.
अनुशुश्रुमanuśuśrumawe have heard [from authorities], the tradition has come down to us.
Translation
“O Janārdana, we have heard from authorities that men whose family traditions are destroyed dwell for a long time in hell.”
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