अकार्यं तादृशं कृत्वा पुनर् एव गुरुं क्षिपन् ॥
वध्यस् त्वं न त्वयार्थो ऽस्ति मुहूर्तम् अपि जीवता ॥
कस् त्व् एतद् व्यवसेद् आर्यस् त्वद् अन्यः पुरुषाधमः ॥
निगृह्य केशेषु वधं गुरोर् धर्मात्मनः सतः ॥
सप्तावरे तथा पूर्वे बान्धवास् ते निपातिताः ॥
यशसा च परित्यक्तास् त्वां प्राप्य कुलपांसनम् ॥
akāryaṃ tādṛśaṃ kṛtvā punar eva guruṃ kṣipan ||
vadhyas tvaṃ na tvayārtho 'sti muhūrtam api jīvatā ||
kas tv etad vyavased āryas tvad anyaḥ puruṣādhamaḥ ||
nigṛhya keśeṣu vadhaṃ guror dharmātmanaḥ sataḥ ||
saptāvare tathā pūrve bāndhavās te nipātitāḥ ||
yaśasā ca parityaktās tvāṃ prāpya kulapāṃsanam ||
'Having committed such an unworthy deed, and again reviling the guru, you deserve death; there is no benefit to anyone from your living even a moment. Who, being noble, would resolve upon this besides you, vilest of men — seizing by the hair and slaying the guru, righteous in soul? Seven generations before and seven after, your kinsmen are cast down [into hell] and forsaken by glory, having gotten you, defiler of the family.'
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Satyaki curses Dhrishtadyumna as the 'disgrace of the family,' for whom both ancestors and descendants will fall. It is telling how ancient the notion is: the sin of one brings ruin upon seven generations in both directions — a personal act reverberates through the whole lineage. The verse teaches that a person's deed is not confined to himself alone but touches his entire family, both the departed and the unborn; and one who commits great wrong dishonors not only himself but the blood from which he came.