Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 41
Chapter 1
Verse 42 of 47
Verse 43
Verse 1.42
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्रेषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः ॥1.42॥
1.42 saṃkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca patanti pitaro hy eṣāṃ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

The mixing (saṅkara) leads to hell indeed, For the destroyers of the family and for the family; For their ancestors (pitaraḥ) fall, Deprived of the offerings of rice-balls and water.

Stoller MillerLiterary

This discord drags the violators and the family itself to hell; for ancestors fall when rites of offering rice and water lapse.

ZaehnerJesuit

(42) The mixing of caste leads to hell—[the hell prepared] for those who wreck the family and for the family [so wrecked]. So too their ancestors fall down [to hell], cheated of their offerings of food and drink.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

1.42 And the intermingling in the family leads the ruiners of the family verily into hell. The forefathers of these fall down (into hell) because of being deprived of the offerings of rice-balls and water.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

1.42 This mixing of classes leads to hell the clan itself and its destroyers; for the spirits of their ancestors fall degraded, deprived of the ritual offerings of food and water.

SivanandaVedanta

1.42. Confusion of castes leads to hell the slayers of the family, for their forefathers fall, deprived of the offerings of rice-ball and water (libations).

Commentaries

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Sanskrit Original
Verse 41
Chapter 1
Verse 42 of 47
Verse 43