Gita Verse 1.42

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 42

Sanskrit Verse

सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च।

पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।

Transliteration

saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha

patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ

Word meanings

saṅkaraḥ—unwanted children; narakāya—hellish; eva—indeed; kula-ghnānām—for those who destroy the family; kulasya—of the family; cha—also; patanti—fall; pitaraḥ—ancestors; hi—verily; eṣhām—their; lupta—deprived of; piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ—performances of sacrificial offerings

Swami Sivananda's translation

Confusion of castes leads to hell for the slayers of the family, for their forebears fall, deprived of the offerings of rice-balls and libations of water.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 1