Gita Verse 1.44

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 44

Sanskrit Verse

उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन।

नरकेऽनियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम।।1.44।।

Transliteration

utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ manuṣhyāṇāṁ janārdana

narake ‘niyataṁ vāso bhavatītyanuśhuśhruma

Word meanings

utsanna—destroyed; kula-dharmāṇām—whose family traditions; manuṣhyāṇām—of such human beings; janārdana—he who looks after the public, Shree Krishna; narake—in hell; aniyatam—indefinite; vāsaḥ—dwell; bhavati—is; iti—thus; anuśhuśhruma—I have heard from the learned

Swami Sivananda's translation

We have heard, O Janardana, that those men in whose families the religious practices have been destroyed are inevitably destined to dwell in hell for an unknown period.

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