Bhagavad Gita 1.42
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| saṅkaraḥ | saṅkaraḥ | unwanted children |
| narakāya | narakāya | hellish |
| eva | eva | indeed |
| kula-ghnānām | kula-ghnānām | for those who destroy the family |
| kulasya | kulasya | of the family |
| cha | cha | also |
| patanti | patanti | fall |
| pitaraḥ | pitaraḥ | ancestors |
| hi | hi | verily |
| eṣhām | eṣhām | their |
| lupta | lupta | deprived of |
| piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ | piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ | performances of sacrificial offerings |
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.
वह वर्णसंकर कुलघातियों को और कुल को नरक में ले जाने का कारण बनता है। पिण्ड और जलदान की क्रिया से वंचित इनके पितर भी नरक में गिर जाते हैं।