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Bhagavad Gita 1.44

उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन। नरकेऽनियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम।।

utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ manuṣhyāṇāṁ janārdana narake ‘niyataṁ vāso bhavatītyanuśhuśhruma

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
utsannautsannadestroyed
kula-dharmāṇāmkula-dharmāṇāmwhose family traditions
manuṣhyāṇāmmanuṣhyāṇāmof such human beings
janārdanajanārdanahe who looks after the public, Shree Krishna
narakenarakein hell
aniyatamaniyatamindefinite
vāsaḥvāsaḥdwell
bhavatibhavatiis
itiitithus
anuśhuśhrumaanuśhuśhrumaI have heard from the learned

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.

हे जनार्दन !  हमने सुना है कि जिनके यहां कुल धर्म नष्ट हो जाता है,  उन मनुष्यों का अनियत काल तक नरक में वास होता है।