Gita 1-42
Contents (hide)
मूलम्
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च |
पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः || १-४२ ||
Meaning
शब्दार्थाः (Word for word)
सङ्करः -- intermixture, confusion; नरकाय -- for hell; एव -- only; कुलघ्नानाम् -- of the destroyers of the family; कुलस्य -- of the family; च -- and; पतन्ति -- fall; पितरः -- ancestors; हि -- indeed; एषाम् -- of these; लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः -- those deprived of ritual offerings of rice and water;
अन्वयः (Word order)
सङ्करः कुलघ्नानाम्, कुलस्य च, नरकाय एव । एषां पितरः लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः पतन्ति हि ।
अनुवादः (Translation)
(Arjuna continues) "Confusion of castes leads the destroyers of family and the family itself to hell. Deprived of ritual offerings of rice and water, their ancestors indeed fall (from their respective positions in पितृलोक . )."
Notes
Ramanuja does not comment on this verse separately.
RSDji does not have any particular insights to add.
Practice Notes
(Balaji)
None