Gita Rahasya -Tilak 670

Srimad Bhagavadgita-Rahasya OR Karma-Yoga-Sastra -Bal Gangadhar Tilak

CHAPTER I. SRIMAD BHAGAVADGITA   कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्मा: सनातना:। धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत ॥ 40 ॥ अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रिय:। स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसंकर: ॥ 41 ॥ संकरो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च । पतन्ति पितरो ह्रोषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रिया: ॥ 42 ॥ Translation:- (40) On the extinction of a family; the eternal rites of families are destroyed ; and when these rites (of the family) have perished, lawlessness predominates over the whole family. (41) When lawlessness prevails, O Krsna, the women of the family become corrupt ; and when they have become corrupt, then, O Varsneya! ('descendant of Vrsni'— Trans.), there follows caste-confusion. (42) And when there is caste-confusion, it (necessarily) leads the destroyer of the family and the (entire) family to hell ; and as a result of the cessation of the ritual of offering rice-balls and water, their ancestors also fall down (to hell — Trans.).