Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 77

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 1 The Yog of Irresolution and Grief कुल क्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः। धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत॥40॥ [ “In case of the destruction of a family its eternal sacred traditions are lost, and impiety afflicts the whole family with the loss of its values.’’ ] Until now Arjun has viewed family traditions as the eternal (Sanatan) Dharm. And he also believes that with the loss of these traditions, families are laden with sin. अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः। स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसड्करः॥41॥ [ “When sin prevails, O Krishn, women of the family stray from virtue, and when they are unchaste, O descendant of the ‘Vrishnis, (Varshneya: Krishn), there is generated an unholy mixture of classes (varnsankar).’’ ] When unrighteous ways dominate a family, its women lose their chastity and there arises an intermingling of different classes, of incompatible cultures and ways of living. According to Arjun, this sinful intermingling occurs when women lose their virtue. But Krishn contradicts this: