Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 17

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-1 : Arjuna Vishad Yoga

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adharmābhi-bhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ |
strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ || 41 ||

41. When unrighteousness prevails, O Krishna the women of the clan become corrupt; when
women become corrupt, there arises intermixture of classes.

saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya ca |
patanti pitaro hyeṣāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ || 42 ||

42. This mixing of classes leads the clan to hell along with its destroyers; for the spirits of their
ancestors fall, degraded, deprived of the ritual offerings of rice-balls and water[1].
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doṣair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ |
utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ kula-dharmāśca śāśvatāḥ || 43 ||

43. By the crimes of the clan-destroyers who bring about intermingling of classes, the ancient
traditions of the clan and class are destroyed.

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References and Context

  1. Rice balls (piṇḍas) and libations of water with sesame seeds (tarpana) are the offerings that are made to the dead. Ed.