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Chapter 1
Link:—Now in the next five verses, Arjuna mentions the sins accruing from destruction of one's own family.
kulaksaye pranasyanti kuladharmah sanatanah
dharme naste kulam krtsnamadharmo'bhibhavatyuta
With the destruction of a family its agelong family traditions disappear and with the absence of family traditions, impiety takes hold of the entire family. 40
Comment:-
Kulaksaye pranasyanti kuladharmah sanatanah:-In a war, there is destruction of family. The family has its agelong traditions and time-honoured usage. But when a family is destroyed, its pious traditions and usage, which lead the living and dead members of the family to benediction, also perish, because no one remains, to maintain these.
Dharme naste kulam krtsnamadharmo'bhibhavatyuta:-When pious traditions and pious conduct, perish, people lose their virtues and righteousness, and impiety takes hold of an entire family.
Now the doubt arises, how impiety takes hold of the family when it is destroyed. The answer is, that when people who wage war are killed, impiety takes hold of the children and women, who do not take part in battle, but are left behind. The reason is that when fit and experienced persons die in battle, no one is left behind to control the children and women, and to teach them good conduct and virtuous behaviour. So they do not behave decently that is supposed to mark, righteous persons. So impiety takes hold of them.
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