Bhagavad Gita 1.42
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca. patanti pitaro hyeṣāṃ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ.1.42.
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- सङ्करः (saṅkaraḥ)
- admixture/confusion of castes (varna-saṅkara)
- नरकाय (narakāya)
- to hell / for hell (dative of purpose)
- एव (eva)
- indeed, verily
- कुलघ्नानाम् (kula-ghnānām)
- of the destroyers of the family
- कुलस्य (kulasya)
- of the family/clan
- च (ca)
- and
- पतन्ति (patanti)
- they fall
- पितरः (pitaraḥ)
- the forefathers/ancestors
- हि (hi)
- for, indeed
- एषाम् (eṣām)
- of these (people, i.e., the family destroyers)
- लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः (lupta-piṇḍa-udaka-kriyāḥ)
- whose rites of rice-ball and water offerings have been discontinued
Commentary
that intermingling necessarily leads the family and the destroyers of the family to hell; for when the ceremonies of (offering) the balls of food and water (to them) fail, their ancestors fall down (to hell).
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain -- Shankara's commentary offers no independent gloss for this narrative verse; text is the literal translation.
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सङ्करः (saṅkaraḥ)
नरकाय (narakāya)
एव (eva)
कुलघ्नानाम् (kula-ghnānām)
कुलस्य (kulasya)
च (ca)
पतन्ति (patanti)
पितरः (pitaraḥ)
हि (hi)
एषाम् (eṣām)
लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः (lupta-piṇḍa-udaka-kriyāḥ)
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