Bhagavad Gita 1.43
दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः। उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः।।1.43।।
doṣairetaiḥ kulaghnānāṃ varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ. utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāśca śāśvatāḥ..1.43..
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- दोषैः एतैः
- by these faults/evils
- कुलघ्नानाम्
- of the destroyers of the family/clan
- वर्णसङ्करकारकैः
- which cause intermixture/confusion of castes (varnas)
- उत्साद्यन्ते
- are destroyed/eradicated
- जातिधर्माः
- the eternal duties/traditions based on birth/lineage
- कुलधर्माः
- the duties/traditions of the family/clan
- च
- and
- शाश्वताः
- eternal, everlasting
Commentary
By these transgressions of the destroyers of families, which occasion interminglings of castes, the eternal rites of castes and rites, of families are subverted.
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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दोषैः एतैः
कुलघ्नानाम्
वर्णसङ्करकारकैः
उत्साद्यन्ते
जातिधर्माः
कुलधर्माः
च
शाश्वताः
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