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Verse 1.42
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 1, Verse 42
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Confusion of castes leads to hell for the slayers of the family, for their forebears fall, deprived of the offerings of rice-balls and libations of water.
A Reading - Rantideb
The subsequent fall of the ancestors illustrates a fear of total systemic collapse - not just in the physical realm, but across temporal and spiritual dimensions.
saṅkaraḥunwanted children
narakāyahellish
evaindeed
kula-ghnānāmfor those who destroy the family
kulasyaof the family
chaalso
patantifall
pitaraḥancestors
hiverily
eṣhāmtheir
luptadeprived of
piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥperformances of sacrificial offerings
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
1.42 सङ्करः confusion of castes? नरकाय for the hell? एव also? कुलघ्नानाम् of the slayers of the family?कुलस्य of the family? च and? पतन्ति fall? पितरः the forefathers? हि verily? एषां their? लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः deprived of the offerings of ricall and water.No Commentary.