Chapter 1 · Verse 42 · Arjuna Visada Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 1.42
Sanskrit
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।
Transliteration
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
In plain words
When you abandon what you know is right—whether in your marriage, your family, or your own conscience—you're not just hurting yourself in this moment. You're breaking something sacred that extends backward to those who loved you and forward to those who will come after. The lesson for you: the choices you make either honor the love that made you, or they sever it. Your integrity is a thread connecting the past to the future. Don't let it snap.
हिंदी अर्थ
कुल को नष्ट करने वाले के कुल में मिश्रण (अनैतिक संतान) से नरक की प्राप्ति होती है। ऐसे कुल के पूर्वज पिंड और जल के बिना नरक में गिरते हैं।
Word by Word
Arjuna trembles here at a profound law: when we abandon dharma, we don't merely wound ourselves—we fracture the sacred lineage that flows through time itself. The ancestors who poured their spiritual essence into our bloodline become forgotten, their memory dissolved, their evolutionary journey interrupted.
When we betray duty, we betray not just this moment but the very continuity of grace that holds both the living and the departed in eternal connection. In modern life, this teaches us that our choices ripple backward and forward through time—every act of integrity honors those who came before and blesses those yet to come.
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Bhagavad Gita 1.42 — BG 1.42
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