Chapter 1 · Verse 42
Arjuna's Dilemma
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
Word Meanings
saṅkaraḥ — unwanted children; narakāya — hellish; eva — indeed; kula-ghnānām — for those who destroy the family; kulasya — of the family; cha — also; patanti — fall; pitaraḥ — ancestors; hi — verily; eṣhām — their; lupta — deprived of; piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ — performances of sacrificial offerings
Translation
Such intermingling brings only hell upon the destroyers of the family and the family itself; their ancestors fall from grace, deprived of the offerings of food and water.