Chapter 1 · Verse 42Arjuna's Dilemma
Bhagavad Gita 1.42
BG 1.42 — Chapter 1 (Arjuna's Dilemma), Verse 42, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च | पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः ||१-४२||
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saṅkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca . patanti pitaro hyeṣāṃ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ ||1-42||
Roman: sankaro narakayaiva kulaghnanam kulasya ca . patanti pitaro hyesham luptapindodakakriyah
. Confusion of castes leads to hell the slayers of the family, for their forefathers fall, deprived of the offerings of rice-ball and water (libations).