1.41 Then the lineage is confused Arjuna speaks
अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः
स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः
adharmābhibhavāt kṛiṣhṇa praduṣhyanti kula-striyaḥ
strīṣhu duṣhṭāsu vārṣhṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ
Where disorder prevails, Krishna, the women of the family are corrupted; and when the women are corrupted, confusion of lineage follows.
Explanation
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Where disorder prevails the women of the family are corrupted, and confusion of lineage follows.
This is Arjuna speaking from inside the assumptions of his time, and the text does not endorse it — the same book says at 9.32 that women reach the highest goal. What is being recorded is his argument, not a doctrine.
Word by word
- adharma
- irreligion
- abhibhavāt
- preponderance
- kṛiṣhṇa
- Shree Krishna
- praduṣhyanti
- become immoral
- kula-striyaḥ
- women of the family
- strīṣhu
- of women
- duṣhṭāsu
- become immoral
- vārṣhṇeya
- descendant of Vrishni
- jāyate
- are born
- varṇa-saṅkaraḥ
- unwanted progeny
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