1.42 The ancestors fall Arjuna speaks
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च
पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha
patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
That confusion brings ruin on the family and on those who destroyed it, for their ancestors fall, deprived of the offerings of food and water.
Explanation
And the ancestors fall.
Confusion of lineage ruins the family and those who destroyed it, because the ancestors are deprived of the offerings of food and water.
The stakes have now extended past everyone alive. What he is describing is a harm that runs backwards in time, which is the largest thing he can put on the scale.
Word by word
- 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
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