Bhagavad Gita 1.42
Chapter 1, verse 42
Meaning
“That confusion drags both the family and those who destroyed it down to hell. Even their ancestors fall from their place, because no one is left to make the offerings of rice and water for them.”
The Sanskrit
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च ।
पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः ॥ ४२ ॥
saṃkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca
patanti pitaro hy eṣāṃ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ
Say it
sung-kuh-ro nuh-ruh-kaa-yai-vuh koo-luh-ghnaa-naam koo-luh-syuh chuh
puh-tun-ti pi-tuh-ro hy ay-shaam loop-tuh-pin-do-duh-kuh-kri-yaah
Word by word
- saṃkaraḥ
- this confusion
- narakāya eva
- leads straight to hell
- kula-ghnānām
- for those who destroy the family
- kulasya ca
- and for the family itself
- patanti
- fall
- pitaraḥ
- the ancestors
- hi eṣām
- of these people, indeed
- lupta-piṇḍa-udaka-kriyāḥ
- deprived of the offerings of rice-balls and water
Read it in context: verses 1.41–44One fear leads to the nextWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: When each worry borrows strength from the last
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.42 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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