Bhagavad Gita 1.44
Chapter 1, verse 44
Meaning
“And Janārdana, we have heard it said again and again that people whose family ways have been destroyed are bound to live in hell.”
The Sanskrit
उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन ।
नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥ ४४ ॥
utsannakuladharmāṇāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ janārdana
narake niyataṃ vāso bhavatīty anuśuśruma
Say it
oot-sun-nuh-koo-luh-dhur-maa-naam muh-noosh-yaa-naam juh-naar-duh-nuh
nuh-ruh-kay ni-yuh-tum vaa-so bhuh-vuh-tee-ty uh-noo-shoo-shroo-muh
Word by word
- utsanna-kula-dharmāṇām
- whose family ways have been destroyed
- manuṣyāṇām
- of people
- janārdana
- O Janārdana (Krishna)
- narake
- in hell
- niyatam vāsaḥ
- a certain dwelling
- bhavati iti
- is, so
- anuśuśruma
- we have heard again and again
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 1.44 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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