SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA - Esamskriti.com

not we who clearly see evil in the destruction of a family, learn to turn away from thissin.Arjuna was reinforcing his arguments for saving the Kaurava desperadoes due to hisattachment for his relatives and friends by putting forward a philosophy of nonresistanceto evil. Krishna in his discourses that will follow proved the hollowness ofthese arguments and their dangerous implications.kulakshaye pranashyanti kuladharmaah sanaatanaahdharme nashte kulam kritsnam adharmo'bhibhavatyuta // 1.40 //In the destruction of a family, its ancient religious traditions perish; on thedestruction of spirituality, lawlessness overtakes the whole family.Dharma or spirituality means the duties, rites and ceremonies practiced by the familyin accordance with the injunctions of the scriptures. War tends to tear us away fromour natural home surroundings and uproot us from social traditions which are theessence of the mature will and experience of the people.adharmaabhibhavaat krishna pradushyanti kulastriyahstreeshu dushtaasu vaarshneya jaayate varnasankarah // 1.41 //And when lawlessness prevails, O Krishna, the women of the family become corruptand when women become corrupted it results in intermingling of castes O, Varshneya(Krishna- the descendent of Vrshni clan).The idea is that when women are associated with their husbands who flouted theirfamily traditions of righteousness, they may also feel emboldened to committransgressions.sankaro narakaayaiva kulaghnaanaam kulasya chapatanti pitaro hyeshaam luptapindodaka kriyaah // 1.42 //Admixture of castes leads the family and the slayers of the family to hell because thespirits of their ancestors fall, deprived of the offerings of rice and water.doshair etaih kulaghnaanaam varnasankarakaarakaihutsaadyante jaatidharmaah kuladharmaashcha shaashwataah // 1.43 //By these evil deeds of the destroyers of the family, which cause confusion of castes,the traditional duties of the caste and the family are destroyed.utsannakuladharmaanaam manushyaanaam janaardananarake niyatam vaaso bhavateetyanushushruma // 1.44 //O, Janardana, we have heard that dwelling in hell for an infinite period is inevitablefor those people whose family duties have been destroyed.Arjuna argued that impiety will predominate in the families because the death of theexperienced persons in the battle field will leave none to control and guide them in