Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Grief

    Verse 40

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 1, Verse 40

    कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः। धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत।।1.40।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    kula-kṣhaye praṇaśhyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ dharme naṣhṭe kulaṁ kṛitsnam adharmo ’bhibhavaty uta

    Translation

    Corrected: With the ruin of a clan, its ancient traditions perish, and when traditions perish, lawlessness overtakes the whole clan.
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