दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः ।उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः ॥
doṣair etaiḥ kulaghnānāṃ varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ |utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ ||
- दोषैः · doṣaiḥ
- by the evils, faults
- एतैः · etaiḥ
- by these
- कुलघ्नानाम् · kulaghnānām
- of the family-slayers
- वर्णसङ्करकारकैः · varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ
- causing caste-confusion
- उत्साद्यन्ते · utsādyante
- are destroyed, ruined
- जातिधर्माः · jātidharmāḥ
- the duties of one's station
- कुलधर्माः · kuladharmāḥ
- family duties
- च · ca
- and
- शाश्वताः · śāśvatāḥ
- eternal, enduring
“By these evils of the family-slayers, which breed confusion of castes, the enduring duties of station and clan are destroyed.”
— Original plain-language translation
The chain completes: dead men → broken rites → corrupted households → collapsed order. Arjuna has built a total theory of civilizational ruin from one battle. Its power is why the Gita needs seventeen more chapters to answer it.
— Reader's notes (original)