Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 1

Bhagavad Gita 1.43

दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः। उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः॥

doṣhair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ kula-dharmāśh cha śhāśhvatāḥ

Translation

By these caste-confusing misdeeds of the slayers of the family, the everlasting caste customs and family customs are abolished.

What it means

Caste and family customs, he says, will be abolished by these deeds. Arjuna's case is complete: personal grief, social theory, and ancestral duty all aligned against fighting. The Gita respects the sincerity while preparing to dismantle the conclusion.

Try this today

His worry is the loss of the frameworks that tell people who they are and what they owe each other.

Something to reflect on

Which of my objections to change are about losing my map of who owes what?

Read it in Yathora
← 1.421.44 →

Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.