BG - 1.40

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

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

• kula-kṣhaye - in the destruction of a dynasty
• praṇaśhyanti - are vanquished
• kula-dharmāḥ - family traditions
• sanātanāḥ - eternal
• dharme - religion
• naṣhṭe - is destroyed
• kulam - family
• kṛitsnam - the whole
• adharmaḥ - irreligion
• abhibhavati - overcome
• uta - indeed

Translation

In the destruction of a family, the immemorial religious rites of that family perish; on the destruction of spirituality, impiety indeed, overwhelms the whole family.

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