Bhagavad Gita 1.40 — Kula-kshaye Pranashyanti — Complete Lyrics
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता १.४० — कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः।
धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत॥
kula-kṣhaye praṇaśhyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ
dharme naṣhṭe kulaṁ kṛitsnam adharmo ’bhibhavaty uta
When a family is destroyed, its eternal traditions and duties (kula-dharma) perish; and when dharma is destroyed, unrighteousness indeed overwhelms the entire family.
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