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अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः । स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसंकरः॥६-२३-४१॥
When adharma prevails, O Kṛṣṇa, the women of the family become vulnerable to corruption and coercive conditions; and when women are thus compromised, O Vārṣṇeya, social intermixture and confusion of status (varṇasaṃkara) arises.
english translation
संकरो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च । पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः॥६-२३-४२॥
Such social intermixture brings grievous suffering upon the destroyers of the family line and upon the family itself. Indeed, their ancestors fall, for the piṇḍa‑udaka rites—the offerings of rice-balls and water—are cut off.
english translation
दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसंकरकारकैः । उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः॥६-२३-४३॥
By these faults—committed by those who destroy the family line and thereby bring about varṇasaṃkara—the enduring duties of social groups (jātidharmāḥ) and the perennial ordinances of the family (kuladharmāḥ) are overthrown.
english translation
उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन । नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम॥६-२३-४४॥
O Janārdana, we have heard that for those whose family ordinances have been destroyed, dwelling in a hellish state is assured.
english translation
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् । यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः॥६-२३-४५॥
Alas, we have resolved to commit a grievous sin: out of greed for the pleasures of sovereignty, we are prepared to slay our own kinsmen.
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