Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 41

अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः । स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः

adharmābhibhavātkṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ | strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ

Translation

By the prevalence of impiety, O Kṛṣṇa, the women of the family become corrupt. Women corrupted, there will be intermingling of castes (varṇa-saṃkara), O descendant of Vṛṣṇis.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

adharmābhibhavāt

of lawlessness, from prevalence

kṛṣṇa

O Kṛṣṇa

praduṣyanti

become wicked

kulastriyaḥ

of the family, women

strīṣu

(in the state of) women

duṣṭāsu

(being) wicked

vārṣṇeya

O Vārṣṇeya

jāyate

arises

varṇasaṅkaraḥ

of caste, confusion