Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 43

दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः । उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः

doṣairetaiḥ kulaghnānāṃ varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ | utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāśca śāśvatāḥ

Translation

By these evil deeds of the destroyers of families which cause the intermingling of castes, the eternal dharmas of castes and families are subverted.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

doṣaiḥ

by sins

etaiḥ

(by) these

kulaghnānām

of the family-slayers

varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ

of caste, of the confusion, by the doers

utsādyante

are destroyed

jātidharmāḥ

of the caste, customs

kuladharmāḥ

of the family, customs

ca

and

śāśvatāḥ

everlasting