Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 44
उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन । नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम (नरकेऽनियतं)
utsannakuladharmāṇāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ janārdana | narake niyataṃ vāso bhavatītyanuśuśruma (narake'niyataṃ)
Translation
We have heard, O Janārdana, that necessary is the dwelling in hell of the men whose family dharmas are subverted.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- utsannakuladharmāṇām
- destroyed, of the family, customs, of whom, they
- manuṣyāṇām
- of men
- janārdana
- O Janārdana
- narake
- in hell
- niyatam
- fixed
- vāsaḥ
- dwelling
- bhavati
- is
- iti
- thus
- anuśuśruma
- we have heard