Chapter 1: Arjuna Viṣhāda Yoga – Transforming Grief into Yoga: Verse 43
दोषैरेतै: कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकै: ।
उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्मा: कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वता: ॥
doṣair-etai: kula-ghnānāṃ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakai:
utsādyante jāti-dharmā: kula-dharmāś-ca śāśvatā: – 1.43
By these misdeeds of the family-destroyers who are bent on causing admixture of varṇas, the rituals of their clan as well as the long-standing auspicious traditions of their lineages are ruined.
Chapter 1: Arjuna Viṣhāda Yoga – Transforming Grief into Yoga - Verse 43
Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
The plight and downfall, says Arjuna, do not end there, making the situation too grave and consequential for the society. It is not that a family alone is destroyed; the traditional cultural practices of the entire lineage become extinct.
Child-birth is a great, holy event. To consecrate, enrich and empower it, right from inception of pregnancy, a series of well-designed rituals are performed for the foetus’s proper growth, birth and development, so that the newborn will be good and noble, fulfilling a great role on earth.
To parent a child is virtually assuming the role of Brahmā, the Creator. For, any new child marks the beginning of a new series. In normal state of affairs, it is likely to continue as long as the earth lasts. The inner psycho-intellectual part of the whole process, Arjuna feels, gets totally upset in the case of varṇa-confusions the war is sure to precipitate.
