कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः ।
धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत ॥
धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
कुल का क्षय होने पर सदा से चलते आये कुलधर्म नष्ट हो जाते हैं और धर्म का नाश होनेपर बचे हुए सम्पूर्ण कुल को अधर्म दबा लेता है ॥
English
When a family falls apart, its ancient duties disappear. When duty is lost, wrongdoing overtakes the whole family.
श्लोक का अर्थ
When a family is broken, its long-standing duties disappear. Once duty is gone, wrongdoing spreads through the whole family.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the Kurukshetra battlefield, Arjuna looks beyond the fight and sees a larger collapse. If the Kuru family is destroyed, its old duties will vanish, and the disorder of war will spread through everything that remains.
आज के संदर्भ में
A household where promises keep getting broken does not stay stable for long. Soon the children learn the chaos as normal, and everyone starts living by damage control instead of responsibility.
सार
A broken structure does not stay neutral for long; it quickly trains people toward harm.
शब्दार्थ
कुलक्षये (on the destruction of the family) / प्रणश्यन्ति (are destroyed) / कुलधर्माः (family duties) / सनातनाः (ancient, eternal) । / धर्मे (when duty) / नष्टे (is destroyed) / कुलम् (the family) / कृत्स्नम् (entire) / अधर्मः (wrongdoing) / अभिभवति (overpowers) / उत (indeed)
यह श्लोक भगवद् गीता अध्याय 1: अर्जुन विषाद योग — अर्जुन का विषाद का भाग है, जिसमें कुल 47 श्लोक हैं।
संबंधित विषय: adharma (12 श्लोक)