BhG 1.40

kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ
dharme naṣṭe kulaṃ kṛtsnam adharmo ‘bhibhavaty uta

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kula-kṣaye (when the family is destroyed) sanātanāḥ (eternal) kula-dharmāḥ (the family laws) praṇaśyanti (they perish).
dharme naṣṭe (when the law perishes) adharmaḥ (lawlessness) kṛtsnam (whole) kulam (family) abhibhavati (it overcomes) uta (just).

 

grammar

kula-kṣaye – kula-kṣaya 7n.1 m.; TP: kulasya kṣaya iti – in the destruction of family (from: kula – tribe, family; √kṣi – to decrease, PF kṣaya – diminution, destruction);
praṇaśyanti – pra–√naś (to disappear, to be lost, to perish) Praes. P 1v.3 – they perish;
kula-dharmāḥ – kula-dharma 1n.3 m.; TP: kulasya dharmā iti – the family laws (from: kula – tribe, family; √dhṛ – to hold, dharma – the law);
sanātanāḥ – sanātana 1n.3 m. – eternal, primeval;
dharme – dharma 7n.1 m. loc.abs. – when the law (from: √dhṛ – to hold);
naṣṭe – naṣṭa (√naś – to disappear, to be lost, to perish) PP 7n.1 m. loc.abs. – when it perishes;
kulam – kula 2n.1 n. – tribe, family;
kṛtsnam – kṛtsna 2n.1 n. – whole;
adharmaḥ – a-dharma 1n.1 m. – lawlessness (from: √dhṛ – to hold);
abhibhavati – abhi-√bhū (to overcome, to predominate) Praes. P 1v.1 – it overcomes;
uta – av. – and, also, even, or (for the sake of emphasis, especially at the end of a line);

 
 



Śāṁkara

no commentary up to the verse BhG 2.10

 

Rāmānuja

no commentary up to the verse BhG 1.47

 

Madhva

no commentary up to the verse BhG 2.11

 

Śrīdhara

no commentary up to the verse BhG 1.41

 

Viśvanātha

no commentary up to the verse BhG 1.41

 

Baladeva

no commentary up to the verse  BhG 1.41

 
 



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