BhG 1.42

saṃkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṃ kulasya ca
patanti pitaro hy eṣāṃ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ

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saṁkaraḥ (confusion) kula-ghnānāṁ (of those who destroy the family) kulasya ca (and of family) narakāya eva (merely for hell) [nayati] (it leads).
eṣāṁ (of these) lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ (those deprived of the religious offering of food and water) pitaraḥ (forefathers) patanti (they fall) hi (indeed).

 

grammar

saṁkaraḥ – saṁkara 1n.1 m. – confusion (from: sam-√kṝ – to mix);
narakāya – naraka 4n.1 m. – for hell;
eva – av. – certainly, just, merely;
kula-ghnānām – kula-ghna 6n.3 m.; TP: kulasya ghnānām iti – of those who destroy the family (from: kula – tribe, family; √han – to kill; ghna – striking, killer);
kulasya – kula 6n.1 n. – of the family;
ca – av. – and;
patanti – √pat (to fall) Praes. P 1v.3 – they fall;
pitaraḥ – pitṛ 1n.3 m. – fathers, forefathers;
hi – av. – because, just, indeed, surely;
eṣām – etat sn. 6n.3 m. – of these;
lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ – lupta-piṇḍa-udaka-kriya 1n.3 m.; BV: yeṣāṁ piṇḍasyodakasya ca kriyā luptāsti te – those for whom the religious offering of food and water has stopped (from: √lup – to break, to spoil, PP lupta – broken; piṇḍa – balls of food offered to the deceased ancestors; udaka – water; √kṛ – to do, kriyā – act, work, especially religious one);

 
 



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

evaṃ sati saṅkara ity ādi | eṣāṃ kula-ghnānāṃ pitaraḥ patanti | hi yasmāt luptāḥ piṇḍodaka-kriyā yeṣāṃ te tathā |

 

Viśvanātha

no commentary up to the verse BhG 1.43

 

Baladeva

kulasya saṅkaraḥ kula-ghnānāṃ narakāyaiveti yojanā | na kevalaṃ kula-ghnā eva narake patanti, kintu tat-pitaro ‚pīty āha patantīti hir hetau | paṇḍādi dātṝṇāṃ putrādīnām abhāvād vilupta-piṇḍādi-kriyā santas te narakāyaiva patanti

 
 



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