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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 42 (1.42) means: That breakdown drags the family and its destroyers into misery, and even the ancestors fall, cut off from the offerings owed to them.
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
That breakdown drags the family and its destroyers into misery, and even the ancestors fall, cut off from the offerings owed to them.
यह टूटन परिवार और उसके नाश करने वालों को दुःख में डाल देती है, और पूर्वज भी गिर जाते हैं, अपने हक के तर्पण से वंचित होकर।
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It is verse 42 of Chapter 1 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 47 verses in total.
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