Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1/Verse 43

Chapter 1/Verse 43

दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसंकरकारकैः ।

उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः ॥१-४३॥

doṣairetaiḥ kulaghnānāṃ varṇasaṃkarakārakaiḥ ।

utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāśca śāśvatāḥ

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By these flaws of the family corrupters who cause caste intermixture, the perennial family dharmas and caste dharmas are ruined.

doṣais (stem form: doṣa) (masculine, instrumental, plural) = by flaws

etais (masculine, instrumental, plural) = by these

kulaghnānām (stem form: kulaghna) (kula + ghnānām) (karmadhāraya compound, masculine, genitive, plural) = of the family corruptors

varṇasaṃkarakārakais (stem form: varṇasaṃkarakāraka) (varṇa + saṃkara + kārakais) (tatpurūṣa compound, instrumental, plural) = by those who cause caste intermixture

utsādyante (present indicative, passive causative, ātmanepada, 3rd person, plural) = they are ruined

jātidharmās (stem form: jātidharma) (jāti + dharmās) (karmadhāraya compound, masculine, nominative, plural) = the caste dharmas

kuladharmās (stem form: kuladharma) (kula + dharmās) (karmadhāraya compound, masculine, nominative, plural) = the family dharmas

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

śāśvatās (stem form: śāśvata) (masculine, nominative, plural) = perennial