Age-long family traditions disappear
with the destruction of a family; and virtues having been lost, vice takes hold
of the entire race. …………. (40)
With the preponderance fo vice, Krishna,
the women of the family become corrupt; and with the corruption of women, O
descendant of Vrsni, there ensues an intermixture of castes. …….…. (41)
Progeny owing to promiscuity damns the
destroyers of the race as well as the race itself. Deprived of the offerings of
rice and water (Shraddha, Tarpsns etc) the manes of their race also fall …….
(42)
Through these evils bringing about an
intermixture of casts, the age-long caste traditions and family customs of the
killers of kinsmen get extinct. ………… (43)
Krishna, we hear that men who have lost
their family traditions, dwell in hell for an indefinite period of time. ………….. (44)
Oh what a pity! Though possessed of
intelligence we have set our mind on the commission of a great sin; that due to
lust for throne and enjoyment we are intent on killing our own kinsmen. …………… (45)
It would be better for me if the sons of
Dhrtarastra, armed with weapons, kill me In battle, while I am unarmed and
unresisting. …………….. (46)
Sanjaya said: Arjuna, whose mind was
agitated by grief on the battlefield, having spoken thus, and having cast aside
his bow and arrows, sank into the hinder part of his chariot ………… (47)
Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord,
the Science of Brahma, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna
and Arjun ends the first chapter entitled "The Yoga of Dejection of
Arjuna."
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