Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Despair · Arjuna said

Bhagavad Gita 1.42 — Ancestors also suffer

सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः ॥

saṅkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca | patanti pitaro hyeṣāṃ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ ||

Meaning

Such confusion drags both the family and its destroyers down to suffering, and their ancestors fall too, deprived of the offerings of food and water.

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