BG 1.41

अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः ।
स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः ॥
adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ
strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ

Word-for-word meanings

abhibhavāt — from the prevalence;  adharma — of irreligion;  kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa;  vārṣṇeya — O descendant of Vṛṣṇi;  kula-striyaḥ — the women in the family;  praduṣyanti — become corrupt;  strīṣu — [and] when the women;  duṣṭāsu — become corrupt;  varṇa-saṅkaraḥ — the intermingling of social classes (varṇa);  jāyate — arises.

Translation

With the prevalence of irreligion, O Kṛṣṇa, descendant of Vṛṣṇi, the women in the family become corrupt, and with the corruption of women, the intermingling of social classes arises.

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