BG 1.43

दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः ।
उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः ॥
doṣair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ
utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ kula-dharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ

Word-for-word meanings

etaiḥ — by these;  doṣaiḥ — evils;  kārakaiḥ — which are the causes;  kula-ghnānām — of the destruction of the family;  varṇa-saṅkara — [and] of the intermingling of social classes;  śāśvatāḥ — the ancient;  jāti-dharmāḥ — traditions of social order;  ca — and;  kula-dharmāḥ — family traditions;  utsādyante — become extinct.

Translation

By these evils, which destroy families and lead to the intermingling of social classes, the ancient traditions of social order ( jāti) and family traditions become extinct.

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