Go to VersesSingle Page Mode
BG 1.41

अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः
स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः

adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa
praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ
strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya
jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ

SYNONYMS

adharma-abhibhavāt: when lawlessness prevails | kṛṣṇa: O Kṛṣṇa | praduṣyanti: become corrupt | kula-striyaḥ: women of the clan | strīṣu: when women | duṣṭāsu: become corrupt | vārṣṇeya: O descendant of Vṛṣṇi | jāyate: arises | varṇa-saṅkaraḥ: intermixture of classes |

TRANSLATION

When lawlessness prevails, O Krishna, the women of the clan become corrupt; when women become corrupt, there arises intermixture of classes.