BG 1.42
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च
पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः
saṅkaro narakāyaiva
kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca
patanti pitaro hy eṣāṃ
lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
SYNONYMS
saṅkaraḥ: this mixing of classes | narakāya: leads to hell | eva: itself | kula-ghnānām: its destroyers | kulasya: the clan | ca: and | patanti: fall degraded | pitaraḥ: spirits of their ancestors | hi: for | eṣām: their | lupta: deprived | piṇḍa-udaka-kriyāḥ: ritual offerings of food and water |
TRANSLATION
This mixing of classes leads to hell the clan itself and its destroyers; for the spirits of their ancestors fall degraded, deprived of the ritual offerings of food and water.