# Bhagavad Gita 1.41

**Canonical reference:** `gita.1.41`  
**Speaker:** Arjuna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः।
स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः ॥

## IAST

adharmābhibhavātkṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ
strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

the eternal rites of families are destroyed. Those rites being destroyed, impiety predominates over the whole family. In consequence of the predominance of impiety, O Kṛṣṇa! the women of the family become corrupt and the women becoming corrupt, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi! intermingling of castes results

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