kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ
dharme naṣṭe kulaṃ kṛtsnam adharmo ‘bhibhavaty uta
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kula-kṣaye (when the family is destroyed) sanātanāḥ (eternal) kula-dharmāḥ (the family laws) praṇaśyanti (they perish).
dharme naṣṭe (when the law perishes) adharmaḥ (lawlessness) kṛtsnam (whole) kulam (family) abhibhavati (it overcomes) uta (just).
kula-kṣaye |
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kula-kṣaya 7n.1 m.; TP: kulasya kṣaya iti – in the destruction of family (from: kula – tribe, family; √kṣi – to decrease, PF kṣaya – diminution, destruction); |
praṇaśyanti |
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pra–√naś (to disappear, to be lost, to perish) Praes. P 1v.3 – they perish; |
kula-dharmāḥ |
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kula-dharma 1n.3 m.; TP: kulasya dharmā iti – the family laws (from: kula – tribe, family; √dhṛ – to hold, dharma – the law); |
sanātanāḥ |
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sanātana 1n.3 m. – eternal, primeval; |
dharme |
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dharma 7n.1 m. loc.abs. – when the law (from: √dhṛ – to hold); |
naṣṭe |
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naṣṭa (√naś – to disappear, to be lost, to perish) PP 7n.1 m. loc.abs. – when it perishes; |
kulam |
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kula 2n.1 n. – tribe, family; |
kṛtsnam |
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kṛtsna 2n.1 n. – whole; |
adharmaḥ |
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a-dharma 1n.1 m. – lawlessness (from: √dhṛ – to hold); |
abhibhavati |
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abhi-√bhū (to overcome, to predominate) Praes. P 1v.1 – it overcomes; |
uta |
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av. – and, also, even, or (for the sake of emphasis, especially at the end of a line); |
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