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Verse 1·43

Arjuna seeks clarity from his guru Krishna

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उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन ।नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥

utsannakuladharmāṇāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ janārdananarake niyataṃ vāso bhavatītyanuśuśruma

And men whose family morals are corrupted, O Janardana, live for ever in hell. Thus have we heard.

Gītā 1·43

It is the sensational, emotional and moral revolt of the man hitherto satisfied with action and its current standards who finds himself cast by them into a hideous chaos where they are in violent conflict with each other and with themselves and there is no moral standing-ground left, nothing to lay hold of and walk by, no dharma. (Dharma means literally that which one lays hold of and which hold things together, the the law, the norm, the rule of nature, action and life.)That for the soul of action in the mental being is the worst possible crisis, failure and overthrow.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 25

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