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उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन ।
नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥ १-४४॥


utsannakuladharmāṇāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ janārdana
narake niyataṃ vāso bhavatītyanuśuśruma 1-44


We have heard, O Janardana, that it is inevitable for those men, in whose families the religious practices have been destroyed, to dwell in hell for an unknown period of time.


utsanna = spoiled; kuladharmāṇāṃ = of those who have the family traditions; manuṣyāṇāṃ = of such men; janārdana = O Krishna; narake = in hell; niyataṃ = always; vāsaḥ = residence; bhavati = it so becomes; iti = thus; anuśuśruma = I have heard by disciplic succession.;

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