Summon
Chapter 1 (Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga (The Yoga of Arjuna's Despondency)), verse 41
ArjunaKrishna · vocative: Krishna (also: Vārṣṇeya) · meter: anuṣṭubh
अधर्माभिभवात् कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुल-स्त्रियः | स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्ण-संकरः
adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ | strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṃkaraḥ

Word-by-word

  • adharmaadharmavocative singular masculine noun
  • abhibhavātabhyasablative singular masculine noun
  • kṛṣṇakṛṣṇavocative singular neuter noun
  • praduṣyantipraduṣvocative singular feminine noun
    [viśiṣṭādvaita]इति कायिकदोषोक्तिः
  • kulakulavocative singular neuter noun
    [advaita]क्षयकराणां दोषान्तरं समुच्चिनोति पतन्तीति
    [advaita-bhakti]स्य संकरश्च कुलघ्नानां नरकायैव भवतीत्यन्वयः
  • striyasstrīnominative plural feminine noun
  • strīṣustrīlocative plural feminine noun
  • duṣṭāsuduṣlocative plural feminine noun
  • vārṣṇeyavārṣṇeyavocative singular masculine noun
  • jāyatejan3rd person singular present indicative active verb
  • varṇavarṇavocative singular masculine noun
    [advaita]संकरस्य दोषपर्यवसायितामादर्शयति संकर इति
  • saṃkarassaṃskṛnominative singular masculine noun
    [advaita]य दोषपर्यवसायितामादर्शयति संकर इति

Intertextual panel

The 8 verses most likely to be intertexts of 1.41, ranked by the Sūtrakṛt substrate's composite score.

Doctrinal projections

How each major school's commentary tradition reads this verse.

Advaita (Śaṅkara, Anandagiri)
Witnesses: shankara_1.41 · anandgiri_1.41
Viśiṣṭādvaita (Rāmānuja, Vedantadeshika)
Witnesses: ramanuja_1.41 · vedantadeshika_1.41
Dvaita (Madhva, Jayatīrtha)
Witnesses: madhva_1.41 · jayatirtha_1.41
Śuddhādvaita (Vallabha)
Witnesses: vallabha_1.41
Advaita-Bhakti synthesis (Madhusūdana)
Witnesses: madhusudan_1.41

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  • कृष्णwith 1.1, 1.28, 1.29, 1.30, 1.32, 5.1, …
  • वार्ष्णेयwith 3.36
  • स्त्रियःwith 9.32, 9.33
  • स्त्रीwith 7.11