[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.41 · spoken by Arjun ]
Kill a family and the dead suffer too. How far back does the destruction reach?
The destruction doesn't stop with the living. When the family falls, the ancestors fall with them. No one left to perform the rituals. No one left to remember.
SANSKRIT
अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः । स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः ॥१-४१॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“The dead don't die alone. They die again when no one is left to remember them.”
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