kula-dharmāḥ

How it is translated

• family traditions (2)
• social and family welfare activities (1)
• personal duty (1)
• duties prescribed for others (1)
• one’s own prescribed occupational duty (1)

Every verse

1. 1.40कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः।kula-kṣhaye praṇaśhyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥIn the destruction of a family, the immemorial religious rites of that family perish; on the destruction of spirituality, impiety indeed, overwhelms the whole family.Here: family traditions
2. 1.43दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः।doṣhair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥBy these evil deeds of the destroyers of the family, which cause confusion of castes, the eternal religious rites of the caste and the family are destroyed.Here: social and family welfare activities
3. 3.35श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitātBetter is one's own duty, though devoid of merit, than the duty of another well discharged. Better is death in one's own duty; the duty of another is fraught with fear.Here: personal duty
4. 18.47श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitātBetter is one's own duty, even if it is destitute of merits, than the duty of another well performed. He who does the duty ordained by his own nature incurs no sin.Here: one’s own prescribed occupational duty