adharmaaBibavAt kRushNa praduShyaMti
kulastriyaHa
streeShu duShTaasu vaarShNEya jaayate
varNasaMkaraHa || 40 ||
Oh Krishna, when Adharma prevails women in
the family are corrupted. Once women are corrupted there will be destruction of
Varna system.
Arjuna further says that if Adharma
becomes a prominent feature then there will be no place for values in the
society. It will be chaos everywhere with nobody to guide or follow dharma.
This will not leave the women unaffected. They will be corrupted. Once they are
corrupted there will be no value for the varna system and there will be
relationships between varna resulting in the destruction of varna system. When
there is no system then the future generations to come will be without any
values. Dharma will be destroyed forever and only adharma will prevail. Hence
Arjuna sees no point in the war.
One more interesting thing here is
the Arjuna calls Krishna as Varshneya. This means the one who belongs to
Vrushni dynasty. By doing so the author wants Arjuna to further enhance the
effect of destruction of dynasties, clans and families to impress up on
Krishna.
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