saṅkaro narakāyaiva
kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha
patanti pitaro hy-eṣhāṁ
lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
Meaning :
"Mixture of blood destroys the race itself and deprived of the offering of rice and water (Sraadha, Tarpana etc.), the souls of the ascendants also fall."
Comment :
Arjuna now connects the consequences to the ascendants of the family. He says that the mix of blood due to corrupt women, as mentioned in previous verse, shall result in the Sraadha offerings going worthless. As such offerings made by wicked men shall be not through correct lineage of the race.
It is considered that the departed souls who don't receive the offerings correctly, shall enter Sukshma sarira (Subtle body) as ghostly creatures. This results in a hell-like situation for the ascendants and they don't attain liberation or are not born again.
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