Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 1: Arjuna's Despair
Bhagavad Gita 1.43
दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः ।
उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः ॥
doṣairetaiḥ kulaghnānāṃ varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ | utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāśca śāśvatāḥ ||
Through these wrongs of the family-destroyers, which cause the mixing of social orders, the timeless duties of community and family are wiped out.
Modern context
Arjuna's argument has now run a long way from the men standing in front of him, into general theories about society. An anxious mind often does this: it moves from the immediate decision to larger and larger abstractions, where nothing has to be decided.