The confusion of castes leads to hell for the destroyers of the family and for the family itself; their ancestors fall, deprived of offerings of rice-balls and water

The cosmic consequence: saṅkaraḥ (confusion) leads to narakāya (toward hell, naraka). The responsible are kula-ghnānām (of those who kill the family) — the participle ghna (killing) as moral title.

The tragedy extends to the pitaraḥ (ancestors, dead fathers) who patanti (fall, fall from heaven). Vedic religion postulated that the dead remained in celestial regions while receiving offerings (piṇḍa — food balls, udaka — water, kriyā — rituals) from living descendants. Without intact family, no one performs these rituals; the ancestors lupta (deprived, suspended) fall to lower states.

The economy of sacrifice connects life, death, and beyond.