Text 431 Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra 67
by irresponsible leaders of society brings about chaos in that society, and consequently people forget the aim of life—Viṣṇu. Such leaders are called blind, and persons who follow such leaders are sure to be led into chaos.
TEXT 43
उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन । नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रम ॥४३॥
utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana narake niyataṁ vāso bhavatīty anuśuśruma
utsanna —spoiled;  kula-dharmāṇām —of those who have the family traditions;  manuṣyāṇām —of such men;  janārdana —O Kṛṣṇa;  narake —in hell;  niyatam —always;  vāsaḥ —residence;  bhavati —it so becomes;  iti —thus;  anuśuśruma —I have heard by disciplic succession.
TRANSLATION
O Kṛṣṇa, maintainer of the people, I have heard by disciplic succession that those who destroy family traditions dwell always in hell.
PURPORT
Arjuna bases his argument not on his own personal experience, but on what he has heard from the authorities. That is the way of receiving real knowledge. One cannot reach the real point of factual knowledge without being helped by the right person who is already established in that knowledge. There is a system in the  vaṃāśrama  institution by which one has to undergo the process of ablution before death for his sinful activities. One who is always engaged in sinful activities must utilize the process of ablution called the  prāyaścitta . Without doing so, one surely will be transferred to hellish planets to undergo miserable lives as the result of sinful activities.