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Chapter 3, Verse 35
Original Text
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुण:
परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् |
स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेय:
परधर्मो भयावह: || 35||
Transliteration
śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ
para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitāt
swa-dharme nidhanaṁ śhreyaḥ
para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ
Word By Word meaning
śhreyān—better; swa-dharmaḥ—personal duty; viguṇaḥ—tinged with faults
para-dharmāt—than another's prescribed duties; su-anuṣhṭhitāt—perfectly done
swa-dharme—in one's personal duties; nidhanam—death; śhreyaḥ—better
para-dharmaḥ—duties prescribed for others; bhaya-āvahaḥ—fraught with fear
Translation
Greater is one’s own duty, though tinged with faults,
than to perform another’s prescribed duty, with absolute perfection.
It is greater to die in the discharge of one’s duty,
than to discharge duties prescribed for others, which is fraught with danger (for oneself).
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