Chapter 18, Verse 47
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।18.47।।
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt। svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam।।18.47।।
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- श्रेयान्
- better
- स्वधर्मः
- one's own duty/dharma
- विगुणः
- though imperfectly performed / lacking merit
- परधर्मात्
- than another's duty/dharma
- स्वनुष्ठितात्
- well performed
- स्वभावनियतम्
- prescribed by one's own nature
- कर्म
- action/work
- कुर्वन्
- doing/performing
- न आप्नोति
- does not incur
- किल्बिषम्
- sin/fault
Commentary
47. Better is one's own duty (though) desti- tute oi merits, than the duty of another well performed. Doing the. duty ordained according to nature one incurs no sin.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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श्रेयान्
स्वधर्मः
विगुणः
परधर्मात्
स्वनुष्ठितात्
स्वभावनियतम्
कर्म
कुर्वन्
न आप्नोति
किल्बिषम्
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