35. Better one’s own duty, though devoid of merit, than the duty of another well discharged* Better is death in one’s own duty ; the duty of another is productive of danger.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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• better
• one's own duty/dharma
• imperfectly performed / deficient in merit
• than another's duty/dharma
• than (that which is) well-performed
• in one's own duty
• death
• better
• another's duty/dharma
• bringing fear/danger