Bhagavad Gita 3.35
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga (The Yoga of Action) · कर्मयोग
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt |svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ ||
Meaning of Gita 3.35 in English
Better to follow your own path imperfectly than another’s path perfectly.
गीता 3.35 का हिंदी अर्थ
दूसरे के धर्म को भली-भाँति निभाने से अपने धर्म को अपूर्ण रूप से निभाना भी श्रेष्ठ है।
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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.