श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुण: परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्
śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitāt svabhāva-niyataṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣham
Recitation · Text 18.47
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (10 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Better one's own duty done imperfectly than another's done well; doing the work ordained by one's own nature, one incurs no fault. The advice is against borrowed lives, not against ambition.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:The advice is against borrowed lives, not against ambition.