Chapter 3 · Verse 35The Yoga of Action
Bhagavad Gita 3.35
BG 3.35 — Chapter 3 (The Yoga of Action), Verse 35, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् | स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ||३-३५||
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śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt . svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ ||3-35||
Roman: shreyansvadharmo vigunah paradharmatsvanushthitat . svadharme nidhanam shreyah paradharmo bhayavahah
Better is 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 fraught with fear (is productive of danger).