Nitya Gita
Nitya Gita

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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 35

Karma Yoga · śloka 35

3.35

śloka 35

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt |

svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ ||3-35||

Translation

Better is one's own Dharma though imperfect than the Dharma of another well performed; death in one's own Dharma is beneficial, but the Dharma of another brings fear.

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