Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 3.35
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।
śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt
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“Better your own path imperfectly than another's done well.”
मूल Original
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।
Sanskrit, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
Better your own path imperfectly than another's done well.
A thought about self.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Vyasa (Bhagavad Gita 3.35)
Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on a battlefield — on duty, action and the self.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
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