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BG 18.47 — 18.47 Better is one's own duty (though) destitute of merits, than the duty of another well performed. He who does the duty ordained by his own nature incur | Live Gita
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श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् |
स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ||१८-४७||

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt . svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam ||18-47||


।।18.47।। सम्यक् अनुष्ठित परधर्म की अपेक्षा गुणरहित स्वधर्म श्रेष्ठ है। (क्योंकि) स्वभाव से नियत किये गये कर्म को करते हुए मनुष्य पाप को नहीं प्राप्त करता।।

Word-by-word meanings

18.47 श्रेयान् better? स्वधर्मः ones own duty? विगुणः (though) destitute of merits? परधर्मात् that the duty of another? स्वनुष्ठितात् (than) well performed? स्वभावनियतम् ordained by his own nature? कर्म action? कुर्वन् doing? न not? आप्नोति (he) incurs? किल्बिषम् sin.Commentary Just as a poisonous substance does not harm the worm born in that substance? so he who does his Svadharma (the duty ordained according to his own nature) does not incur any sin.What is poison to the whole world is sweet t

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।18.47।।ऐसा होनेके कारण --, अपना गुणरहित भी धर्म? दूसरेके भली प्रकार अनुष्ठान किये हुए धर्मसे श्रेष्ठतर है। जैसे विषमें उत्पन्न हुए कीड़ेके लिये विष दोषकारक नहीं होता? उसी प्रकार स्वभावसे नियत किये हुए कर्मोंको करता हुआ मनुष्य पापको प्राप्त नहीं होता। जो बात पहले स्वभावजम् इस पदसे कही थी? वही यहाँ स्वभावनियतम् इस पदसे कही गयी है। स्वभावसे नियत कर्मका नाम स्वभावनियत है।

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Swami Gambirananda

18.47 One's own duty, (though) defective, is superior to another's duty well performed. By performing a duty as dictated by one's own nature, one does not incur sin.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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