# Bhagavad Gita 18.47

**Canonical reference:** `gita.18.47`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।
स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥

## IAST

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt
svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

One's duty, though defective, is better than another's duty well performed. Performing the duty prescribed by nature, one does not incur sin.

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