# Bhagavad Gita 3.35

**Canonical reference:** `gita.3.35`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।
स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥

## IAST

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt
svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

One's own duty, though defective, is better than another's duty well performed. Death in (performing) one's own duty is preferable the (performance of the) duty of others is dangerous.

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