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Sanskrit · Devanagari

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam

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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