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Sanskrit · Devanagari

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ

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.

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 67%.