स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥
अच्छी तरहसे अनुष्ठान किये हुए परधर्मसे गुणरहित अपना धर्म श्रेष्ठ है । कारण कि स्वभावसे नियत किये हुए स्वधर्मरूप कर्मको करता हुआ मनुष्य पापको प्राप्त नहीं होता ॥
एक मूल शिक्षा · स्थिर करने वाला भाव · सहज प्रवेश
“Your imperfect duty is cleaner than a borrowed perfection.”
अच्छी तरहसे अनुष्ठान किये हुए परधर्मसे गुणरहित अपना धर्म श्रेष्ठ है । कारण कि स्वभावसे नियत किये हुए स्वधर्मरूप कर्मको करता हुआ मनुष्य पापको प्राप्त नहीं होता ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःbetter · one's own duty · without qualities, imperfect · than another's duty · well performed · fixed by one's own nature · action, work · doing · not · attains · wrongdoing, fault
It is better to do your own duty, even imperfectly, than to do someone else's duty well. Acting according to your nature does not lead you into wrongdoing.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "मोक्ष संन्यास योग" में।
श्लोक 47 भगवद् गीता के 18वें अध्याय में है — मोक्ष संन्यास योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 78 श्लोक हैं।
A son trained as an engineer is tempted to join his uncle's flashy property business because relatives admire it. Krishna would have him stick with the work that fits his nature, even done imperfectly, over a borrowed role done well.
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Svadharma done imperfectly beats another's dharma done well, Krishna says, and brings no sin.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
It is better to do your own duty, even imperfectly, than to do someone else's duty well. Acting according to your nature does not lead you into wrongdoing.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
After teaching sacrifice and devotion through work, Krishna now sharpens the point: the duty born of your own nature is safer than copying someone else's path.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A son trained as an engineer is tempted to join his uncle's flashy property business because relatives admire it. Krishna would have him stick with the work that fits his nature, even done imperfectly, over a borrowed role done well.
“You can stop measuring yourself against other people's lives. Peace comes from doing what is actually yours.”
संबंधित विषय: karma yoga (55 श्लोक)