स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥
अच्छी तरह आचरणमें लाये हुए दूसरेके धर्मसे गुणोंकी कमीवाला अपना धर्म श्रेष्ठ है । अपने धर्ममें तो मरना भी कल्याणकारक है और दूसरेका धर्म भयको देनेवाला है ॥
एक मूल शिक्षा · स्थिर करने वाला भाव · सहज प्रवेश
“Imperfect right action is safer than perfect imitation.”
अच्छी तरह आचरणमें लाये हुए दूसरेके धर्मसे गुणोंकी कमीवाला अपना धर्म श्रेष्ठ है । अपने धर्ममें तो मरना भी कल्याणकारक है और दूसरेका धर्म भयको देनेवाला है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःbetter · one's own duty · imperfect, lacking qualities · than another's duty · well performed · in one's own duty · death · better, more auspicious · another's duty · fearful, dangerous
Your own responsibility matters more than copying someone else's path. Even if you do it imperfectly, it is better than doing another person's role well.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "कर्म योग" में।
श्लोक 35 भगवद् गीता के 3वें अध्याय में है — कर्म योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 43 श्लोक हैं।
At a family gathering everyone has an opinion on what the younger daughter should study. She keeps returning to the craft that fits her, even if she does it clumsily at first.
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Krishna ranks your own duty, done imperfectly, above someone else's duty done well.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Your own responsibility matters more than copying someone else's path. Even if you do it imperfectly, it is better than doing another person's role well.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Arjuna is frozen between his warrior duty and his fear of killing relatives. Krishna answers by grounding him in his own role: the right action is the one that belongs to him, however rough or unpolished it looks.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
At a family gathering everyone has an opinion on what the younger daughter should study. She keeps returning to the craft that fits her, even if she does it clumsily at first.
“You can stop measuring yourself against others and return to the work that is actually yours.”
संबंधित विषय: kurukshetra (95 श्लोक), duty (13 श्लोक)