Bhagavad Gita — BG18.47
Chapter 18: Mokṣha Sanyās Yog · Verse 47 of 78
संस्कृत श्लोक · Sanskrit Shloka
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् |
स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ||१८-४७||
Transliteration
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt . svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam ||18-47||
हिन्दी अनुवाद · Hindi Translation
सम्यक् अनुष्ठित परधर्म की अपेक्षा गुणरहित स्वधर्म श्रेष्ठ है। (क्योंकि) स्वभाव से नियत किये गये कर्म को करते हुए मनुष्य पाप को नहीं प्राप्त करता।।
English Translation
One's own duty, (though) defective, is superior to another's duty well performed. By performing a duty as dictated by one's own nature, one does not incur sin.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog — Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender
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The eighteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Moksha Sanyas Yoga. Arjuna requests the Lord to explain the difference between the two types of renunciations - sanyaas(renunciation of actions) and tyaag(renunciation of desires). Krishna explains that a sanyaasi is one who abandons family and society …
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Bhagavad Gita BG18.47 is verse 47 of Chapter 18 — Moksha Sanyaas Yoga (Mokṣha Sanyās Yog). This chapter is called Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender. The English translation is: “One's own duty, (though) defective, is superior to another's duty well performed. By performing a duty as dictated by one's own nature, one does not incur sin.”.