Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 35
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 3 श्लोक 35

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।
स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः।।3.35।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
3.35 Ones own duty [Customary or scripturally ordained observances of different castes and sects.-Tr.], though defective, is superior to anothers duty well-performed. Death is better while engaged in ones own duty; anothers duty is fraught with fear.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
3.35 Better is ones own duty, though devoid of merit than the duty of another well discharged. Better is death in ones own duty; the duty of another is fraught with fear (is productive of danger).


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
3.35. Better is ones own duty,  [though] it lacks in merit, than the well-performed duty of another; better is the ruin in ones own duty than the good fortune from anothers duty.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 3.35Shreyaan swadharmo vigunah paradharmaat swanushthitaat;
Swadharme nidhanam shreyah paradharmo bhayaavahah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 3.35śhreyān—better; swa-dharmaḥ—personal duty; viguṇaḥ—tinged with faults; para-dharmāt—than another’s prescribed duties; su-anuṣhṭhitāt—perfectly done; swa-dharme—in one’s personal duties; nidhanam—death; śhreyaḥ—better; para-dharmaḥ—duties prescribed for others; bhaya-āvahaḥ—fraught with fear