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“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 जाकर 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।
You are tempted to take the job that looks impressive, the role that earns praise, the life that belongs to someone else. This verse says the mismatch itself creates friction; your own work, even imperfectly done, keeps you clean.
Did you like this verse?
It shifts the mind from comparison to alignment: choose the work that matches your nature, not the work that flatters your ego.
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
On Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen by doubt, and Krishna keeps returning him to action. 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
You are tempted to take the job that looks impressive, the role that earns praise, the life that belongs to someone else. This verse says the mismatch itself creates friction; your own work, even imperfectly done, keeps you clean.
“You can stop measuring yourself against other people's lives. Peace comes from doing what is actually yours.”
संबंधित विषय: karma yoga (55 श्लोक)