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Bhagavad GitaChapter 18, Verse 47(47 of 78 in chapter 18)
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Bhagavad Gita 18.47

भगवद्गीता 18.47

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Sanskrit Text

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।18.47।।

Transliteration

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt|svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam||18.47||

Meaning (English)

18.47 One's proper Dharma is that which is suitable for performance by oneself, in the form of worshipping Myself, relinishing agency etc., as has been taught. For, Karma Yoga, consisting in the activities of sense organs, is easy to perform by one in association with Prakrti. Thus, Karma Yoga, even if it is defective in some respects, is better than the Dharma of another, i.e., than Jnana-yoga, even for a person capable of controlling his senses, which is an attainment liable to negligence, bec

Meaning (Hindi)

18.47 One's proper Dharma is that which is suitable for performance by oneself, in the form of worshipping Myself, relinishing agency etc., as has been taught. For, Karma Yoga, consisting in the activities of sense organs, is easy to perform by one in association with Prakrti. Thus, Karma Yoga, even if it is defective in some respects, is better than the Dharma of another, i.e., than Jnana-yoga, even for a person capable of controlling his senses, which is an attainment liable to negligence, bec

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Source

Bhagavad Gita 18.47, Ch. 18, V. 47

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