18.45 स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः।स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु
sve sve karmaṇy
Word meanings
sve sve—respectively;karmaṇi—work;abhirataḥ—fulfilling;sansiddhim—perfection;labhate—achieve;naraḥ—a person;sva-karma—to one’s own prescribed duty;nirataḥ—engaged;siddhim—perfection;yathā—as;vindati—attains;tat—that;śhṛiṇu—hear
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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A person, devoted to their own respective action, attains success. How one attains success through devotion to their own action, that you must hear from Me.
Perfection is attained when each attends diligently to his duty. Listen and I will tell you how it is attained by him who always minds his own duty.
Devoted to his duty, man attains perfection. Hear now how one devoted to his own duty attains perfection.
Being devoted to his own duty, man attains complete success. Hear that as to how one devoted to his own duty achieves success.
Each man, devoted to his own duty, attains perfection. How he attains perfection while being engaged in his own duty, hear now.
18.47 श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्
śreyān
Word meanings
śhreyān—better;swa-dharmaḥ—one’s own prescribed occupational duty;viguṇaḥ—imperfectly done;para-dharmāt—than another’s dharma;su-anuṣhṭhitāt—perfectly done;svabhāva-niyatam—according to one’s innate nature;karma—duty;kurvan—by performing;na āpnoti—does not incur;kilbiṣham—sin
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Better is one's own prescribed duties, born of one's nature, even though it is devoid of excellence, than another's duty well executed; the doer of duty, dependent on one's own nature, does not incur sin.
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
Better is one's own duty, though ill done, than the duty of another, though well-performed৷৷৷৷৷৷ When one does the duty ordained by his own nature, he incurs no stain.
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.
Better is one’s own duty (though) destitute of merits, than the duty of another well performed. He who does the duty ordained by his own nature incurs no sin.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.46 यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः
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Word meanings
yataḥ—from whom;pravṛittiḥ—have come into being;bhūtānām—of all living entities;yena—by whom;sarvam—all;idam—this;tatam—pervaded;sva-karmaṇā—by one’s natural occupation;tam—him;abhyarchya—by worshipping;siddhim—perfection;vindati—attains;mānavaḥ—a person
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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From whence the activities of the beings arise, and by which this universe is pervaded—worshipping That by one's own prescribed action, one attains success.
Man reaches perfection by dedicating his actions to God, Who is the source of all being, and fills everything.
He from whome arise the activity of all beings and by whom all this is pervaded - by worshipping Him with his own duty man reaches perfection.
A human being achieves success by adoring through his own duties Him from whom is the origin of creatures, and by whom is all this pervaded.
He from whom all the beings have evolved and by whom all this is pervaded, worshipping Him with his own duty, man attains perfection.
