karmayoga - Verse śloka 35
śloka 35
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt |
svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ ||3-35||
Translation
Better is one's own Dharma though imperfect than the Dharma of another well performed; death in one's own Dharma is beneficial, but the Dharma of another brings fear.