श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।
स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्विषम् ॥
१८-४७ ॥
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt |
svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilviṣam ||
18-47 ||
Better is one's own duty, though imperfect, than another's duty well performed; doing the work fixed by his own nature, a man incurs no fault.