Sārathi

Word

swa-dharmaḥ

Used in 3 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 2.31स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि।swa-dharmam api chāvekṣhya na vikampitum arhasiFurther, having regard to your duty, you should not waver, for there is nothing higher for a Kshatriya than a righteous war.Here: one’s duty in accordance with the Vedas
  2. 3.35श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitātBetter is one's own duty, though devoid of merit, than the duty of another well discharged. Better is death in one's own duty; the duty of another is fraught with fear.Here: personal duty
  3. 18.47श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitātBetter is one's own duty, even if it is destitute of merits, than the duty of another well performed. He who does the duty ordained by his own nature incurs no sin.Here: one’s own prescribed occupational duty