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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 47 (18.47) means: Better your own work done imperfectly than another's done well. Doing the work set by your own nature, you take on no wrong.
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।18.47।।
śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitāt svabhāva-niyataṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣham
Better your own work done imperfectly than another's done well. Doing the work set by your own nature, you take on no wrong.
दूसरे के कर्म को अच्छी तरह करने से अपना कर्म अधूरा करना बेहतर है। अपने स्वभाव से तय कर्म करते हुए तुम कोई पाप नहीं लेते।
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It is verse 47 of Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 78 verses in total.
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