Shreyan sva-dharmo vigunah para-dharmat sv-anushthitat, sva-dharme nidhanam shreyah para-dharmo bhayavahah
It is far better to discharge one's prescribed duties, even though faultily, than another's duties perfectly. Better to die performing one's own duty than adopt another's, for that is dangerous.
- •Stay true to your own path
- •Authenticity over perfection
- •Each person's dharma is unique
tatraivam sati kartaram atmanam kevalam tu yah pasyaty akrita-buddhitvan na sa pasyati durmatih
One who, despite this fivefold causation, sees the pure Self alone as the doer, that person, of impure understanding, does not truly see. Claiming sole personal agency ignores the full reality of how action operates.
- •Seeing the self alone as the doer is an error born of impure understanding
- •True wisdom recognizes the multiple factors that constitute any action
- •Ego-centered attribution of doership obstructs liberation