Better is one's own dharma, though imperfect, than the dharma of another well performed. He who does the work prescribed by his own nature incurs no sin.
Bhagavad Gita
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता
मूल श्लोकः
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्॥
śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt sva-bhāva-niyataṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam
BG 18.47
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