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अध्याय 96 EIGHTEEN
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It is better to perform ones own duty even if it is not alluring, than the duty assigned to others which is more alluring. One who performs duty ordained by his own nature incurs no sin.." 47
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् । सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनागिरिवावृताः ॥ ४८ ॥
"Kaunteya, one should not abandon the duty assigned to him by nature even if performance of that duty appears to be tainted for every action in its inception seems enveloped in imperfection just as fire is in smoke." - 48
असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः । नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति ।। ४९ ।।
"(Because) He who has weaned himself from all kinds of attachments, who is the master of himself and dead to all desires attains through renunciation full freedom. from his actions." - 49
Note: This verse explains how the directions given by verses 45 to 48 are justified
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