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the) control ; आगच्छेत् let (him) come ; तौ these (two); हि indeed ; परिपंथिनौ (two) obstructors of the way.
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।
स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥३५॥
Better ones own duty, though destitute of merit, than the duty of another well-discharged. Better death in the discharge of ones own duty ; the duty of another is full of danger. (35)
श्रेयान् better; स्वधर्मः own-duty ; विगुणः without (good) quality ; परधर्मात् = परस्य धर्मात् of another, than the duty ; स्वनुष्ठितात् (than) well done; स्वधमें in own duty ; निधनं death श्रेयः better ; परधर्म : another's duty ; भयावहः fear-bringing.
अर्जुन उवाच ।
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः ।
अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः॥३६॥
Arjuna said :
But dragged on by what does a man commit sin, reluctantly indeed, O Varshneya, as it were by force constrained? (36)
अथ now; केन by what; प्रयुक्तः impelled ; अयम् this; पापं sin; चरति does ; पूरुषः man : अनिच्छन् undesiring; अपि even ; वार्ष्णेय 0 Varshneya; बलात् by force ; इव as it were; नियोजितः compelled.
