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Shreyan Svadharmo Vigunah (Bhagavad Gita 3.35) in Malayalam · മലയാളം

🕉️ hindu·📿 11× ജപം·🕐 Morning, especially when facing important decisions about one's work, duty, or life path·📜 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3, Verse 35
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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3, Verse 35 · Spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna; recorded by Sage Veda Vyasa in the Mahabharata (Bhishma Parva) · Ancient (part of the Mahabharata, traditionally dated to the Dvapara Yuga)

The third chapter of the Gita, Karma Yoga, the path of selfless action, addresses why and how one must act in the world. Arjuna had been tempted to renounce his duty as a warrior and withdraw from the battlefield, imagining a contemplative life to be higher. Krishna gives this verse to remind him that his own dharma, fighting a righteous battle, is the right path for him, and that to abandon it for another's path would be perilous and fearful.

ശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളിൽ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ

Generations of seekers have found their life's direction in this verse, choosing the harder road of their own true calling over the easier comfort of imitation. It is said that those who hold firm to their svadharma, trusting Krishna's words, find that even apparent failure on their own path becomes a stepping-stone to liberation.

മന്ത്രം

ഏതെങ്കിലും വരിയിലോ ▶ ബട്ടണിലോ തൊട്ട് കേൾക്കൂ

ശ്രേയാന്സ്വധര്മോ വിഗുണഃ പരധര്മാത്സ്വനുഷ്ഠിതാത്। സ്വധര്മേ നിധനം ശ്രേയഃ പരധര്മോ ഭയാവഹഃ॥

śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitāt swa-dharme nidhanaṁ śhreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ

അർഥം:It is far better to perform one's own duty, even imperfectly, than to perform another's duty perfectly. Even death in the course of one's own duty is better; to follow another's path is perilous and fraught with fear.

പദം-പദം അർഥം

ഉച്ചാരണം കേൾക്കാൻ ഏതെങ്കിലും പദത്തിൽ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യൂ

ശ്രേയാന്🔊śhreyānbetter, more beneficial
സ്വധര്മഃ🔊swa-dharmaḥone's own duty, one's own prescribed path
വിഗുണഃ🔊viguṇaḥimperfect, lacking in merit, tinged with faults
പരധര്മാത്🔊para-dharmātthan another's duty
സ്വനുഷ്ഠിതാത്🔊sv-anuṣhṭhitātthough perfectly performed, well discharged
സ്വധര്മേ🔊swa-dharmein one's own duty
നിധനമ്🔊nidhanamdeath
ശ്രേയഃ🔊śhreyaḥbetter, preferable
പരധര്മഃ🔊para-dharmaḥanother's duty, the path meant for someone else
ഭയാവഹഃ🔊bhayāvahaḥfraught with fear, dangerous

Shreyan Svadharmo Vigunah (Bhagavad Gita 3.35) പാരായണ ഫലങ്ങൾ

Inspires the courage to follow one's own authentic path and calling

Frees the mind from harmful comparison with others' lives and duties

Affirms the dignity of doing one's own work, however humble or imperfect

Guides decision-making toward one's true nature (svadharma) and away from imitation

Strengthens resolve and removes fear when standing firm in one's rightful duty

Reminds the seeker that fidelity to one's own dharma is itself a spiritual discipline

Shreyan Svadharmo Vigunah (Bhagavad Gita 3.35) പാരായണ വിധി

ജപ സംഖ്യ11തവണ
ഉത്തമ സമയംMorning, especially when facing important decisions about one's work, duty, or life path

Recite this verse in Sanskrit while reflecting on your own svadharma — your innate nature and rightful duty. It may be chanted 3, 11, or 21 times. Contemplate the assurance that following your own path, even imperfectly, leads to growth, while abandoning it to imitate others brings fear. Use it to steady the mind before acting on a difficult but rightful choice.

പതിവായി ചോദിക്കുന്ന ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ

ഈ പേജിൽ പൂർണ Shreyan Svadharmo Vigunah (Bhagavad Gita 3.35) മലയാള ലിപിയിൽ നൽകിയിരിക്കുന്നു — അതേ മൂല ശ്ലോകങ്ങൾ, അക്ഷരം-അക്ഷരം ലിപ്യന്തരണം ചെയ്ത്, നിങ്ങൾക്ക് സൗകര്യമായി വായിച്ച് ജപിക്കാം. ഏതെങ്കിലും വരിയിൽ (അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ▶ ബട്ടൺ) തൊട്ട് അതിന്റെ പാരായണം കേൾക്കൂ.
അതെ — ലിപി മാത്രമേ മാറുന്നുള്ളൂ; വാക്കുകളും അവയുടെ അർഥവും മൂലം തന്നെ. ഈ പേജിലെ ശ്ലോകം-ശ്ലോകം അർഥം, ഫലങ്ങൾ, പാരായണ വിധി അതേപടി ബാധകമാണ്.
It means 'Better is one's own duty, though imperfect, than the duty of another well performed. Better is death in one's own duty; another's duty is fraught with fear.' It is Krishna's teaching on svadharma in Bhagavad Gita 3.35.
Svadharma means 'one's own dharma' — the duty, role, and path that flow naturally from one's own nature and station in life. The Gita teaches that fulfilling one's svadharma, even imperfectly, is spiritually superior to abandoning it to take up someone else's duty.
Acting against one's own nature creates inner conflict, instability, and insecurity, because it is not rooted in who one truly is. Krishna calls this 'bhayavaha' (fearful) to warn that imitating another's path, however attractive, leads away from one's authentic growth.
Yes. A closely related teaching appears again in Bhagavad Gita 18.47, reaffirming that it is better to perform one's own duty imperfectly than another's duty well. This repetition underlines how central svadharma is to the Gita's message.

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പൂർണ Shreyan Svadharmo Vigunah (Bhagavad Gita 3.35) ശ്ലോകം-ശ്ലോകം അർഥസഹിതം വായിക്കൂ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കൂടുതൽ പവിത്ര പാഠങ്ങൾ കാണൂ