| 35· Better ones
own duty, though devoid of merit, than the duty of another well discharged.
Better is death in ones own duty ; the duty of another is productive of
danger.For a man to die doing his own duty though devoid of merit is better
than for him to live doing the duty of another though perfectly performed.
For, the duty of another leads to danger, such as hell (naraka).Desire is
the Enemy of Man.Though the source of evil has been pointed out in . 62,
etc and in i. 34, yet with a view to eliciting a concise and clear statement
of what was but desultory and vaguely expressed; for, the exact cause being
known, be might exert himself to exterminate it,Arjuna asks |
