[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 10.97 # Manava Dharmashastra 10.97 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.97 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.97) varaṃ svadharmo paradharmeṇa jīvan hi sadyaḥ patati jātitaḥ // > It is better (to discharge) one's own (appointed) duty incompletely than to perform completely that of another; for he who lives according to the law of another (caste) is instantly excluded from his own. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 10.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.96) - [Next: 10.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.98) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.10.97) — Georg Bühler 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.97) · Pramāṇa