The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 3.2.47
Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 3.2.47
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3.2.47
varaṃ svadharmo viguṇo na pārakyaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ |
paradharmāśrayād vipraḥ sadyaḥ patati jātitaḥ ||
iti || (MDh 10.97) ||3.41 ||
"Better is one's own duty, though deficient, than the duty of another well performed; / by resorting to the duty of another, a Brahmin immediately falls from his caste." (MDh 10.97) || 3.41
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