Better is one's own duty, though performed imperfectly, than another's duty wellperformed. Man incurs no sin by performing his duty prescribed by Nature.
श्रेयान् स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन् नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्॥