ये मे मतम् इदं नित्यम् अनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः ॥
श्रद्धावन्तो ऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते ते ऽपि कर्मभिः ॥
ये त्व् एतद् अभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम् ॥
सर्वज्ञानविमूढांस् तान् विद्धि नष्टान् अचेतसः ॥
सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर् ज्ञानवान् अपि ॥
प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति ॥
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ ॥
तयोर् न वशम् आगच्छेत् तौ ह्य् अस्य परिपन्थिनौ ॥
श्रेयान् स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात् ॥
स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥
ye me matam idaṃ nityam anutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ ||
śraddhāvanto 'nasūyanto mucyante te 'pi karmabhiḥ ||
ye tv etad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam ||
sarvajñānavimūḍhāṃs tān viddhi naṣṭān acetasaḥ ||
sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api ||
prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati ||
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau ||
tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau ||
śreyān svadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmāt svanuṣṭhitāt ||
svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ ||
"People who constantly follow this teaching of Mine with faith and without envious cavil are also freed from karma. But those who, carping at it, do not follow My instruction — know them to be confused in all knowledge, devoid of understanding, and ruined. Even the knowledgeable act according to their own nature; beings follow nature. What will mere suppression accomplish? Toward each sense and its object, attraction and aversion are set; one should not fall under their power, for they obstruct a person on the path. Better one's own dharma, even imperfect, than another's dharma well performed. Better death in one's own dharma: another's dharma brings danger."
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Here freedom does not mean an arbitrary choice of any role. One's own dharma must be purified of attraction and aversion, but not replaced by another's duty merely because it seems easier or more attractive.