श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥ ३-३५॥

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt ।svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ ॥ 3-35॥

श्रेय = sreyan (m. nom. sg. comparative), better, su-perior, preferable.;

स्वधर्म svadharmas (m. nom. sg.), own duty (here meaning duty of one's own caste).;

विगुणः vigunas (m. nom. sg.), deficient, imperfect, ineffective, unsuccessful.;

परधर्मात = paradharmat (m. abl. sg.), from duty of an-other, than duty of another (here meaningof another caste).;

स्व = sv, su well, good.;

अनुष्ठितात् = anusthitat (abl. p. pass. participle anu *stha), than done, than practiced, than performed.;

स्वधर्मे = svadharme(m.loc. sg.), in own duty, in own caste duty.;

निधनं = nidhanam (n. nom. sg.), settling down, end, death.;

श्रेयः = sreyas (n. nom. sg. compar.), better, supe-rior, preferable.;

परधर्मो = paradharmas (m. nom. sg.), duty of another, opposite duty.;

भया = bhaya (n.), danger, fear.;

अवहः = avahas (from a *vah), inviting, bringing. (bhaya-avahah, m. nom. sg. TP cpd., bring- ing fear.)