sva-dharma
स्वधर्म sva-dharmaOne's own duty, proper to one's nature and station, which the Bhagavad Gita ranks above performing another's duty well.
Where this term appears
- Dharma, Karma and Rebirth Essentials
It becomes ritual duty, then law, then righteousness in a broad moral sense, and finally sva-dharma , one's own particular duty in one's own particular station.
- The caste system: what Hinduism says Essentials
Krishna urges Arjuna to do his own sva-dharma , the duty proper to him, and Arjuna's own anguish at the start of the poem includes a fear of varna-sankara , "the confusion of varnas," the social chaos he thinks…
- The Four Aims of Life (Purusharthas) Essentials
And there is sva-dharma , one's own particular duty, the specific obligations that fall on a person because of who and where they are: their stage of life, their calling, their relationships, the debts they wer…