To follow another's path is dangerous

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"to follow another's path is dangerous"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Chapters 1 - 6

Destruction in the course of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's duties, for to follow another's path is dangerous.

BG 3.35, Translation: It is far better to discharge one's prescribed duties, even though faultily, than another's duties perfectly. Destruction in the course of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's duties, for to follow another's path is dangerous.

Lectures

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Destruction in the course of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's duties, for to follow another's path is dangerous

Lecture on BG 3.31-43 -- Los Angeles, January 1, 1969: Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Thirty-four: "Attraction and repulsion for sense objects are felt by embodied beings, but one should not fall under the control of senses and sense objects because they are stumbling blocks on the path of self-realization [Bg. 3.34]." Thirty-five: "It is far better to discharge one's own prescribed duties, even though they may be faulty, than another's duties. Destruction in the course of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's duties, for to follow another's path is dangerous [Bg. 3.35]." Thirty-six: "Arjuna said: O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force [Bg. 3.36]?" Prabhupāda: Here Kṛṣṇa says that "Destruction in the course of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's duties, for to follow another's path is dangerous." Now, Arjuna was a military man, a kṣatriya. His business was to fight for the good cause. But in the battlefield he thought that "Why should I engage myself in this killing business? Better retire from it. If I don't get my kingdom, I shall rather beg." This begging business is for us.