Manu 10.97
वरं स्वधर्मो विगुणो न पारक्यः स्वनुष्ठितः । [म्विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वधिष्ठितात् ] परधर्मेण जीवन्) हि सद्यः पतति) जातितः ॥
varaṃ svadharmo viguṇo na pārakyaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ | [M.viguṇaḥ paradharmāt svadhiṣṭhitāt ] paradharmeṇa jīvan) hi sadyaḥ patati) jātitaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
It is better (to discharge) one's own (ap- \XjM "^ pointed) duty incompletely than to perform com-^y HLtrX' pletely that of another; for he who lives according to the law of another (caste) is instantly excluded from his own.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.