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Be proud of your culture, your tradition.
18.46
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।
स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः
॥ १८=४६ ॥
yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṁ yena
sarvamidaṁ tatam svakarmaṇā
tamabhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ
One attains perfection by worshipping
the supreme Being from whom all
beings originate and by whom all this
universe is pervaded through
performance of one's natural duty for
Him.
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Without brāhmaṇas, the vedic tradition would have died long ago.
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।
स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्
॥१८-४७॥
śreyān svadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmāt
svanuṣṭhitāt svabhāva-niyataṁ karma
kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam
It is better to engage in one’s rightful conduct [svadharma], even though one may not perform it to perfection, rather than to accept another’s conduct and perform it perfectly. Responsibility prescribed according to one’s nature, are never affected by sinful reactions.
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The dīkśitars even today, and similarly in other places, take their traditional job of preserving Vedic wisdom so seriously that they will not travel out of their town limits. They have made this sacrifice for generations and for thousands of years so that this knowledge could be preserved for posterity.
18.48
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् ।
सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः
॥ १८-४८ ॥
sahajaṁ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na
tyajet sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenā
gnirivā vṛtāḥ
Every work has some defect, just as fire is covered by smoke. One should not give up the work that is born of his own nature, even if such work is full of fault, O Kaunteya (Arjuna).
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We cannot evolve unless there is a fundamental change in our thinking.
