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Svadharma

One’s own dharma: the duty proper to a person’s nature and station in life.

Vedānta and the Hindu traditions

Svadharma is the particular duty belonging to each person. The Bhagavad Gītā twice teaches that it is better to do one’s own duty imperfectly than another’s well. The idea joins the universal order of dharma to the circumstances of each life.