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Кагма-уога
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time, owing to material association. Therefore, in spite of regulated sense enjoyment, there is every chance of falling down; therefore any attachment for regulated sense enjoyment must also be avoided by all means. But action in the loving service of Kṛṣṇa detaches one from all kinds of sensory activities. Therefore, no one should try to be detached from Kṛṣṇa consciousness at any stage of life. The whole purpose of detachment from all kinds of sense attachment is ultimately to become situated on the platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् । 
    स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥३५॥
śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt svanuṣṭhitāt sva-dharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ
śreyān —far better;  sva-dharmaḥ —one’s prescribed duties;  viguṇaḥ —even faulty;  para-dharmāt —from duties mentioned for others;  svanuṣṭhitāt —than perfectly done;  sva-dharme —in one’s prescribed duties;  nidhanam —destruction;  śreyaḥ —better;  para-dharmaḥ —duties prescribed for others;  bhaya-āvahaḥ —dangerous.
TRANSLATION
It is far better to discharge one's 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.
PURPORT
One should therefore discharge his prescribed duties in full Krṣṇa consciousness rather than those prescribed for others. Prescribed duties complement one's psychophysical condition, under the spell of the modes of material nature. Spiritual duties are as ordered by the spiritual master, for the transcendental service of Krṣṇa. But both materially or spiritually, one