Chapter 3, Verse 36
अर्जुन उवाच अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः। अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
arjuna uvāca atha kena prayukto'yaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ. anicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ৷৷3.36৷৷
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- अर्जुन उवाच
- Arjuna said
- अथ
- then / now
- केन
- by what (impelled)
- प्रयुक्तः
- impelled, driven, urged
- अयम्
- this
- पापम्
- sin, evil deed
- चरति
- does, commits, performs
- पूरुषः
- a man, a person
- अनिच्छन्
- not wishing, unwillingly
- अपि
- even, although
- वार्ष्णेय
- O descendant of Vrishni (Krishna)
- बलात्
- by force
- इव
- as if, as though
- नियोजितः
- compelled, engaged, impelled
Commentary
36. But by what dragged on, O Varshneya, does a man, though reluctant, commit sin, as if constrained by force ?
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अर्जुन उवाच
अथ
केन
प्रयुक्तः
अयम्
पापम्
चरति
पूरुषः
अनिच्छन्
अपि
वार्ष्णेय
बलात्
इव
नियोजितः
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