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Bhagavad Gita 3.36

अर्जुन उवाच अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः। अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।

arjuna uvācha atha kena prayukto ’yaṁ pāpaṁ charati pūruṣhaḥ anichchhann api vārṣhṇeya balād iva niyojitaḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
arjunaḥ uvāchaarjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said
athaathathen
kenakenaby what
prayuktaḥprayuktaḥimpelled
ayamayamone
pāpampāpamsins
charaticharaticommit
pūruṣhaḥpūruṣhaḥa person
anichchhananichchhanunwillingly
apiapieven
vārṣhṇeyavārṣhṇeyahe who belongs to the Vrishni clan, Shree Krishna
balātbalātby force
ivaivaas if
niyojitaḥniyojitaḥengaged

Arjuna said, "But what compels man to commit sin, even against his wishes, O Varshneya (Krishna), as if constrained by force?"

अर्जुन ने कहा -- हे वार्ष्णेय ! फिर यह पुरुष बलपूर्वक बाध्य किये हुये के समान अनिच्छा होते हुये भी किसके द्वारा प्रेरित होकर पाप का आचरण करता है?