Chapter 3 · Verse 36

Path of Selfless Service

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 Meanings

arjunaḥ uvācha atha kena prayuktaḥ ayam pāpam charati pūruṣhaḥ anichchhan api vārṣhṇeya balāt iva niyojitaḥ

Translation

Arjuna said: Then by what is a person driven to commit sin, even unwillingly, O Krishna, as though compelled by force?

Commentary

अथ now? केन by which? प्रयुक्तः impelled? अयम् this? पापम् sin? चरति does? पूरुषः man? अनिच्छन् not wishing? अपि even? वार्ष्णेय O Varshneya? बलात् by force? इव as it were? नियोजितः constrained.Commentary Varshneya is one born in the family of the Vrishnis? a name of Krishna.