BG - 3.36

अर्जुन उवाच अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः। अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।

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

• arjunaḥ uvācha - Arjun said
• atha - then
• kena - by what
• prayuktaḥ - impelled
• ayam - one
• pāpam - sins
• charati - commit
• pūruṣhaḥ - a person
• anichchhan - unwillingly
• api - even
• vārṣhṇeya - he who belongs to the Vrishni clan, Shree Krishna
• balāt - by force
• iva - as if
• niyojitaḥ - engaged

Translation

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

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