3.36
Chapter 3, Verse 36
अर्जुन उवाच अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः। अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः৷৷
arjuna uvāca atha kēna prayuktō.yaṅ pāpaṅ carati pūruṣaḥ. anicchannapi vārṣṇēya balādiva niyōjitaḥ৷৷
Translation
Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?
Translation — Purohit Swami
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.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.