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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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 36
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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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Why: Arjuna asks plainly what impels a person to commit sin even against their own will, as if forced, a genuinely honest question about losing control of yourself.

In life: most people have done something they regret and can't fully explain, feeling driven rather than deciding.

Teaching: when you catch yourself acting against your own better judgment, get curious about what's actually driving it instead of just feeling guilty.

arjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said
athathen
kenaby what
prayuktaḥimpelled
ayamone
pāpamsins
charaticommit
pūruṣhaḥa person
anichchhanunwillingly
apieven
vārṣhṇeyahe who belongs to the Vrishni clan, Shree Krishna
balātby force
ivaas if
niyojitaḥengaged

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
3.36 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.