BG 3.36
अर्जुन उवाच
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः ।
अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ॥
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः ।
अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ॥
arjuna uvāca
atha kena prayukto ’yaṁ pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ
anicchann api vārṣṇeya balād iva niyojitaḥ
atha kena prayukto ’yaṁ pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ
anicchann api vārṣṇeya balād iva niyojitaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna inquired; atha — then; prayuktaḥ — being impelled; kena — by what; vārṣṇeya — O descendant of Vṛṣṇi; ayam — this; pūruṣaḥ — person; carati — commits; pāpam — sin; anicchan api — even unwillingly; iva — as if; niyojitaḥ — driven; balāt — by force.
Translation
Arjuna inquired: What impels a person, O Kṛṣṇa, to commit sin even unwillingly, as if driven by force?