Chapter 3 Verse 36 of 43

• arjuna uvāca
• atha kena prayukto 'yaḿ
• pāpaḿ carati pūruṣaḥ
• anicchann api vārṣṇeya
• balād iva niyojitaḥ

Translation

Arjuna said: O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?

Synonyms

• uvāca

  Arjuna said

• atha

  then

• kena

  by what

• prayuktaḥ

  impelled

• ayam

  one

• pāpam

  sins

• carati

  does

• pūruṣaḥ

  a man

• anicchan

  without desiring

• api

  although

• vārṣṇeya

  O descendant of Vrsni

• balāt

  by force

• iva

  as if

• niyojitaḥ

  engaged.

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