BG 3.36
Arjuna asked: What is it that drives a person to sin, even against their own will and as if by compulsion?
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः
अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः
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अर्जुन
arjuna — Arjuna
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उवाच
uvācha — said
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अथ
atha — then
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केन
kena — by what
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prayukto — impelled
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’yaṁ — one
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pāpaṁ — sins
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charati — commit
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pūruṣhaḥ — a person
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anichchhann — unwillingly
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api — even
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vārṣhṇeya — Krishna
Refers to Krishna as "one who belongs to the Vrishni clan" -
balād — by force
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iva — as if
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niyojitaḥ — engaged
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