Bhagavad Gita 3.36
Karma Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
अर्जुन उवाच | अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः | अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ||३-३६||
Transliteration
arjuna uvāca . atha kena prayukto.ayaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ . anicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ ||3-36||
Arjuna said But impelled by what does man commit sin, though against his wishes, O Varshneya (Krishna), constrained as it were, by force?
Word by Word
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
Classical Commentary
Varshneya is one born in the family of the Vrishnis, a name of Krishna.