Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 36
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 3 श्लोक 36

अर्जुन उवाच
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।
अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
3.36 Arjuna said  Now then, O scion of the Vrsni dynasty (Krsna), impelled by what does this man commit sin even against his wish, being constrained by force, as it were?


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
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?


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
3.36. Arjuna said  Then, induced by what, does this person  [of the world]  commit sin-eventhough he does not desire it-as if instigated by a force,  overpowering [him] ?


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 3.36Arjuna Uvaacha:
Atha kena prayukto’yam paapam charati poorushah;
Anicchann api vaarshneya balaad iva niyojitah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 3.36arjunaḥ uvācha—Arjun said; atha—then; kena—by what; prayuktaḥ—impelled; ayam—one; pāpam—sins; charati—commit; pūruṣhaḥ—a person; anichchhan—unwillingly; api—even; vārṣhṇeya—he who belongs to the Vrishni clan, Shree Krishna; balāt—by force; iva—as if; niyojitaḥ—engaged