Sanskrit · Devanagari
अर्जुन उवाच। अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः। अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
arjuna uvāca atha kena prayukto.ayaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ anicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882But by whom, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi! is man impelled, even though unwilling, and, as it were, constrained by force, to commit sin? The Deity said:
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.36।। अथ केन हेतुभूतेन प्रयुक्तः सन् राज्ञेव भृत्यः अयं पापं कर्म चरति आचरति पूरुषः पुरुषः स्वयम् अनिच्छन् अपि हे वार्ष्णेय वृष्णिकुलप्रसूत बलात् इव नियोजितः राज्ञेव इत्युक्तो दृष्टान्तः।।शृणु त्वं तं वैरिणं सर्वानर्थकरं यं त्वं पृच्छसि इति भगवान् उवाच
8ca93b846440…Rāmānuja
3.36 Arjuna said Impelled by what does a man practising Jnana Yoga commit sin in the form of experiencing the objects of the senses, as if constrained by force, even against his own will not to experience the objects of the senses.
2c8a4919600b…Swami Sivananda
3.36 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.Commentary Varshneya is one born in the family of the Vrishnis? a name of Krishna.
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