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BG 3.36 (1972)

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please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_36"#TEXT 36#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अर्जुन उवाच ।#/dd# #dd#अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः ।#/dd# #dd#अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ॥३६॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#arjuna uvāca#/dd# #dd#atha kena prayukto 'yaṁ#/dd# #dd#pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ#/dd# #dd#anicchann api vārṣṇeya#/dd# #dd#balād iva niyojitaḥ#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i#arjunaḥ uvāca#/i#—Arjuna said; #i#atha#/i#—hereafter; #i#kena#/i#—by what; #i#prayuktaḥ#/i#—impelled; #i#ayam#/i#—one; #i#pāpam#/i#—sins; #i#carati#/i#—acts; #i#pūruṣaḥ#/i#—a man; #i#anicchan#/i#—without desiring; #i#api#/i#—although; #i#vārṣṇeya#/i#—O descendant of Vṛṣṇi; #i#balāt#/i#—by force; #i#iva#/i#—as if; #i#niyojitaḥ#/i#—engaged. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Arjuna said: O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force? #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#A living entity, as part and parcel of the Supreme, is originally spiritual, pure, and free from all material contaminations. Therefore, by nature he is not subjected to the sins of the material world. But when he is in contact with the material nature, he acts in many sinful ways without hesitation, and sometimes even against his will. As such, Arjuna's question to Kṛṣṇa is very sanguine, as to the perverted nature of the living entities. Although the living entity sometimes does not want to act in sin, he is still forced to act. Sinful actions are not, however, impelled by the Supersoul within, but are due to another cause, as the Lord explains in the next verse. #/p# #/div# #/div# please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_36"#TEXT 36#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अर्जुन उवाच#/dd# #dd#अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः ।#/dd# #dd#अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ॥३६॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#arjuna uvāca#/dd# #dd#atha kena prayukto 'yaṁ#/dd# #dd#pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ#/dd# #dd#anicchann api vārṣṇeya#/dd# #dd#balād iva niyojitaḥ#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=arjunaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#arjunaḥ #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=uvāca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#uvāca#/i# — Arjuna said; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=atha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#atha#/i# — then; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kena&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kena#/i# — by what; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prayuktaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prayuktaḥ#/i# — impelled; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ayam#/i# — one; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pāpam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pāpam#/i# — sins; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=carati&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#carati#/i# — does; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pūruṣaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pūruṣaḥ#/i# — a man; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anicchan&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anicchan#/i# — without desiring; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#api#/i# — although; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vārṣṇeya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vārṣṇeya#/i# — O descendant of Vṛṣṇi; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=balāt&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#balāt#/i# — by force; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iva#/i# — as if; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=niyojitaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#niyojitaḥ#/i# — engaged. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Arjuna said:O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force? #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#A living entity, as part and parcel of the Supreme, is originally spiritual, pure, and free from all material contaminations. Therefore, by nature he is not subject to the sins of the material world. But when he is in contact with the material nature, he acts in many sinful ways without hesitation, and sometimes even against his will. As such, Arjuna's question to Kṛṣṇa is very sanguine, as to the perverted nature of the living entities. Although the living entity sometimes does not want to act in sin, he is still forced to act. Sinful actions are not, however, impelled by the Supersoul within, but are due to another cause, as the Lord explains in the next verse. #/p# #/div# #/div#
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