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Verse 3·36

Why does desire drive one toward sin?

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अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः ।अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ॥

atha kena prayukto’yaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥanicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ

Arjuna said: But (if there is no fault in following our Nature) what is this in us that drives a man to sin, as if by force, even against his own struggling will, O Varshneya?

Gītā 3·36

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