Word meanings
- arjunaḥ uvāca
- Arjun said
- atha
- then
- kena
- by what
- prayuktaḥ
- impelled
- ayam
- one
- pāpam
- sins
- carati
- commit
- pūruṣaḥ
- a person
- anicchan
- unwillingly
- api
- even
- vārṣṇeya
- he who belongs to the Vrishni clan, Shree Krishna
- balāt
- by force
- iva
- as if
- niyojitaḥ
- engaged
Translations
Arjuna said, "But what compels man to commit sin, even against his wishes, O Varshneya (Krishna), as if constrained by force?"
Arjuna asked, "My Lord, what is it that drives a person to sin, even against their will and as if by compulsion?"
Arjuna said, "Now then, O scion of the Vrsni dynasty (Krsna), what compels this man to commit sin even against his will, as if he were constrained by force?"
अर्जुन बोले - हे वार्ष्णेय ! फिर यह मनुष्य न चाहता हुआ भी जबर्दस्ती लगाये हुएकी तरह किससे प्रेरित होकर पापका आचरण करता है?Commentary
Varshneya is one born in the family of the Vrishnis, a name of Krishna.