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

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

• 3.36Arjuna said, "But what compels man to commit sin, even against his wishes, O Varshneya (Krishna), as if constrained by force?"

• 3.37The Blessed Lord said, "It is desire and it is anger, both of the quality of Rajas, all-devouring and all-sinful; know this as the foe here in this world."
• 3.38As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, and as an embryo is surrounded by the amniotic sac, so is this enveloped by that.
• 3.39O Arjuna, wisdom is enveloped by this constant enemy of the wise, in the form of desire, which is insatiable like fire.
• 3.40The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, it deludes the embodied one, veiling their wisdom.
• 3.41Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, control your senses first and then kill this sinful thing, which destroys knowledge and realization.
• 3.42They say that the senses are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the senses; the intellect is superior to the mind; and He (the Self) is superior even to the intellect.
• 3.43Thus, knowing Him who is superior to the intellect and restraining the self by the Self, slay thou, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the enemy in the form of desire, hard to conquer.

arjunaḥ 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