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.

api

even

iva

as if

atha

then

ayam

one

kena

by what

balāt

by force

pāpam

sins

charati

commit

anichchhan

unwillingly

niyojitaḥ

engaged

prayuktaḥ

impelled

pūruṣhaḥ

a person

vārṣhṇeya

he who belongs to the Vrishni clan, Shree Krishna

arjunaḥ uvācha

Arjun said