Sanskrit
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः । अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ॥
atha kena prayukto'yaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ anicchann api vārṣṇeya balād iva niyojitaḥ
Translation
But dragged on by what does a man commit sin, reluctantly indeed, O Varshneya, as it were by force constrained?
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Arjuna speaks again for the first time since verse 2, and his question is triggered directly by verse 34’s warning about raga-dvesha: if these are just obstructors to be avoided, what actually compels someone toward wrongdoing against their own will? The dialogue’s return to a genuine back-and-forth here signals the chapter’s final movement, the analysis of desire and anger that closes it out.