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Shree Rajaram in his mail has asked the exact question

Arjun asked Krishna.

 

Copied the text and purport from 'Hare Krishna'

 

Narayana Narayana Narayana

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

 

Chapter 3, verse 36: 'arjuna uvaca

atha kena prayukto ’yam

papam carati purushah

anicchann api varsneya

balad iva niyojitah

 

 

 

TRANSLATION

 

 

Arjuna said: O descendant of Vrishni, by what is one

impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if

engaged by force?

 

 

 

PURPORT

 

 

 

A living entity, as part and parcel of the Supreme, is

originally spiritual, pure, and free from all material

contaminations. Therefore, by nature he is not subject

to the sins of the material world. But when he is in

contact with the material nature, he acts in many

sinful ways without hesitation, and sometimes even

against his will. As such, Arjuna’s question to

Krishna is very sanguine, as to the perverted nature

of the living entities. Although the living entity

sometimes does not want to act in sin, he is still

forced to act. Sinful actions are not, however,

impelled by the Supersoul within, but are due to

another cause, as the Lord explains in the next verse.

 

 

 

TEXT 37

 

 

sri-bhagavan uvaca

kama esa krodha esa

rajo-guna-samudbhavah

mahasano maha-papma

viddhy enam iha vairinam

 

 

 

TRANSLATION

 

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is lust

only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the

material mode of passion and later transformed into

wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of

this world.

 

 

 

PURPORT

 

 

 

When a living entity comes in contact with the

material creation, his eternal love for Krishna is

transformed into lust, in association with the mode of

passion. Or, in other words, the sense of love of God

becomes transformed into lust, as milk in contact with

sour tamarind is transformed into yogurt. Then again,

when lust is unsatisfied, it turns into wrath; wrath

is transformed into illusion, and illusion continues

the material existence. Therefore, lust is the

greatest enemy of the living entity, and it is lust

only which induces the pure living entity to remain

entangled in the material world. Wrath is the

manifestation of the mode of ignorance; these modes

exhibit themselves as wrath and other corollaries. If,

therefore, the mode of passion, instead of being

degraded into the mode of ignorance, is elevated to

the mode of goodness by the prescribed method of

living and acting, then one can be saved from the

degradation of wrath by spiritual attachment.

 

 

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead expanded Himself

into many for His ever-increasing spiritual bliss, and

the living entities are parts and parcels of this

spiritual bliss. They also have partial independence,

but by misuse of their independence, when the service

attitude is transformed into the propensity for sense

enjoyment, they come under the sway of lust. This

material creation is created by the Lord to give

facility to the conditioned souls to fulfill these

lustful propensities, and when completely baffled by

prolonged lustful activities, the living entities

begin to inquire about their real position.

 

 

 

This inquiry is the beginning of the Vedanta-sutras,

wherein it is said, athato brahma jijnasa: one should

inquire into the Supreme. And the Supreme is defined

in Srimad-Bhagavatam as janmady asya yato ’nvayad

itaratas ca, or, “The origin of everything is the

Supreme Brahman.” Therefore the origin of lust is also

in the Supreme. If, therefore, lust is transformed

into love for the Supreme, or transformed into Krishna

consciousness—or, in other words, desiring everything

for Krishna—then both lust and wrath can be

spiritualized. Hanuman, the great servitor of Lord

Rama, exhibited his wrath by burning the golden city

of Ravana, but by doing so he became the greatest

devotee of the Lord. Here also, in Bhagavad-gita, the

Lord induces Arjuna to engage his wrath upon his

enemies for the satisfaction of the Lord. Therefore,

lust and wrath, when they are employed in Krishna

consciousness, become our friends instead of our

enemies.

 

 

 

 

 

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