Arjuna said: But, by what impelled does man commit sin, though against his wishes, O Varshneya, constrained, as it were, by force?

arjuna uvāca = Arjuna said; atha = then; kena = by what; prayuktaḥ = impelled; ayaṃ = one; pāpaṃ = sins; carati = does; pūruṣaḥ = a man; anicchan = without desiring; api = although; vārṣṇeya = O descendant of VRiShNi; balāt = by force; iva = as if; niyojitaḥ = engaged.;