Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-3
Karmayoga
Arjuna said: 36. Then driven by what, O Krishna, does a person commit sin, even against his will, as though constrained by force? O Lord, how is it that even the wise fall from their state and take to the wrong path? How is it that those who know everything including the means of release go astray and take up another’s duty? A blind person cannot distinguish between grain and husk; but why should a clear-sighted person be so deceived? Those who renounce worldly ties from others and do not attain satiety and even those who have retired to the forest return to the country (231235). When they try to hide and escape from sin, they are forcibly drawn into the commission of sin. That which strikes us as disgusting overtakes us and dwells in us; and even when we try to escape from it, it pursues us relentlessly. There is a power, which compels us to commit a wrong thing. Tell me what is this inflexible power, so Partha said to Krishna.
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