The Bhagavadgita in a Nutshell: 3. Swami Krishnananda
================================================================================= Tuesday 10, December 2024, 06:30. Article Scriptures The Bhagavadgita in a Nutshell: 3. Swami Krishnananda. (Spoken on November 3rd, 1973.) ================================================================================ Prakrtim yanti bhutani nigrahah kim karisyati (BG 3.33). “Ah, is it so?” Arjuna is a very shrewd man. He wants to catch Krishna at every point. “If everything is done by prakriti, whatever I do, even if I go and hit somebody's head, it is prakriti's action only. I can abuse somebody, I can do a sinful action because you say everything is done by prakriti, and who can restrain prakriti? If prakriti does everything, then even sinful actions are prakriti's only, and I may do anything. Is it so?” “No.” Now, here is a very subtle distinction drawn by Bhagavan Sri Krishna between the causes of sin and the nature of prakriti. Prakriti does not make us commit sin. This is a very subt...