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man of knowledge acts in conformity with his own nature ; (all beings follow
(their nature ; what shall coercion avail ?Nature (prakriti) is the samskara
(the latent selfreproductive impression of the past acts of dharma and adharina)
manifesting itself at the commencement of the present birth. Even the man
of knowledge acts according to his own nature; it needs no saying that an
ignorant man acts according to his own nature. Thus all living beings follow
their own nature. What shall coercion in the shape of prohibition avail.
That is to say, to Me or to anybody else, nature is irresistible.Scope for
mans personal exertion.(Objection):If every being acts according to its
own nature only; and there is none that has no nature of its own, then,
there being possibly no scope for personal exertion (purushakara), the Teaching
(sastra) would be quite purposeless.(Answer):The Lord replies as follows:
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