सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि।
प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति।।3.33।।
।।3.33।। ज्ञानवान् पुरुष भी अपनी प्रकृति के अनुसार चेष्टा करता है। सभी प्राणी अपनी प्रकृति पर ही जाते हैं फिर इनमें (किसी का) निग्रह क्या करेगा।।
A question may be raised that if it is so beneficial to follow the teachings of the Bhagavad-Gita then why is not everyone following them. Lord Krishna explains that it is according to their own nature determined by samskaras or impressions from past lifetimes and because of the influence of prakriti or material nature interacting with the three gunas, or the modes of goodness, passion and nescience.