This is a breathtakingly realistic psychological observation. Krishna states that absolutely everyone, even a highly realized man of knowledge (jñānavān api), acts and behaves in accordance with their own innate material nature (sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter). All living beings automatically follow their innate nature (prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni). Because of this inescapable biological and psychological reality, Krishna asks a devastating rhetorical question: 'nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati' (What can forced repression accomplish?).