18.13 पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्
pañca
Word meanings
pañcha—five;etāni—these;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one;kāraṇāni—causes;nibodha—listen;me—from me;sānkhye—of Sānkya;kṛita-ante—stop reactions of karmas;proktāni—explains;siddhaye—for the accomplishment;sarva—all;karmaṇām—of karmas
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O mighty-armed one! Learn from Me these five causes, declared in the conclusion of deliberations on proper knowledge, for the accomplishment of all actions.
I will tell thee now, O Mighty Man, the five causes which, according to the final decision of philosophy, must concur before an action can be accomplished.
Learn from Me, O Arjuna, these five causes for the accomplishment of all acts, as described in Sankhya-krtanta - the science of the exact understanding of things for the accomplishment of works.
O mighty-armed one, learned from Me these [Another reading is etani.-Tr.] five factors for the accomplishment of all actions, which have been spoken of in the Vedanta in which actions terminate.
Learn from Me, O mighty-armed Arjuna, these five causes, as declared in the Sankhya system for the accomplishment of all actions!
18.15 शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः
śarīra
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śharīra-vāk-manobhiḥ—with body, speech, or mind;yat—which;karma—action;prārabhate—performs;naraḥ—a person;nyāyyam—proper;vā—or;viparītam—improper;vā—or;pañcha—five;ete—these;tasya—their;hetavaḥ—factors
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O Arjuna! Whatever action is undertaken with the body, speech, or mind, whether it is lawful or otherwise, its factors are these five.
Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes.
For whatever action a man undertakes by his body, speech and mind, whether right or wrong, i.e., enjoined or forbidden by the Sastras, the following five are its causes:
Whatever action a man performs with the body, speech and mind, be it just or its reverse, of it these five are the causes.
Whatever action a man performs by his body, speech and mind, whether right or the reverse, these five are its causes.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
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18.14 अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्
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adhiṣhṭhānam—the body;tathā—also;kartā—the doer (soul);karaṇam—senses;cha—and;pṛithak-vidham—various kinds;vividhāḥ—many;cha—and;pṛithak—distinct;cheṣhṭāḥ—efforts;daivam—Divine Providence;cha eva atra—these certainly are (causes);pañchamam—the fifth
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The basis, the agent, the various instruments, the distinct activities of various kinds, and Destiny, which is the fifth factor, are all present.
They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny.
The seat of action and likewise the agent, the various kinds of organs, the different and distinctive functions of vital air and also the fifth among these, Divinity.
The locus as also the agent, the different kinds of organs, the many and distinct activities, and, the divine is here the fifth.
The body, the doer, the various senses, the different functions of various sorts, and the presiding Deity, also, the fifth,
