Verse 18.14
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् ।
विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥
Transliteration
adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham |
vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
The seat (body), the doer, the various senses, the different functions of various sorts, and the presiding deity, also, the fifth.
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The seat of action, the doer, the various instruments, the many and distinct kinds of effort, and the divine, the fifth among them.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna lists the five factors of every action. First is the adhiṣṭhāna, the seat or basis, usually taken as the body. Then comes the doer, the various instruments such as the senses and mind, the many different kinds of effort or movement, and finally daiva, the divine or unseen factor, sometimes understood as providence or the presiding powers. The list shows that any action is a meeting of many conditions. No single agent controls all of them.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08