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Moksha Sanyasa Yoga · Liberation through Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 18.13-15
Sanskrit
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे । साङ्ख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम् ॥18.13॥अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् । विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥18.14॥शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः । न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः ॥18.15॥
Transliteration
pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me | sāṅkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām ‖18.13‖ adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham | vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam ‖18.14‖ śarīravāṅmanobhiryatkarma prārabhate naraḥ | nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ ‖18.15‖
Meaning
“Learn from Me, O mighty-armed one, these five causes for the accomplishment of all actions, declared in the Sankhya doctrine: the seat of action (the body), the agent, the various instruments, the manifold functions, and divine providence as the fifth. Whatever action a person undertakes by body, speech, and mind, whether right or wrong, these five are its causes.”
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Theme: Liberation through Renunciation
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