Bhagavad Gita · 18.14
॥
Devanāgarī
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् ।
विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
adhiṣṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ ca pṛthag-vidham |
vividhāś ca pṛthak-ceṣṭā daivaṁ caivātra pañcamam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अधिष्ठानम्adhiṣṭhānamthe place of action [the body].
तथा कर्ताtathā kartāand also the doer [the soul].
करणम् चkaraṇam caand the instruments [the senses].
पृथग्विधम्pṛthag-vidhamvarious.
विविधाः चvividhāḥ caand the manifold.
पृथक्चेष्टाःpṛthak-ceṣṭāḥthe separate efforts [the life airs].
दैवम्daivamthe divine (the Supersoul).
च एव अत्रca eva atraand indeed here.
पञ्चमम्pañcamamthe fifth.
Translation
“These are: the place of action [the body], the doer [the soul], the various instruments [the senses], the manifold efforts [the life airs], and finally the fifth factor — the divine [the Supersoul].”
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