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Bhagavad Gita 18.14

Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyasa Yoga (Liberation Through Renunciation) · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् ।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥

adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham |vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam ||

Meaning of Gita 18.14 in English

The five causes are: the body as the base, the doer, the various senses and instruments, the many different efforts, and fifth, the divine or unseen factor.

गीता 18.14 का हिंदी अर्थ

ये पाँच कारण हैं — शरीर जो आधार है, करने वाला, अलग-अलग इंद्रियाँ और साधन, तरह-तरह की चेष्टाएँ, और पाँचवाँ दैव यानी अदृश्य शक्ति।

how action worksdestiny and effortegokarma

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.