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Sri Swami Vishnu-devananda
Bhagavad Gita Selection Number 344

From Chapter XVIII: The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation

XVIII.13. PANCHAITAANI MAHAABAAHO KAARANAANI NIBODHA ME;
SAANKHYE KRITAANTE PROKTAANI SIDDHAYE SARVAKARMANAAM.


(Krishna speaking to Arjuna) Learn from Me, O mighty-armed Arjuna, these five causes, as declared in the Sankhya system for the accomplishment of all actions!


XVIII.14. ADHISHTHAANAM TATHAA KARTAA KARANAM CHA PRITHAGVIDHAM;


VIVIDHAASHCHA PRITHAKCHESHTAA DAIVAM CHAIVAATRA PANCHAMAM.

The body, the doer, the various senses, the different functions of various sorts, and the presiding Deity, also, the fifth,


XVIII.15. SHAREERAVAANGMANOBHIRYAT KARMA PRAARABHATE NARAH;
NYAAYYAM VAA VIPAREETAM VAA PANCHAITE TASYA HETAVAH.

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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