Sanskrit Verse
adhisthanam tatha karta karanam ca prithag-vidham vividhas ca prithak cesta daivam caivatra pancamam
Translation & Meaning
The five causes are: the body as the seat of action, the individual doer, the various instruments of sense and action, the different kinds of effort, and divine providence as the fifth factor. All actions arise from the interplay of these five.
Key Teachings
- •The body, doer, instruments, effort, and divine will are the five causes of action
- •No action can be understood apart from this fivefold causation
- •Recognizing divine providence as a factor humbles the ego's claim to sole agency
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