अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् ।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥
adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham |vividhāś ca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam ||
- अधिष्ठानम् · adhiṣṭhānam
- the seat, basis (the body)
- तथा · tathā
- also
- कर्ता · kartā
- the doer, agent
- करणम् · karaṇam
- the instrument
- पृथग्विधम् · pṛthagvidham
- of various kinds
- विविधाः · vividhāḥ
- manifold
- पृथक्चेष्टाः · pṛthakceṣṭāḥ
- separate efforts, movements
- दैवम् · daivam
- fate, the divine factor
- अत्र · atra
- here, in this
- पञ्चमम् · pañcamam
- the fifth
“The seat of action, the doer, the instruments of various kinds, the manifold separate efforts — and fate as the fifth.”
— Original plain-language translation
The five: body, ego-agent, senses as instruments, life-energies and efforts, and daiva — the unseen factor of providence or past karma. Including daiva is quietly radical: no deed is fully in our hands. This prepares 18.16's warning against claiming sole doership.
— Reader's notes (original)