BhG 18.14

adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthag-vidham
vividhāś ca pṛthak ceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam

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adhiṣṭhānam (basis) tathā kartā (and a doer) pṛthak-vidham karaṇam ca (and different kinds of the senses) pṛthak (separately) vividhāḥ (manifold) ceṣṭā (efforts) atra (here) pañcamam daivam ca eva (and indeed destiny as the fifth).

 

grammar

adhiṣṭhānam adhiṣṭhāna 1n.1 n.basis, position, abode, place (from: adhi-sthā – to stand upon, to superintend);
tathā av.in that manner, so, in like manner;
kartā kartṛ 1n.1 m.a doer (from: kṛ – to do);
karaṇam karaṇa 1n.1 n.deed, direct cause, instrument, helper, a sense organ (from: kṛ – to do);
ca av.and;
pṛthag-vidham pṛthag-vidha 1n.1 n.which has separate parts, of different kinds (from: pṛth – to extend, av. pṛthak – separately, one by one; vi-dhā – to divide, vidhā – division, part);
vividhāḥ vi-vidha 1n.3 f. manifold;
ca av.and;
pṛthak av.separately, one by one (from: pṛth – to extend);
ceṣṭāḥ ceṣṭā 1n.3 f.gestures, activities, behaviours, efforts (from: ceṣṭ – to move, to endeavour, to act);
daivam daiva 1n.1 n. divine will, destiny, fate (from: div – to shine, to play, deva – god, divinity);
ca av.and;
eva av.certainly, just, merely;
atra av.here;
pañcamam pañcama 1n.1 n. fifth (from: pañca – five);

 

textual variants


karaṇaṁkāraṇaṁ (cause);
vividhāś ca vividhā ca (and manifold);
ciaiva → eva (just);
 
 



Śāṃkara


kāni tāni ? ity ucyate—
adhiṣṭhānam icchā-dveṣa-sukha-duḥkha-jñānādīnām abhivyakter āśrayo’dhiṣṭhānaṃ śarīram | tathā kartā upādhi-lakṣaṇo bhoktā | karaṇaṃ ca śrotrādi śabdādy-upalabdhaye pṛthag-vidhaṃ nānā-prakāraṃ tad dvādaśa-saṃkhyam | vividhāś ca pṛthak-ceṣṭaḥ vāyavīyāḥ prāṇāpānādyāḥ | daivaṃ caiva | daivam eva cātraiteṣu caturṣu pañcamaṃ pañcānāṃ pūraṇam ādityādi- cakṣur-ādy-anugrāhaka
 

Rāmānuja


commentary under the verse BhG 18.15
 

Śrīdhara


tāny evāha adhiṣṭhānam iti | adhiṣṭhānaṃ śarīram | kartā cid-acid-granthir ahaṅkāraḥ | pṛthag-vidham aneka-prakāram | karaṇaṃ cakṣuḥ-śrotrādi | vividhāḥ kāryataḥ svarūpataś ca | pṛthag-bhūta-ceṣṭā prāṇāpānādīnāṃ vyāpārāḥ | atraitad eva pañcamaṃ kāraṇaṃ daivam | cakṣur-ādy-anugrāhakam ādityādi-sarva-prerako ‚ntaryāmī vā
 

Viśvanātha


tāny eva gaṇayati adhīti | adhiṣṭhānaṃ śarīraṃ | kartā cij-jaḍa-granthir ahaṅkāraḥ, karaṇaṃ cakṣuḥ-śrotrādi | pṛthag-vidham aneka-prakāram | pṛthak-ceṣṭā prāṇāpānādīnāṃ pṛthag-vyāpārāḥ | daivaṃ sarva-prerako ‚ntaryāmī ca
 

Baladeva


tāny eva gaṇayati adhīti | adhiṣṭhīyate jīvenety adhiṣṭhānaṃ śarīraṃ kartā jīvaḥ asya jñātṛtva-kartṛtve śrutir āha eṣa hi draṣṭā sraṣṭā ity (PraśnaU 4.9) ādinā | sūtrakāraś ca jño ‚ta eva (Vs 2.3.18) iti kartā śāstrārthavattvāt (Vs 2.3.26) ity ādi ca | karaṇaṃ śrotrādisamanaskam | pṛthag-vidhaṃ karma-niṣpattau pṛthag-vyāpāram | vividhā ca pṛthak-ceṣṭā prāṇāpānādīnāṃ nānā-vidhā pṛthag-vyāpārāḥ | daivaṃ cety atra karma-niṣpādake hetu-pracaye daivaṃ sarvārādhyaṃ paraṃ brahma pañcamam | karma-niṣpattāv antaryāmī harir mukhyo hetur ity arthaḥ | dehendriya-prāṇa-jīvopakaraṇo ‚sau karma-pravartaka iti niścayavatāṃ karma tat-phaleṣu kartṛtvābhiniveśa-spṛhā-virahitānāṃ karmāṇi na bandhakānīti bhāvaḥ |

nanu jīvasya kartṛtve pareśāyatte sati tasya karma sva-niyojyatvāpattiḥ, kāṣṭhādi-tulyatvāt | vidhi-niṣedha-śāstrāṇi ca vyarthāni syuḥ | svadhiyā pravartituṃ na śakto niyojyo dṛṣṭaḥ | ucyate — pareśena dattair dehendriyādibhis tenaivāhita-śaktibhis tad-ādhāra-bhūto jīvas tad-āhita-śaktibhis tad-ādhāra-bhūto jīvas tad-āhita-śaktikaḥ san karma-siddhaye svecchayaiva dehendriyādikam adhitiṣṭhati | pareśas tu tat-sarvāntaḥ-sthas tasminn anumatiṃ dadānas taṃ prerayatīti jīvasya sva-dhiyā pravṛtti-nivṛttimattvam astīti na kiñcic codyam | evam eva sūtrakāro niṛṇītavān parāt tat tac chakteḥ (? parāt tac-chruteḥ, 2.3.40) ity ādinā | nanu muktasya jīvasya kartṛtvaṃ na syāt, tasya dehendriya-prāṇānāṃ vigamād iti cen na, tadā saṅkalpa-siddhānāṃ divyānāṃ teṣāṃ sattvāt |

 
 



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