अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् ।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पंचमम् ॥
adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidhamvividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra paṃcamam
These five are the body, the doer, the various instruments, the many kinds of efforts, and last, the Fate.
Gītā 18·14These five are, first, the frame of body, life and mind which are the basis or standing-ground of the soul in Nature, adhiṣṭhānaṁ, next, the doer, kartā, third, the various instrumentation of Nature, karaṇa, fourth, the many kinds of effort which make up the force of action, ceṣṭā, and last, Fate, daivaṁ, that is to say, the influence of the Power or powers other than the human factors, other than the visible mechanism of Nature, that stand behind these and modify the work and dispose its fruits in the steps of act and consequence.
