अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता

Bhagavad Gita18.14

अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् । विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥

अधिष्ठानम्seat / basis of action
तथाand / likewise
कर्ताthe doer
करणम्instruments
चand
पृथग्विधम्of various kinds
विविधाःmanifold / diverse
चand
पृथक्चेष्टाseparate efforts
दैवम्divine will / fate
चैवand indeed (च + एव)
अत्रhere / in this
पञ्चमम्fifth

The seat of action, the doer, the various instruments, the many kinds of effort, and the divine will as the fifth: these are the five factors of action.

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