Bhagavad Gita 18.14 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Your body, your will, your senses, your effort — and God’s plan.”
What it means
“The body, the doer, the senses, the many activities of life — and the fifth, the divine, or destiny.”
The original Sanskrit
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् । विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥
adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam
Translations
Literal translation
The locus as also the agent, the different kinds of organs, the many and distinct activities, and, the divine is here the fifth.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
अधिष्ठान (शरीर), कर्ता ,विविध करण (इन्द्रियादि) ,विविध और पृथक्-पृथक् चेष्टाएं तथा पाँचवा हेतु दैव है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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