Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 15

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 15

    शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    śharīra-vāṅ-manobhir yat karma prārabhate naraḥ nyāyyaṁ vā viparītaṁ vā pañchaite tasya hetavaḥ

    Translation

    For whatever action a person undertakes with their body, speech, and mind, whether right or wrong, i.e., enjoined or forbidden by the Sastras, the following five are its causes:
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