अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् |
विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ||१८-१४||
adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham . vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam ||18-14||
।।18.14।। अधिष्ठान (शरीर), कर्ता ,विविध करण (इन्द्रियादि) ,विविध और पृथक्-पृथक् चेष्टाएं तथा पाँचवा हेतु दैव है।।
18.14 अधिष्ठानम् the seat or body? तथा also? कर्ता the doer? करणम् the senses? च and? पृथग्विधम् of different? विविधाः various? च and? पृथक् different? चेष्टाः functions? दैवम् the presiding deity? च and? एव even? अत्र here? पञ्चमम् the fifth.Commentary Now listen to the characteristics of these five? of which the body is the first. It is termed the support or the seat. The body is the seat of desire? hatred? happiness? misery? knowledge and the like. The individual soul experiences through the
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।18.14।।वे ( पाँच कारण ) कौनसे हैं सो बतलाते हैं --, अधिष्ठान -- इच्छाद्वेष? सुखदुःख और ज्ञान आदिकी अभिव्यक्तिका आश्रय शरीर? कर्ता -- उपाधिस्वरूप भोक्ता जीव? भिन्नभिन्न प्रकारके कारण -- शब्दादि विषयोंको ग्रहण करनेवाले श्रोत्रादि अलगअलग बारह करण? नाना प्रकारकी चेष्टाएँ -- श्वासप्रश्वास आदि अलगअलग वायुसम्बन्धी क्रियाएँ और इन चारोंके साथ पाँचवाँ -- पाँचकी संख्याको पूर्ण करनेवाला कारण दैव है। अर्थात् चक्षु आदि इन्द्रियोंके अनुग्राहक सूर्यादि देव हैं।
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18.14 The locus as also the agent, the different kinds of organs, the many and distinct activities, and, the divine is here the fifth.
This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.
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