Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 18: The Path of Liberation (Moká¹£a-yoga). Text 15

Å›arÄ«ra-vÄá¹…manobhir yat karma prÄrabhate naraḥ nyÄyaá¹ vÄ viparÄ«taá¹ vÄ pañchaite tasya hetavaḥ [15]

  1. yat karma–Whatever action; naraḥ–a man; prÄrabhate–performs; sarÄ«ra-vÄk-manobhiḥ–with his body, speech, and mind; nyÄyam vÄ– whether lawful; viparÄ«tam vÄ–or unlawful; ete pañcha–these five; tasya–are its;[15]


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Whether lawful of unlawful, whatever action a man performs with his body, mind, or speech, is caused by these five elements.

Purport