Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingअधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।
विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्
adhiṣhṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ cha pṛithag-vidham
vividhāśh cha pṛithak cheṣhṭā daivaṁ chaivātra pañchamam
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaThe locus, the agent, the different kinds of organs, the many and varied activities, and the divine are the fifth here.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
अधिष्ठान (शरीर), कर्ता ,विविध करण (इन्द्रियादि) ,विविध और पृथक्-पृथक् चेष्टाएं तथा पाँचवा हेतु दैव है।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiअधिष् ठानन् तथा कर्ता
करणञ् च पृथग् विधम्
विविधाश् चपृथक् चेष्टाः
दैवञ् चैवात्र पञ्चमम्
॥ १४ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthaadhiṣhṭhānamthe body
tathāalso
kartāthe doer (soul)
karaṇamsenses
chaand
pṛithak-vidhamvarious kinds
vividhāḥmany
chaand
pṛithakdistinct
cheṣhṭāḥefforts
daivamDivine Providence
cha eva atrathese certainly are (causes)
pañchamamthe fifth
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA18.14What are the five causes standing behind every action?
The locus, the agent, the different kinds of organs, the many and varied activities, and the divine are the fifth here.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.