Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 15
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 18 श्लोक 15

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



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
18.15 Whatever action a man performs with the body, speech and mind, be it just or its reverse, of it these five are the cuases.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
18.15 Whatever action a man performs with his body, speech and mind  whether right or the reverse  these five are its causes.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
18.15. O Arjuna !  Whatever action is undertaken with the body, speech or the mind, whether it is lawful or otherwise, its factors are these five.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 18.15Shareeravaangmanobhiryat karma praarabhate narah;
Nyaayyam vaa vipareetam vaa panchaite tasya hetavah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 18.15śharīra-vāk-manobhiḥ—with body, speech, or mind; yat—which; karma—action; prārabhate—performs; naraḥ—a person; nyāyyam—proper; vā—or; viparītam—improper; vā—or; pañcha—five; ete—these; tasya—their; hetavaḥ—factors; tatra—there; evam sati—in spite of this; kartāram—the doer; ātmānam—the soul; kevalam—only; tu—but; yaḥ—who; paśhyati—see; akṛita-buddhitvāt—with impure intellect; na—not; saḥ—they; paśhyati—see; durmatiḥ—foolish