BhG 18.14

syntax

adhiṣṭhānam (basis) tathā kartā (and a doer) pṛthak-vidham karaṇam ca (and different kinds of the senses) pṛthak (separately) vividhāḥ (manifold) ceṣṭā (efforts) atra (here) pañcamam daivam ca eva (and indeed destiny as the fifth).

grammar

adhiṣṭhānam	–	adhiṣṭhāna 1n.1 n. – basis, position, abode, place (from: adhi-√sthā – to stand upon, to superintend);
tathā	–	av. – in that manner, so, in like manner;
kartā	–	kartṛ 1n.1 m. – a doer (from: √kṛ – to do);
karaṇam	–	karaṇa 1n.1 n. – deed, direct cause, instrument, helper, a sense organ (from: √kṛ – to do);
ca	–	av. – and;
pṛthag-vidham	–	pṛthag-vidha 1n.1 n. – which has separate parts, of different kinds (from: √pṛth – to extend, av. pṛthak – separately, one by one; vi-√dhā – to divide, vidhā – division, part);
vividhāḥ	–	vi-vidha 1n.3 f. – manifold;
ca	–	av. – and;
pṛthak	–	av. – separately, one by one (from: √pṛth – to extend);
ceṣṭāḥ	–	ceṣṭā 1n.3 f. – gestures, activities, behaviours, efforts (from: √ceṣṭ – to move, to endeavour, to act);
daivam	–	daiva 1n.1 n. – divine will, destiny, fate (from: √div – to shine, to play, deva – god, divinity);
ca	–	av. – and;
eva	–	av. – certainly, just, merely;
atra	–	av. – here;
pañcamam	–	pañcama 1n.1 n. – fifth (from: pañca – five);

textual variants

karaṇaṁ → kāraṇaṁ (cause);
vividhāś ca → vividhā ca (and manifold);
ciaiva → eva (just);

Śāṃkara

kāni tāni ? ity ucyate—
adhiṣṭhānam icchā-dveṣa-sukha-duḥkha-jñānādīnām abhivyakter āśrayo’dhiṣṭhānaṃ śarīram | tathā kartā upādhi-lakṣaṇo bhoktā | karaṇaṃ ca śrotrādi śabdādy-upalabdhaye pṛthag-vidhaṃ nānā-prakāraṃ tad dvādaśa-saṃkhyam | vividhāś ca pṛthak-ceṣṭaḥ vāyavīyāḥ prāṇāpānādyāḥ | daivaṃ caiva | daivam eva cātraiteṣu caturṣu pañcamaṃ pañcānāṃ pūraṇam ādityādi- cakṣur-ādy-anugrāhaka

Rāmānuja

commentary under the verse BhG 18.15

Śrīdhara

tāny evāha adhiṣṭhānam iti | adhiṣṭhānaṃ śarīram | kartā cid-acid-granthir ahaṅkāraḥ | pṛthag-vidham aneka-prakāram | karaṇaṃ cakṣuḥ-śrotrādi | vividhāḥ kāryataḥ svarūpataś ca | pṛthag-bhūta-ceṣṭā prāṇāpānādīnāṃ vyāpārāḥ | atraitad eva pañcamaṃ kāraṇaṃ daivam | cakṣur-ādy-anugrāhakam ādityādi-sarva-prerako ‚ntaryāmī vā

Viśvanātha

tāny eva gaṇayati adhīti | adhiṣṭhānaṃ śarīraṃ | kartā cij-jaḍa-granthir ahaṅkāraḥ, karaṇaṃ cakṣuḥ-śrotrādi | pṛthag-vidham aneka-prakāram | pṛthak-ceṣṭā prāṇāpānādīnāṃ pṛthag-vyāpārāḥ | daivaṃ sarva-prerako ‚ntaryāmī ca

Baladeva

tāny eva gaṇayati adhīti | adhiṣṭhīyate jīvenety adhiṣṭhānaṃ śarīraṃ kartā jīvaḥ asya jñātṛtva-kartṛtve śrutir āha eṣa hi draṣṭā sraṣṭā ity (PraśnaU 4.9) ādinā | sūtrakāraś ca jño ‚ta eva (Vs 2.3.18) iti kartā śāstrārthavattvāt (Vs 2.3.26) ity ādi ca | karaṇaṃ śrotrādisamanaskam | pṛthag-vidhaṃ karma-niṣpattau pṛthag-vyāpāram | vividhā ca pṛthak-ceṣṭā prāṇāpānādīnāṃ nānā-vidhā pṛthag-vyāpārāḥ | daivaṃ cety atra karma-niṣpādake hetu-pracaye daivaṃ sarvārādhyaṃ paraṃ brahma pañcamam | karma-niṣpattāv antaryāmī harir mukhyo hetur ity arthaḥ | dehendriya-prāṇa-jīvopakaraṇo ‚sau karma-pravartaka iti niścayavatāṃ karma tat-phaleṣu kartṛtvābhiniveśa-spṛhā-virahitānāṃ karmāṇi na bandhakānīti bhāvaḥ |

nanu jīvasya kartṛtve pareśāyatte sati tasya karma sva-niyojyatvāpattiḥ, kāṣṭhādi-tulyatvāt | vidhi-niṣedha-śāstrāṇi ca vyarthāni syuḥ | svadhiyā pravartituṃ na śakto niyojyo dṛṣṭaḥ | ucyate — pareśena dattair dehendriyādibhis tenaivāhita-śaktibhis tad-ādhāra-bhūto jīvas tad-āhita-śaktibhis tad-ādhāra-bhūto jīvas tad-āhita-śaktikaḥ san karma-siddhaye svecchayaiva dehendriyādikam adhitiṣṭhati | pareśas tu tat-sarvāntaḥ-sthas tasminn anumatiṃ dadānas taṃ prerayatīti jīvasya sva-dhiyā pravṛtti-nivṛttimattvam astīti na kiñcic codyam | evam eva sūtrakāro niṛṇītavān parāt tat tac chakteḥ (? parāt tac-chruteḥ, 2.3.40) ity ādinā | nanu muktasya jīvasya kartṛtvaṃ na syāt, tasya dehendriya-prāṇānāṃ vigamād iti cen na, tadā saṅkalpa-siddhānāṃ divyānāṃ teṣāṃ sattvāt |