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Shloka 89

Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank

अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्‌ । विविधा च तथा चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पजचमम्‌

adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham | vividhā ca tathā ceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam ||

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「この事においては五つの要因がある。すなわち、基盤(行為が起こる身体という座)、行為者、さまざまな器具(行為の手段)、多様な努力と動き(活動)、そして第五として運命・摂理である。ゆえに行為は、ただ一つの源からではなく、これら諸因の結合から生ずると理解すべきである。」

अधिष्ठानम्the locus/seat (basis)
अधिष्ठानम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअधिष्ठान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
कर्ताthe agent/doer
कर्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
करणम्the instrument/means
करणम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकरण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पृथक्separately/distinctly
पृथक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक्
विधम्of a kind/type
विधम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविध
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विविधाvarious
विविधा:
TypeAdjective
Rootविविध
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तथाlikewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
चेष्टाactivity/effort
चेष्टा:
TypeNoun
Rootचेष्टा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दैवम्fate/divine factor
दैवम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदैव
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अत्रhere/in this (context)
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
पञ्चमम्the fifth
पञ्चमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

वैशग्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

Action should be understood as produced by multiple causes—locus, agent, instruments, effort, and destiny—so ethical judgment should avoid simplistic blame or pride that attributes everything to the self alone.

Vaiśaṃpāyana is explaining a doctrinal point in the Śānti Parva: a structured analysis of how actions arise, emphasizing both human responsibility (effort, instruments, agency) and the limiting role of daiva (providence).