1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 18 - Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 15

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Components if Karma  - 13-16

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 18 - Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 15

45th & 46th Azhagiyasingars of Ahobila Mutt

Sharira vak manobhih yat karma prarabhate narah I

Nyayam  va viparitam va pancha ete tasya hetavah II sloka 15

शरीर वाक् मनोभिः यत् कर्म प्रारभते नरः I 

न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं व पञ्च एते तस्य हेतवः II श्लोक 15

Whatever action a man performs with his body, speech or mind, whether right or wrong - these five are its causes.

Whatever action a man performs with his body, speech or mind, whether right (in accordance with the shastras) or wrong  (forbidden by the shastras) - these five (mentioned in sloka 14)  are its causes.

Of the  five causes, the fifth cause ie., the SUpreme Brahman, who is the internal ruler of all, is the principal cause, in carrying out the work. The doership of the individual soul (the second cause) is dependent on the Lord. 

All activities carried on by man are through thought word or deed. The subtlest of karma takes place in the mind in the form of thoughts and feelings. Not a moment passes without the mind doing karma of one kind or another. The gross manifestations of it are words and deeds.

Summing up, the individual soul has its support in the Lord and it derives its power from the Lord. The soul by means of the senses, body etc.,  given by the Lord,  makes effort for performing the work. Just as shifting of heavy stones tress etc requires effort by many persons, for a person to do any action, the five factors are required. 

How is the atman connected with these activities going on in the body speech and mind? The answer comes.