पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्।।18.13।।
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।18.16।।
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
O mighty-armed one, learn from Me these five factors for the accomplishment of all actions, which have been spoken of in the Vedanta, in which actions terminate.
The locus, the agent, the different kinds of organs, the many and varied activities, and the divine are the fifth here.
Whatever action a person performs with their body, speech, and mind, whether it be just or its opposite, these five are the causes of it.
Therefore, anyone whose intellect is imperfect and perceives the Absolute Self as the agent, does not perceive properly and has a distorted intellect.
He who has no feeling of egoism, whose intellect is untainted, he does not kill, nor does he become bound—even by killing these creatures!
Osho’s Commentary
My friend, this is the great secret, the master-key. Krishna gives the five causes of all action: the body (the seat), the ego (the agent), the senses (the instruments), the life-energy (the effort), and finally, daivam, destiny, the cosmic will. Whatever you do, right or wrong, is a product of these five. You, the pure Self, are not among them. You are the silent witness. But the foolish man, due to an impure understanding, thinks, “I am the doer.” He does not see the truth. But the one who is free from this egoistic notion, whose intelligence is not tainted by the desire for results—even if he kills all these people, he does not kill, and he is not bound. This is the state of the ultimate warrior, the spiritual warrior. His action flows not from his small, personal self, but from the vastness of the cosmic will. He has become an instrument, a hollow bamboo flute. The song that flows through him is not his, but of the divine. He acts, but he is not the actor. He is a pure witness. And in that witnessing, he is utterly free.