sariravangmanobhir yat karma prarabhate narah nyayyam va viparitam va pancaite tasya hetavah
Whatever action a person undertakes with body, speech, or mind — whether right or wrong — these five are its causes. This applies universally to all human activity, ethical or unethical, sacred or mundane.
- •All actions of body, speech, and mind share the same fivefold causal structure
- •Both righteous and unrighteous actions are governed by these five causes
- •This understanding applies without exception to every form of human activity