kāraṇam

How it is translated

• the cause (3)
• senses (1)
• the instrumens of action (1)

Every verse

1. 6.3आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते।ārurukṣhor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam uchyateFor a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage who has attained Yoga, inaction is said to be the means.Here: the cause
2. 13.22पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇānThe soul seated in Nature experiences the qualities born of Nature; attachment to the qualities is the cause of its birth in good and evil wombs.Here: the cause
3. 18.14अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।adhiṣhṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ cha pṛithag-vidhamThe body, the doer, the various senses, the different functions of various kinds, and the presiding deity—the fifth.Here: senses
4. 18.18ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ parijñātā tri-vidhā karma-chodanāKnowledge, the knowable, and the knower form the threefold impulse for action; the organ, the action, and the agent form the threefold basis of action.Here: the instrumens of action