अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
adhiṣhṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ cha pṛithag-vidham vividhāśh cha pṛithak cheṣhṭā daivaṁ chaivātra pañchamam
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Sanskrit to English Translation
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: the basis, the agent, the instruments of various kinds, the different functions, and providence, these are the five factors, listing the specific five components, the seat of action, the actor, the means, the effort, and fate or circumstance.
In life: recognizing that any outcome depends on at least five distinct factors, not just your own personal effort alone, is a useful corrective against both excessive self-blame and excessive self-credit for how things turn out.
Teaching: for a recent outcome you're either taking too much credit or too much blame for, run it through this five-factor list, basis, agent, instruments, effort, and circumstance, and notice how much of the outcome actually depended on factors beyond your effort alone.