Chapter 18 - Verse 14

अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् ।
विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥ १४ ॥

adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham .
vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam .. 14 ..


The seat and actor and the various organs, and the several functions of various sorts, and the Divinity also, the fifth among these;
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The seat: the body which is the seat of desire, hatred, happiness, misery, knowledge and the like; i.e., the seat of their manifestation Actor: the enjoyer, partaking of the character of the upadhi with which it may be associated. The various organe: such as the sense of hearing, by which to perceive sound, etc. Functions: of the air (vayu), such as outbreathing and inbreathing. Of various sorts: twelve in number. Divinity: such as the Āditya and other Gods by whose aid the eye and other organs discharge their functions.