Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Whatever action a man does by the body, speech and mind, right or the opposite, these five are its causes.
BG 18.15
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर् यत् कर्म प्रारभते नरः । न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः ॥
śarīra-vāṅ-manobhir yat karma prārabhate naraḥ | nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ ||
"Whatever action a person initiates with body, speech, and mind — right or the reverse — these five are its causes."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Whatever action a man performs by his body, speech, and mind — whether right or the reverse — these five are its causes.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Whatever action, just or otherwise, a man performs with his body, speech, and mind, these five are its causes.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]With body, speech, or mind, whatever work, just or the reverse, a man undertakes, these five are its causes.