Gita Reflections the pranas etc. operate, experience and also respond to various situations. All the stimuli enter through this gateway for the sense organs and the mind etc to respond. Thus the seat for all the activities to manifest is this body. The (Karta) Doer: With the physical body in existence, a question arises as to who initiates an action? So the second component in bringing about an action is the Doer, the Karta. The Karta is also known as the ‘Individual Ego’ where exists a sense of doership and sense of enjoyership. So it is the Karta who takes the resolve-the sankalpa as the doer and also the one who enjoys the fruits of actions. The (Karanam) The Instruments: The third factor is the ‘Means’ the ‘Karanam’ with which the action is performed. These include the five organs of action, the five sense organs, the mind and the intellect. The Mind desires something, the intellect makes a decision and puts up a resolve to do it, and then the sense organs and the organs of action follow suit to translate the desire into action. These means are all manifold and unique and have their own distinct functions. The Pranas: The fourth important factor is the Pranas. the Pranas give us energy without which none of the other faculties
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