Bhagavad Gita 18.15

Every action we perform—whether through body, speech, or mind—arises from five fundamental factors working together: the body as instrument, the ego as doer, the senses as means, effort as force, and the Divine as witness. Krishna reveals this not to burden us with complexity, but to liberate us from the illusion that we are sole authors of our acts.

When you recognize these five elements at play in your own choices, you stop grasping for false credit and false blame—and in that freedom, dharma becomes not a weight but a natural unfolding.