hetuḥ
- cause
- with logic
- the medium
- is responsible
Also appears as hetu-madbhiḥ
In 3 verses
- 2.47
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन
hetuḥ — cause
Your right is to the action alone, never to its fruits. Do not act for the sake of the fruit, and do not be attached to inaction either.
- 13.5
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्
hetu-madbhiḥ — with logic
It has been sung by the seers in many ways, in various hymns, and in the aphorisms on Brahman, with reasoning.
- 13.21
कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते
hetuḥ — the medium
Nature is said to be the ground of cause and effect and of doing; the person is said to be the ground of the experience of pleasure and pain.