Your desire shapes your will, your will your deeds, your deeds you.

What it means

What you want becomes what you resolve, what you resolve becomes what you do, and what you do becomes who you are. The chain starts with desire. Watch what you want.

The source

"Your desire shapes your will, your will your deeds, your deeds you." The Upanishads said it in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.5. Translated from the original Sanskrit by Spartan Surfers.

"स यथाकामो भवति तत्क्रतुर्भवति । यत्क्रतुर्भवति तत्कर्म कुरुते । यत्कर्म कुरुते तदभिसंपद्यते"

Original Sanskrit, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.5. Text read at sa.wikisource.org.

Who said it

The Upanishads (c. 800-300 BC). The philosophical closing texts of the Vedas. They ask what the self is and answer that it is one with the ground of everything.

Questions

What does "Your desire shapes your will, your will your deeds, your deeds you." mean?

What you want becomes what you resolve, what you resolve becomes what you do, and what you do becomes who you are. The chain starts with desire. Watch what you want.

Who said "Your desire shapes your will, your will your deeds, your deeds you."?

The Upanishads (c. 800-300 BC). Source: Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.5.

What is the original Sanskrit?

स यथाकामो भवति तत्क्रतुर्भवति । यत्क्रतुर्भवति तत्कर्म कुरुते । यत्कर्म कुरुते तदभिसंपद्यते. Translated from the original Sanskrit by Spartan Surfers.

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