It has been said that which is the Cause of the actor, the act, the material with which the act is done, the place and the time of the act, and the inclinations and propensities about happiness and misery, is called the Self (or Soul).
यतो गृहीत्वा हि करोति यच्च यस्मिश्च तामारभते प्रवृत्तिम्। यस्मिश्च यद् केन च यश्च कर्ता यत् कारणं ते समुदायमाहुः॥