Chapter 18, Verse 13
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे। सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्।।18.13।।
pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me. sāṃkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām৷৷18.13৷৷
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- पञ्च
- five
- एतानि
- these
- महाबाहो
- O mighty-armed one (Arjuna)
- कारणानि
- causes/factors
- निबोध
- know/understand
- मे
- from me
- सांख्ये
- in the Sankhya (philosophy of analysis)
- कृतान्ते
- in the conclusion/end of action (i.e., in the doctrine concerning the completion of actions)
- प्रोक्तानि
- declared/stated
- सिद्धये
- for the accomplishment/fulfillment
- सर्वकर्मणाम्
- of all actions
Commentary
13 These five factors in the accomplishment of all action, know thou from Me, O mighty- armed, a$ taught in the Sankhya which is the end of action.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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पञ्च
एतानि
महाबाहो
कारणानि
निबोध
मे
सांख्ये
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सर्वकर्मणाम्
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