Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 13

पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे । साङ्ख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्

pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me | sāṅkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām

Translation

These five factors in the accomplishment of all action, know thou from Me, O mighty-armed, as taught in the Sāṅkhya which is the end of action.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

pañca

five

etāni

these

mahābāho

O mighty-armed

kāraṇāni

causes

nibodha

learn

me

of me

sāṅkhye

in the Sāṅkhya

kṛtānte

of action, the end, where, in that

proktāni

(are) declared

siddhaye

(for) success

sarvakarmaṇām

of all, of actions

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Sāṅkhya: the Vedānta (the Upaniṣads) in which all the things that have to be known are expounded. It is qualified by the epithet "kṛta-anta," the end of action, that which puts an end to all action. The Vedānta, which imparts Self-knowledge, is 'the end of action.'