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Bhagavad Gita 18.13

पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्।।

pañchaitāni mahā-bāho kāraṇāni nibodha me sānkhye kṛitānte proktāni siddhaye sarva-karmaṇām

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
pañchapañchafive
etānietānithese
mahā-bāhomahā-bāhomighty-armed one
kāraṇānikāraṇānicauses
nibodhanibodhalisten
memefrom me
sānkhyesānkhyeof Sānkya
kṛita-antekṛita-antestop reactions of karmas
proktāniproktāniexplains
siddhayesiddhayefor the accomplishment
sarvasarvaall
karmaṇāmkarmaṇāmof karmas

Learn from Me, O mighty-armed Arjuna, these five causes, as declared in the Sankhya system, for the accomplishment of all actions.

हे महाबाहो ! समस्त कर्मों की सिद्धि के लिए ये पांच कारण सांख्य सिद्धांत में कहे गये हैं, जिनको तुम मुझसे भलीभांति जानो।।