Bhagavad Gita · Verse 18.13

Chapter 18: Moksha Sannyasa Yoga (मोक्षसंन्यासयोगः)

Language:

श्रीभगवानुवाच

(The Supreme Lord said)

पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे । सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम् ॥१३॥

pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me | sāṃkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām ||13||

Complete Shloka Translation

Learn from Me the five causes declared in the teaching that completes the understanding of action, for the accomplishment of all actions, mighty-armed one.

Narrative Context: Krishna introduces a multi-cause account of action.

Word-by-Word Translation (Padartha / Anvaya)

13 words

Sanskrit Term (पद)	IAST Roman	English Meaning
कारण	kāraṇa	cause
सांख्य	sāṃkhya	knowledge-oriented path here
पञ्चैतानि	pañcaitāni	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
महाबाहो	mahābāho	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
कारणानि	kāraṇāni	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
निबोध	nibodha	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
मे	me	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
सांख्ये	sāṃkhye	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
कृतान्ते	kṛtānte	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
प्रोक्तानि	proktāni	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
सिद्धये	siddhaye	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
सर्वकर्मणाम्	sarvakarmaṇām	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...
१३	sarvakarmaṇām	[term] in context of Learn from Me the five causes ...

कारणkāraṇa

cause

सांख्यsāṃkhya

knowledge-oriented path here

पञ्चैतानिpañcaitāni