1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 18 - Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 13

The entire content of this mail is from Shri V N Gopala Desikan's  Srimad Bhagavad Gita, published by Vishishtadvaita Research Centre, Chennai and The Bhagavad Gita by Swami Chidbhavananda published by Ramakrishna Mission

Components if Karma  - 13-16

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 18 - Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 13

Sethubandanam

Pancha etani maha baho karanani nibodha me I

Sankhye krutante proktani siddhaye sarva karmanam II sloka 13

पञ्च एतानि महाबाहो  कारणानि निबोध मे I 

साण्ख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सीद्धये सर्व कर्मणां II श्लोक 13

Learn from Me, O mighty armed one, these five factors in the accomplishment of all action, as taught in the sankhya which is the end of action.

As in Chapter 2, here also sankhya refers to the philosophy of Vedanta and not to that of sage Kapila, which deals with cosmology. According to vedanta, the undertaking of all karma is to transcend it ultimately. He who does karma imperfectly and he who shuns karma for any reason whatsoever can not get to that state which is beyond karma. Prakriti which is characterised  as composed of karma is the training ground for the jivatman. As children go to school to learn, the jivatman comes into the world to learn his lesson. The childrem apply themselves diligently to their studies.They are not to waste time. The required attainments have to be reached within  the precribed time. Then they have to pass out successfully. They are not to get stuck in the school permanently. These points are clearely borne in the minds of the pupils. All these points apply to the jivatman as well. He is to learn his lessons from prakriti. He has to know of the nature of karma even when he is involved in it; and to get himself beyond it, is the goal set for him