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factors in the accomplishment of all action, know thou from Me, O mighty armed,
as taught in: the Sankhya which is the end of action. These: which are going
to be mentioned. Learn: this. exhortation is intended to secure steady attention
on the part of the hearer to what follows, as well as to indicate the difference
(in the view which is going to be presented as to the nature of those things.
In the words taught in the Sankhya, the Lord praises them, as they are things
that ought to be 13. Sankhya: Vedanta (the Upanishads) in which all the things
that have to be known are expounded. It is qualified by the epithet kritanta,
the end of action, that which puts an end to all action (karma). The verses
46, and iv. 33 teach that all action ceases when the knowledge to the Self
arises; so that the Vedanta, which imparts Self knowledge, is the end of action:
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