18.13 Five causes Krishna speaks

पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे
सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्

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

Learn from me, mighty-armed one, the five causes of all action, as told in the reckoning that brings action to an end:

Explanation

Five causes of any action.

Named as the reckoning that brings action to an end — sāṅkhye kṛtānte.

The framing matters. This is not offered as a theory of causation for its own sake. It is a piece of analysis whose purpose is to stop something.