Samkhya Karika 47

पञ्च विपर्ययभेदा भवन्त्यशक्तिश्च करणवैकल्यात् ।
अष्टाविंशतिभेदा तुष्टिर्नवधाऽष्टधा सिद्धिः ॥ ४७ ॥

pañca viparyayabhedā bhavantyaśaktiśca karaṇavaikalyāt ।
aṣṭāviṁśatibhedā tuṣṭirnavadhā’ṣṭadhā siddhiḥ ॥ 47 ॥

Pañca=five; viparyaya=ignorance; bhedāḥ=types of; bhavanti=are; aśaktiḥ=incapacity; ca=and; karaṇa=organs; vaikalyāt=due to impairment; aṣṭāviṁśati=twenty-eight; bhedā=types of; tuṣṭiḥ=contentment; navadhā=of nine types; aṣṭadhā=of eight types; siddhiḥ=attainment

There are five kinds of ignorance; twenty-eight kinds of incapacity caused by defects of the organs; nine kinds of contentment and eight-fold attainments.

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