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.

This karika simply provides an enumeration of the varieties of each of the four attributes of the buddhi mentioned in the previous karika. Further details will be provided in the next few karikas.

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