एकादशेन्द्रियवधाः सह बुद्धिवधैरशक्तिरुद्दिष्टा ।
सप्तदश वधा बुद्धेर्विपर्ययात् तुष्टिसिद्धीनाम् ॥ ४९ ॥
ekādaśendriyavadhāḥ saha buddhivadhairaśaktiruddiṣṭā ।
saptadaśa vadhā buddherviparyayāt tuṣṭisiddhīnām ॥ 49 ॥
Ekādaśa=eleven; indriya=organs; vadhāḥ=injuries or defects; saha=together with; buddhi=intellect; vadhaiḥ=through injuries; aśaktiḥ=incapacity; uddiṣṭā=are said to be; saptadaśa=seventeen; vadhāḥ=defects; buddheḥ=of the intellect; viparyayāt=caused by the opposite; tuṣṭi=contentment; siddhīnām=of attainments
Defects of the eleven organs, along with the defects of the intellect, are considered as incapacities (aśaktiḥ). Defects of the intellect are seventeen caused by the opposites of contentment and attainments.
There are eleven sense organs – five organs of sense perception (jnānendriya -organs of smell, taste, sight, touch and hearing), five organs of action (karmendriya – hands, feet, tongue, organs of elimination, and organs of reproduction), and the mind (manas). The incapacity caused by any or many of these not functioning properly (aśaktiḥ) is, thus, of eleven types. These are: deafness (ears), blindness (eyes), paralysis (skin), loss of taste (tongue), loss of smell (nose), inability to speak (tongue), inability to push, pull, lift etc. (arms/hands), lameness (legs/feet), constipation and other internal ailments (organs of elimination), impotence (organs of reproduction), and insanity (mind).
In addition to the above, there are seventeen incapacities attributed to the buddhi. Nine of these are caused by the opposites of contentment (tuṣṭi) and eight by the opposites of attainments (siddhis). These will be described in subsequent karikas.
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