Sankhya Karika Verse 47

Sanskrit Verse

पञ्च विपर्ययभेदा भवन्त्यशक्तिश्च करणवैकल्यात् । अष्टाविंशतिभेदा तुष्टिर्नवधाऽष्टधा सिद्धिः ॥ ४७ ॥

Transliteration

pañca viparyaya bhedāḥ bhavaṅti aśaktiḥ ca karaṇa vaikalyāt | aṣṭāvimśāti bhedāḥ tuṣṭiḥ navadhā aṣṭadhā siddhiḥ ||

Translation

Five are the divisions of ignorance ; and according to the impairment of the instruments, incapacity has twenty-eight varieties ; while complacency is ninefold ; perfection, eightfold.

Breakdown of the 50 Dispositions

This verse explicitly lists the numerical breakdown of the 50 intellectual dispositions of Buddhi mentioned in Verse 46:

• 5 Ignorances (Viparyaya): Avidya, Asmita, Raga, Dvesa, and Abhinivesa (expanded into 62 sub-types in Verse 48).
• 28 Incapacities (Aśakti): Defects of the sensory/motor organs and intellect (explained in Verse 49).
• 9 Complacencies (Tuṣṭi): Passive satisfaction that stops spiritual progress (explained in Verse 50).
• 8 Perfections (Siddhi): Attainments of knowledge and spiritual powers (explained in Verse 51).

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Reference: Sankhya Karika