Sankhya Karika Verse 51

Sanskrit Verse

ऊहः शब्दोऽध्ययनं दुःखविघातास्त्रयः सुहृत्प्राप्तिः । दानं च सिद्धयोऽष्टौ सिद्धेः पूर्वोऽङ्कुशस्त्रिविधः ॥ ५१ ॥

Transliteration

ūhaḥ śabdaḥ adhyayanaṃ duhkha-vighātāḥ trayaḥ sukṛt prāptiḥ | dānaṃ ca siddhayaḥ aṣṭau siddheḥ pūrvaḥ aṅkuśaḥ trividhaḥ ||

Translation

Argumentation, Word, Study, the three Pre ventions of Pain, Acquisition of friends, Charity or Purity are the eight Perfections. Those mentioned before Perfec tion are the threefold goad to (Ignorance and suffering).

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Reference: Sankhya Karika