Sankhya Kārika
Karika 28
शब्दादिषु पञ्चानामालोचनमात्रमिष्यते वृत्तिः। वचनादानविहरणोत्सर्गानन्दाश्च पञ्चानाम् ॥२८॥
śabdādiṣu pañcānāmālōcanamātramiṣyatē vr̥ttiḥ। vacanādānaviharaṇōtsargānandāśca pañcānām ॥28॥
[शब्दादिषु पञ्चानाम् अलोचन मात्रम् इष्यते वृत्तिः। वचन अदान विहरण उत्सर्ग आनन्दः च पञ्चानाम्॥
śabdādiṣu = sound and other; pañcānām = five in number; alōcana = by thinking; mātram = alone; iṣyatē = exists; vr̥ttiḥ = volitions; vacana = speech; adāna = manipulation; viharaṇa = movement; utsarga = excretion; ānandaḥ = pleasure (sexual); ca = also; pañcānām = five in number;]
Mental acts to sense sound and others, five in number, happen by thinking alone. Similarly, speech, manipulation, movement, excretion, and (sexual) pleasure are also five in number.
Types of mental acts, volitions, 'vr̥ttiḥ' are being described. Five mental acts to sense and five mental acts initiated towards physical response, in total they are ten in number.

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ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय। तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। मृत्योर्माऽमृतं गमय। ॐ शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति: ॥ - बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद् 1.3.28
"Ōm! Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality. Let there be peace, peace, and peace. Ōm!" - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28

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