As phenomena grow clear
to the brahman–ardent, in jhāna–
he stands,
routing Māra’s army,
as the sun,
illumining the sky.1
Notes
1. This verse is an example of a “lamp”–a poetic figure in which one word, such as an adjective or a verb, functions in two or more different clauses or sentences. The name of the figure comes from the image of the different clauses or sentences “radiating” from the one word. In this case the lamp-word is “stands.” For other examples of lamps, see Ud 5:3 and Ud 8:9.
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