3.8 Yasoja#

His limbs knotted
like a kālā plant,
his body lean
& lined with veins,
knowing moderation
in food & drink:
the man of undaunted heart.
Touched by gnats
& horseflies
in the wilds,
the great wood,
like an elephant
at the head of a battle:
He, mindful,
should stay there,
endure.
One alone is like Brahmā,
two, like devas,
three, like a village,
more than that:
a hullabaloo.