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#### Theragatha
Chapter III — The Threes

#### 178

# Yasoja

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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His limbs knotted
like a kala plant,
his body lean
and lined with veins,
knowing moderation
in food and drink:
the man of undaunted heart.

Touched by gnats
and 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 Brahma,
two, like devas,
three, like a village,
more than that:
a hullabaloo.

[See also: Ud III.3.]

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