Analysis of Eyes of Wisdom



In the time or
in and out of the space or
elsewhere I wandered,
I clasp myself alone,
but no perception of bliss of joy.  

Many rebirths I conceded
Many samsara* I roamed
I clasp myself alone,
but no perception of bliss of joy.  

In the day or the light
In the night or the gloom
In and out of the universe
I explored seriously
everywhere in the earth
but no perception of bliss of joy.

Can I retrieve it elsewhere?

While it’s as the brightest
as the gleaming star
in the chaste gloominess
inside the spirit of my own mind.

Atta hi attano natho**

The luminosity lies indeed
in me and mine
Illuminating for ever all the world.
My body, speech and mind
Attain the mindfulness of Nibbana***
Within me and mine.
*
*Samsara – the material world in which the beings live.

** Atta hi attano natho (Pali) – One truly is the protector of oneself.

***Nibbana (Pali) or Nirvana (Sanskrit)  - The literal meaning of "blowing out" or "quenching". Nirvana is the ultimate spiritual goal in Buddhism and marks the soteriological release from rebirths in Saṃsāra.


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Poetic Form
Metre 0011 0011011 1110 11101 110101111 10011010 1001011 11101 110101111 001101 001101 0011010 1011000 10001 110101111 110111 111010 10101 0011 010101111 10111 01101 0101 0100110101 110101 010111 01101 1 010001001010101 1011111101001011 111010100100101101110010101001000101000101011010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,059
Words 191
Sentences 11
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 6, 1, 4, 1, 8, 1, 1
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on February 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Pushpa Tuladhar

Pushpa Tuladhar, born on 1948, in Kathmandu, Nepal, is a poet and editor of Layalama Online Magazine. His poems are published in Rearview quarterly, Poetry Sharing Journal, Some Words, Ascent, Escritoire, Words Words Words, Zygote in My Coffee, James River Poetry Review, Sidereality, Velvet Illusion, and other printed and online magazines and also in anthologies published in USA, UK, Canada and India. Contact: pushpatuladhar@gmail.com more…

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