Psalms of the Brethren CLXV: Visakha the Pancali’s Son

Let him not be puffed up, nor other folk
Belittle, nor despise nor yet molest
The victor who hath overcome the world.
Nor let him drag the praises of himself
Before the public; let him be sober, meek,
And moderate in speech and virtuous.

Is there a man who can the truth discern,
Tho’ it be very subtle and refined?
Who skilled to measure spiritual growth,
Is yet of lowly, and of gentle mind.
Who shapes his life by rule of Them that Wake:
For him, Nibbana is not hard to find.