A tangle within,[The Buddha:]
a tangle without,
people are entangled
in a tangle.
Gotama, I ask you this:
who can untangle this tangle?
A man established in virtue,When this was said, the brahmin Jata Bharadvaja said to the Blessed One, "Magnificent, lord, magnificent! In many ways has the Blessed One made the Dhamma clear -- just as if he were to place upright what had been overturned, were to reveal what was hidden, were to show the way to one who was lost, or were to hold up a lamp in the dark so that those with eyes could see forms. I go to the Blessed One for refuge, and to the Dhamma and to the community of monks. Let me obtain the going forth in the Blessed One's presence, let me obtain admission."
discerning,
developing discernment & mind,
a monk ardent, astute:
he can untangle this tangle.Those whose passion,
aversion,
& ignorance
have faded away,
Arahants, their effluents ended:
for them the tangle's untangled.Where name-&-form,
along with perception
of impingement & form,
totally stop without trace:
that's where the tangle
is cut.
Then the brahmin Jata Bharadvaja received the going forth & the admission in the Blessed One's presence. And not long after his admission -- dwelling alone, secluded, heedful, ardent, & resolute -- he in no long time reached & remained in the supreme goal of the holy life, for which clansmen rightly go forth from home into homelessness, knowing & realizing it for himself in the here & now. He knew: "Birth is ended, the holy life fulfilled, the task done. There is nothing further for the sake of this world." And so Ven. Bharadvaja became another one of the Arahants.