The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 153
tacca dhyāna sukha prāpya tattadeva vitarkayan |
apūrvasukhalābhena hriyate bāliśo janaḥ || 12.50
50. ‘And having obtained this ecstatic contemplation, and reasoning on various
objects, the childish mind is carried away by the possession of the new unknown
ecstasy.
śamenaivavidhenāya kāmadveṣavigarhiṇā |
brahmalokamavāpnoti paritoṣeṇa vacitaḥ || 12.51
51. ‘With a tranquillity of this kind, which disdains desire or dislike, he reaches the
world of Brahman, deceived by the delight.
jñātvā vidvān vitarkāstu manaḥsakṣobhakārakān |
tadviyuktamavāpnoti dhyāna prītisukhānvitam || 12.52
52. ‘But the wise man, knowing that these reasonings bewilder the mind, reaches a
(second) stage of contemplation separate from this, which has its own pleasure and
ecstasy.
hriyamāṇastayā prītyā yo viśeṣa na paśyati |
sthāna bhāsvaramāpnoti deveṣvābhāsureṣvapi || 12.53
53. ‘And he who, carried away by this pleasure, sees no further distinction, obtains a
dwelling full of light, even amongst the Ābhāsura deities.
yastu prītisukhāttasmādvivecayati mānasam |
ttīya labhate dhyāna sukha prītivivarjitam || 12.54
54. ‘But he who separates his mind from this pleasure and ecstasy, reaches the third
stage of contemplation ecstatic but without pleasure.
tatra kecidvyavasyati mokṣa ityapi māninaḥ |
sukhaduḥkhaparityāgādavyāpārācca cetasaḥ || 12.55 (57)
55. ‘Upon this stage some teachers make their stand, thinking that it is indeed
liberation, since pleasure and pain have been left behind and there is no exercise of the
intellect.
yastu tasminsukhe magno na viśeṣāya yatnavān |
śubhaktsnaiḥ sa sāmānya sukha prāpnoti daivataiḥ || 12.56 (55)
56. ‘But he who, immersed in this ecstasy, strives not for a further distinction, obtains
an ecstasy in common with the Śubhaktsna deities.