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

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 154
tādśa sukhamāsādya yo na rajyannupekṣate |
caturtha dhyānamāpnoti sukhaduḥkhavivarjitam || 12.57 (56)
57. ‘But he who, having attained such a bliss desires it not but despises it, obtains the
fourth stage of contemplation which is separate from all pleasure or pain.
asya dhyānasya tu phala sama devairvhatphalaiḥ |
kathayati vhatphala vhatprajñāparīkṣakāḥ || 12.58
58. ‘The fruit of this contemplation which is on an equality with the Vhatphala
deities, those who investigate the great wisdom call the Vhatphala. 1
samādhervyutthitastasmāddṣṭvā doṣāścharīriṇām |
jñānamārohati prājñaḥ śarīravinivttaye || 12.59
59. ‘But rising beyond this contemplation, having seen the imperfections of all
embodied souls, the wise man climbs to a yet higher wisdom in order to abolish all
body.
tatastaddhyānamutsjya viśeṣe ktaniścayaḥ |
kāmebhya iva satprājño rūpādapi virajyate || 12.60
60. ‘Then, having abandoned this contemplation, being resolved to find a further
distinction, he becomes as disgusted with form itself as he who knows the real is with
pleasures.
śarīre khāni yānyasya tānyādau parikalpayan |
ghaneṣvapi tato dravyeṣvākāśamadhimucyate || 12.61
61. ‘First he makes use of all the apertures of his body; and next he exerts his will to
experience a feeling of void space even in the solid parts. 2
ākāśasamamātmāna sakṣipya tvaparo budhaḥ |
tadaivānatataḥ paśyan viśeṣamadhigacchati || 12.62
62. ‘But another wise man, having contracted his soul which is by nature extended
everywhere like the ether, 3 — as he gazes ever further on, detects a yet higher
distinction.
1 The great fruit.
2 An obscure verse; cf. Pāli Dict.
3 Cf. Bhāṣāpariccheda, śloka (verse) 25.