Prakaraṇa 4 · Verse 32
यथा प्रबोधे तमः सद्यो न दृश्येत कदा चन, तथा ज्ञाने कष्ट-ग्रामं न दृश्येत कदा चन
yathā prabodhe tamaḥ sadyo na dṛśyeta kadā cana, tathā jñāne kaṣṭa-grāmaṃ na dṛśyeta kadā cana
Just as upon awakening darkness is never seen, so in knowledge the multitude of difficulties is never seen.
The repetition of the prabodha-tamas metaphor—awakening-darkness—exhibits a subtle variation: whereas verse