Getting Hold of the Ox

得牛序四
竭盡神通獲得渠   心強力壯卒難除
有時纔到高原上   又入烟雲深處居

Catching the Ox
He expends all strength to take the ox. But willful and strong, it won’t soon be broken.
As soon as he gains the high ground, it vanishes once more deep into the mist.
[Translation by Victor Sogen Hori: https://terebess.hu/english/oxherd31.html]

jié exhaust; use up
jìn end; finish; use up
竭盡 exhausted
divine
tōng pass through; expert; know well
神通 = Abhijñā (अभिज्ञा) direct knowledge; higher knowledge
huò catch; obtain; receive
obtain; attain
獲得 acquire; get; obtain
big; huge; he/she/it; ditch or canal made of wood

mind
strong
strength
strong; robust; strengthen
servant; soldier
difficult
get rid of; exclude; to free; to rescind (an agreement)

have
time/when
有時 sometimes; at times; now and then
talent; ability; cunning
to go; arrive
high; tall
source; origin
高原 plateau
up; above

again; also
enter
smoke
cloud; many; numerous
far
to dwell in; remain
dwell; reside; occupy

Drawing by Tim Jundo Williams

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