Dhammapada · 10.7

Yathā daṇḍena gopālo, gāvo pājeti gocaraṃ;Evaṃ jarā ca maccu ca, āyuṃ pājenti pāṇinaṃ.

Yatha dandena gopalo, gavo pajeti gocaram; Evam jara ca maccu ca, ayum pajenti paninam.

As with a staff a cowherd drives cattle to pasture, so old age and death drive the life of beings.

— Dhammapada 10.7

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.