Dhammapada · 11.4

Yānimāni apatthāni, alābūneva sārade;Kāpotakāni aṭṭhīni, tāni disvāna kā rati.

Yanimani apatthani, alabuneva sarade; Kapotakani atthini, tani disvana ka rati.

These dove-grey bones, cast away like gourds in autumn — seeing them, what delight remains?

— Dhammapada 11.4

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.