Dhammapada · 14.10
Bahuṃ ve saraṇaṃ yanti, pabbatāni vanāni ca;Ārāmarukkhacetyāni, manussā bhayatajjitā.
Bahum ve saranam yanti, pabbatani vanani ca; Aramarukkhacetyani, manussa bhayatajjita.
To many a refuge they go — mountains, forests, groves, sacred trees, shrines — humans threatened by fear.
— Dhammapada 14.10
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.