Dhammapada · 16.3

Tasmā piyaṃ na kayirātha, piyāpāyo hi pāpako;Ganthā tesaṃ na vijjanti, yesaṃ natthi piyāppiyaṃ.

Tasma piyam na kayiratha, piyapayo hi papako; Gantha tesam na vijjanti, yesam natthi piyappiyam.

Therefore, do not make anything beloved — separation from the beloved is grievous. For those in whom there is no 'dear and not-dear,' there are no bonds.

— Dhammapada 16.3

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.