Dhammapada · 16.12

Tatheva katapuññampi, asmā lokā paraṃ gataṃ;Puññāni paṭigaṇhanti, piyaṃ ñātīva āgataṃ.

Tatheva katapunnampi, asma loka param gatam; Punnani patiganhanti, piyam nativa agatam.

Just so, the doer of merit who has gone from this world to the next — merits receive him, like dear relatives welcoming a beloved who has returned.

— Dhammapada 16.12

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.