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Dhammapada · 18.1

Paṇḍupalāsova dānisi, yamapurisāpi ca taṃ upaṭṭhitā;Uyyogamukhe ca tiṭṭhasi, pātheyyampi ca te na vijjati.

Pandupalasova danisi, yamapurisapi ca tam upatthita; Uyyogamukhe ca titthasi, patheyyampi ca te na vijjati.

Like a withered yellow leaf you now are; the messengers of death stand near you. You wait at the threshold of your departure, and you have no provisions for the journey.

— Dhammapada 18.1

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.

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