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Dhammapada · 18.3

Upanītavayo ca dānisi, sampayātosi yamassa santike;Vāso te natthi antarā, pātheyyampi ca te na vijjati.

Upanitavayo ca danisi, sampayatosi yamassa santike; Vaso te natthi antara, patheyyampi ca te na vijjati.

Your life-span has reached its end; you have come into the presence of Yama. There is no resting place along the way, and you have no provisions for the journey.

— Dhammapada 18.3

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.

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