Dhammapada · 20.13

Ucchinda sinehamattano, kumudaṃ sāradikaṃva pāṇinā;Santimaggameva brūhaya, nibbānaṃ sugatena desitaṃ.

Ucchinda sinehamattano, kumudam saradikamva panina; Santimaggameva bruhaya, nibbanam sugatena desitam.

Cut off your own affection, like plucking an autumn lily with the hand. Cultivate only the path of peace — Nibbana, taught by the Sugata.

— Dhammapada 20.13

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.