Dhammapada · 23.8
Appamādaratā hotha, sacittamanurakkhatha;Duggā uddharathattānaṃ, paṅke sannova kuñjaro.
Appamadarata hotha, sacittamanurakkhatha; Dugga uddharathattanam, panke sannova kunjaro.
Delight in heedfulness, guard your own mind. Lift yourselves out of the difficult place, as an elephant sunk in mud.
— Dhammapada 23.8
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.