Dhammapada · 24.2

Yaṃ esā sahatī jammī, taṇhā loke visattikā;Sokā tassa pavaḍḍhanti, abhivaṭṭhaṃva bīraṇaṃ.

Yam esa sahati jammi, tanha loke visattika; Soka tassa pavaddhanti, abhivatthamva biranam.

Whoever this base, entangling craving overcomes in the world — his sorrows grow as bīraṇa grass grows when watered.

— Dhammapada 24.2

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.