Dhammapada · 24.7

Savanti sabbadhi sotā, latā uppajja tiṭṭhati;Tañca disvā lataṃ jātaṃ, mūlaṃ paññāya chindatha.

Savanti sabbadhi sota, lata uppajja titthati; Tanca disva latam jatam, mulam pannaya chindatha.

Streams of craving flow everywhere; the creeper, having sprung up, stands firm. Seeing that creeper grown, cut its root with wisdom.

— Dhammapada 24.7

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.