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Dhammapada · 24.8

Saritāni sinehitāni ca, somanassāni bhavanti jantuno;Te sātasitā sukhesino, te ve jātijarūpagā narā.

Saritani sinehitani ca, somanassani bhavanti jantuno; Te satasita sukhesino, te ve jatijarupaga nara.

For the being, streams flow toward objects of affection, and joys arise. Attached to the pleasant, those seekers of happiness — they are indeed subject to birth and old age.

— Dhammapada 24.8

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.

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