Nandasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 300

[300] [The Blessed One:] "Times pass by, the nights swiftly run on; the stages of life (vayoguṇā) abandon us one after another. Seeing this peril in death (maraṇa), one who looks for peace (santi) should abandon the world's bait (lokāmisa)." The Eighth: The Nandivisāla Sutta

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.