Udayajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1532

[1532] In the world of men (manussaloka), O lady of lovely form, the life and the beauty of mortals waste away; for that very reason your wealth too diminishes: today you have grown older than before. While I look upon you thus, O glorious princess, your beauty, alas, is fading with the passing of the days and nights. While you are still of this very age, O princess of great wisdom, you should live the holy life (brahmacariya) — you shall be yet more beautiful.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.