[2063] Life is led onward; short is its span;
for one led on by aging there are no shelters.
O Pañcāla, carry out my word alone:
do not do deeds that yield suffering (dukkha).
Life is led onward; short is its span;
for one led on by aging there are no shelters.
O Pañcāla, carry out my word alone:
do not do deeds that bear suffering as their fruit.
Life is led onward; short is its span;
for one led on by aging there are no shelters.
O Pañcāla, carry out my word alone:
do not do deeds whose heads are begrimed with dust.
Life is led onward; short is its span;
aging destroys the beauty of a man as he grows old.
O Pañcāla, carry out my word alone:
do not do the deed that leads to rebirth in hell (niraya).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.