Matarodanajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 568

[568] Seeing that pleasure and pain (sukhadukkha) among human beings are thus wavering and unsettled, and that weeping and wailing are useless — why do the hosts of sorrow (sokagaṇā) overwhelm you?

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.