Sujātajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 707

[707] "Why, as though in haste, having reaped green grass, do you prattle, 'Eat! Eat!' to an aged ox whose life is gone? For not by food nor by drink could a dead ox rise up again; you lament in vain, just as a witless man would do."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.