Udanavarga 3.31

3.31

「見諦淨無穢，已度五道淵，
佛出照世間，為除眾憂苦。
得生人道難，生壽亦難得，
世間有佛難，佛法難得聞。」

“Perceiving truth, pure and unalloyed, delivered from the five paths of destruction (five modes of birth), Buddha has come forth to enlighten the world, to make a way of escape from all sources of sorrow and pain. To be born as a man is difficult; to attain to years (i.e., to live long) is also difficult; to be born when Buddha is incarnate is difficult; and to hear the preaching of the Law of Buddha is difficult also.”