法句譬喻經 1.p8

1.p8

“As a man with his staff in his hand goes along tending and pasturing the cattle, so are old age and death, they also watch over the life that perishes; and of all they watch over, there is not one, of whatever class, man or woman, rich or poor, but in the end shall decay and disappear. Every day and night takes from the little space given to each one born; there is the gradual decay of a few years and all is gone, as the waters of a pool are cut off (or exhausted).”