[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 46.35 # 法苑珠林 46.35 法苑珠林 46.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.35) 晝夜慢墮　老不止婬　有財不施 不受佛言　有此四弊　為自侵欺 咄嗟老至　色變作耄　少時如意 老見蹈賤　不修梵行　又不富貴 老如白鶴　守伺空池　既不守戒 又不積財　老羸氣竭　思故何逮 老如秋葉　行穢襤縷　命疾脫至 不用後悔 > Day and night indolent and remiss, / in old age not ceasing lust, / having wealth but not giving, > not receiving the words of the Buddha: / having these four defects, / one defrauds and deceives oneself. > Alas, when old age arrives, / physical appearance alters and grows senile! / While young, everything went as wished; > in old age, one is trampled upon and despised. / One did not cultivate pure conduct (brahmacarya), / nor did one acquire wealth or nobility; > in old age one is like a white crane / watching and waiting by an empty pool. / Having neither guarded the precepts > nor accumulated wealth, / in old age one is feeble and one's breath is exhausted; / how can longing for the past catch up? > Old age is like autumn leaves; / conduct is defiled, clothes tattered and torn. / When life swiftly comes to its end, > it will be useless to regret it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.34) - [Next: 46.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.36) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.46.35) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法句經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-weiqinan.1.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.35) · Pramāṇa