[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) › 47.13 # 法苑珠林 47.13 法苑珠林 47.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [47.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.13) 猶如死囚　將詣都市　動向死道 人命如是　如河駛流　往而不返 人命如是　逝者不還 > "Just like a condemned prisoner / being led to the marketplace, / with every step heading toward the path of death; / human life is like this. / Like a river's swift current, / flowing onward and not returning; / human life is like this: / those who pass on do not return." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 47.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.12) - [Next: 47.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.14) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.47.13) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [出曜經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-zhu-fonian.1.51) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.13) · Pramāṇa