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Dhammapada 135

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Pāli

135

Yathā daṇḍena gopālo,
gāvo pājeti gocaraṃ;
Evaṃ jarā ca maccu ca,
āyuṃ pājenti pāṇinaṃ.

As a cowherd with his staff drives his cows into the stable, so do Age and Death drive the life of men.

Friedrich Max Müller 1881, The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1)

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