Dhammapada · Verse 147

Sirimāvatthu

Pali

Passa cittakataṁ bimbaṁ,
arukāyaṁ samussitaṁ;
Āturaṁ bahusaṅkappaṁ,
yassa natthi dhuvaṁ ṭhiti.

English

See this fancy puppet,
a body built of sores,
diseased, obsessed over,
in which nothing lasts at all.

License: English CC0 (Bhikkhu Sujato); Pali public domain. Source: SuttaCentral (sc-data).