As the fallow leaf of the tree falls to the ground, when its days are gone, even so the life of men will come to its close; Gautama, be careful all the while! (1)

As a dew-drop dangling on the top of a blade of Kusa-grass lasts but a short time, even so the life of men; Gautama, be careful all the while! (2)

As life is so fleet and existence so precarious, wipe off the sins you ever committed; Gautama, be careful all the while! (3)

A rare chance is human life for a living being; hard are the consequences of actions; Gautama, be careful all the while! (4)

Though one be created as a man, it is a rare chance to follow the right way; for many are the heedless; Gautama, be careful all the while! (16)

Though one be whole in body, it is a rare chance to use all his faculties well; for we see many who go astray; Gautama, be careful all the while! (17)

Though he may possess all his faculties, still it is a rare chance to be instructed in the best Law; for people follow heretical teachers; Gautama, be careful all the while! (18)

Though he may have been instructed in the right Law, still it is a rare chance to believe in it; for many people are heretics; Gautama, be careful all the while! (19)

Though one believe in the Law, he will rarely practise it; for people are engrossed by pleasures; Gautama, be careful all the while! (20)

When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your ears decreases; Gautama, be careful all the while! (21)

When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your eyes decreases; Gautama, be careful all the while! (22)

When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your nose decreases. (23)

When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your tongue decreases. (24)

When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your touch decreases. (25)

When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, all your powers decrease. (26)

Despondency, the king's evil, cholera, mortal diseases of many kinds befall you; your body wastes and decays; Gautama, be careful all the while! (27)

Cast aside from you all attachments, as the leaves of a lotus let drop off the autumnal water, exempt from every attachment, Gautama, be careful all the while! (28)

Give up your wealth and your wife; you have entered the state of the houseless; do not, as it were, return to your vomit; Gautama, be careful all the while! (29)

Leave your friends and relations, the large fortune you have amassed; do not desire them a second time; Gautama, be careful all the while! (30)

There is now no Jina, but there is a highly esteemed guide to show the way; now being on the right path, Gautama, be careful all the while! (31)

Now you have entered on the path from which the thorns have been cleared, the great path; walk in the right path; Gautama, be careful all the while! (32)

Do not get into an uneven road like a weak burden-bearer; for you will repent of it afterwards; Gautama, be careful all the while! (33)

You have crossed the great ocean; why do you halt so near the shore? make haste to get on the other side; Gautama, be careful all the while! (34)

Going through the same religious practices as the saints who attained salvation, you will reach the abode of peace, the Garden, Gautama, where there is safety and perfect happiness; Gautama, be careful all the while! (35)

The enlightened and liberated monk should control himself, whether he be in a village or a town, and he should preach to all the road of peace; Gautama, be careful all the while! (36)

Having heard the enlightened teacher's well-delivered sermon, adorned by illustrations, Gautama cut off love and hatred and reached salvation. (37)

Thus I say.