The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 121
54. ‘Some say that the coming into being and the destruction of being are alike caused
by the soul, but they say that coming into being arises without effort, while the
attainment of liberation is by effort.
naraḥ pitṇāmanṇaḥ prajābhirvedairṣīṇā kratubhiḥ surāṇām |
utpadyate sārdhamṇaistribhistairyasyāsti mokṣaḥ kila tasya mokṣaḥ || 9.55 (9.65)
55. ‘A man discharges his debt to his ancestors by begetting offspring, to the saints by
sacred lore, to the gods by sacrifices; he is born with these three debts upon him, —
whoever has liberation (from these,) he indeed has liberation.
ityevametena vidhikrameṇa mokṣa sayatnasya vadati tajjñāḥ |
prayatnavato ’pi hi vikrameṇa mumukṣavaḥ khedamavāpnuvati || 9.56 (9.66)
56. ‘Thus by this series of rules the wise promise liberation to him who uses effort; but
however ready for effort with all their energy, those who seek liberation will find
weariness.
tatsaumya mokṣe yadi bhaktirasti nyāyena sevasva vidhi yathoktam |
eva bhaviṣyatyupapattirasya satāpanāśaśca narādhipasya || 9.57 (9.67)
57. ‘Therefore, gentle youth, if thou hast a love for liberation, follow rightly the
prescribed rule; thus wilt thou thyself attain to it, and the king’s grief will come to an
end.
yā ca pravttā bhavadoṣabuddhistapovanebhyo bhavana praveṣṭum |
tatrāpi citā tava tāta mā bhūt pūrve ’pi jagmuḥ svagha vanebhyaḥ || 9.58
(9.68)
58. ‘And as for thy meditations on the evils of life ending in thy return from the forest
to thy home, — let not the thought of this trouble thee, my son, — those in old time
also have returned from the forests to their houses.
tapovanastho ’pi vtaḥ prajābhirjagāma rājā puramabarīṣaḥ |
tathā mahī vipraktāmanāryaistapovanādetya rarakṣa rāmaḥ || 9.59 (9.69)
59. ‘The king Ambarīṣa, 1 though he had dwelt in the forest, went back to the city,
surrounded by his children; so too Rāma, seeing the earth oppressed by the base, came
forth from his hermitage and ruled it again.
tathaiva śālvādhipatirdrumākṣo vanātsasūnuḥ svapura praviśya |
brahmarṣibhūtaśca munervaśiṣṭhāddadhre śriya sāktiratidevaḥ || 9.60
(9.70)
1 Probably the son of Nābhāga.