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

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 53
anabhijñāśca suvyakta mtyoḥ sarvāpahāriṇaḥ |
tathā svasthā nirudvegāḥ krīḍati ca hasati ca || 4.58
58. ‘Evidently they know nothing of death which carries all away; and so at ease and
without distress they can sport and laugh.
jarā mtyu ca vyādhi ca ko hi jānan sacetanaḥ |
svasthastiṣṭhan niṣīdedvā supedvā ki punarhaset || 4.59
59. ‘What rational being, who knows of old age, death and sickness, could stand 1 or sit
down at his ease or sleep, far less laugh?
yastu dṣṭvā para jīrṇa vyādhita mtameva ca |
svastho bhavati nodvigno yathācetāstathaiva saḥ || 4.60
60. ‘But he verily is like one bereft of sense, who, beholding another aged or sick or
dead, remains self-possessed and not afflicted.
viyujyamāne ’pi tarau puṣpairapi phalairapi |
patati cchidyamāne vā taruranyo na śocate || 4.61
61. ‘(So) even when a tree is deprived of its flowers and fruits, or if it is cut down and
falls, no other tree sorrows.’
iti dhyānapara dṣṭvā viṣayebhyo gataspham |
udāyī nītiśāstrajñastamuvāca suhttayā || 4.62
62. Seeing him thus absorbed in contemplation, with his desires estranged from all
worldly objects, Udāyin, well skilled in the rules of policy, with kindly feelings
addressed him:
aha npatinā dattaḥ sakhā tubhya kṣamaḥ kila |
yasmāttvayi vivakṣā me tayā praṇayavattayā || 4.63
63. ‘Since I was appointed by the king as a fitting friend for thee, therefore I have a
wish to speak to thee in this friendliness of my heart.
ahitāt pratiṣedhaśca hite cānupravartanam |
vyasane cāparityāgastrividha mitralakṣaṇam || 4.64
64. ‘To hinder from what is disadvantageous, to urge to what is advantageous — and
not to forsake in misfortune, — these are the three marks of a friend.
1 I would conjecture tiṣṭen.