Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

20: The Chapter about the Path – 109
Taṁ puttapasusammattaṁ byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ,
That person whose mind is attached and besotted by cattle and children,
suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahogho va maccu ādāya gacchati. [287]
is snatched away by death just as a sleeping village (by) 1 a great flood.
Na santi puttā tāṇāya, na pitā na pi bandhavā,
Children are not a refuge, nor fathers, not even kin,
Antakenādhipannassa natthi ñātisu tāṇatā. [288]
for one overcome by the End-Maker 2 there is no refuge in relatives.
Etam-atthavasaṁ ñatvā, paṇḍito sīlasaṁvuto,
Understanding the truth of this the wise one, endowed with virtue,
Nibbānagamanaṁ maggaṁ khippam-eva visodhaye. [289]
should quickly purify the path that is leading to Nibbāna.
Maggavaggo Vīsatimo
The Chapter about the Path, the Twentieth
Related Verses from the Dhammapada
Yo ca Buddhañ-ca Dhammañ-ca Saṅghañ-ca saraṇaṁ gato,
Whoever has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha,
cattāri ar i yasaccāni sammappaññāya passati: [190]
and who sees with right wisdom the four noble truths:
Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ,
Suffering, arising of suffering, and the overcoming of suffering,
ar i yañ-caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ. [191]
the eightfold noble path leading to the stilling of suffering.
Etaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ, etaṁ saraṇam-uttamaṁ,
That is a secure refuge, that is the refuge supreme,
etaṁ saraṇam-āgamma sabbadukkhā pamuccati. [192]
that is the refuge to come to that liberates from all suffering.
1 As we really need an instrumental here, it might have been better to write: suttaṁ gāmaṁ
ogheneva.
2
I.e. Māra incarnate, or death.