Dhammapada Verse 14.4

Sanskrit Verse

कृच्छ्रो मनुष्यप्रतिलाभः कृच्छ्रं मर्त्त्यानां जीवितम् । कृच्छ्रं सद्धर्मश्रवणं कृच्छ्रो बुद्धानाम् उत्पादः ॥ ४॥

Bhikkhu Ānandajoti's translation

Hard is it to be born a human being, hard is the life of mortals. Hard is it to gain the opportunity to hear the Good Dhamma, and hard, indeed, to encounter the arising of the Buddhas.