Dhammapada Verse 2.1

Sanskrit Verse

अप्रमादोऽमृतपदं प्रमादो मृत्योः पदम् । अप्रमत्ता न म्रियन्ते ये प्रमत्ता यथा मृताः॥ १॥

Bhikkhu Ānandajoti's translation

Heedfulness is the deathless state, heedlessness the state of the dead, the heedful do not die, (but) those who are heedless are as if dead.