Dhammapada Verse 23.8

Sanskrit Verse

अप्रमादरता भवत स्वचित्तमनुरक्षत । दुर्गादुद्धरताऽऽत्मानं पङ्के सक्त इव कुञ्जरः ॥ ८॥

Bhikkhu Ānandajoti's translation

Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your own mind! Draw yourself out of this bog of evil, even as an elephant draws himself out of the mud.