Dhammapada Verse 24.5

Sanskrit Verse

यथाऽपि मूलेऽनुपद्रवे दृढे छिन्नोऽपि वृक्षः पुनरेव रोहति । एवमपि तृष्णाऽनुशयेऽनिहते निर्वर्त्तते दुःखमिदं पुनः पुनः ॥ ५॥

Bhikkhu Ānandajoti's translation

Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, this suffering springs up again and again.