Yo mātaraṃ pitaraṃ vā,
jiṇṇakaṃ gatayobbanaṃ --
pahu santo na bharati
taṃ parābhavato mukhaṃ.
Though being well-to-do,
not to support father and mother
who are old and past their youth --
this is a cause of one's downfall.
Sutta Nipāta 1.98
Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14),
translated by Narada Thera
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