Visuddhimagga VIII-11

Tasmā esa satto jātakālato paṭṭhāya yathā nāma uṭṭhito sūriyo atthābhimukho gacchateva, gatagataṭṭhānato īsakampi na nivattati.

是故有情从生时以来，即如升起的太阳，必向西行，其所行之处，一点也不退转的；

Ñ(VIII,11): Therefore, just as the risen sun moves on towards its setting and never turns back even for a little while from wherever it has got to,

Yathā vā nadī pabbateyyā sīghasotā hārahārinī sandateva vattateva īsakampi na nivattati, evaṃ īsakampi anivattamāno maraṇābhimukhova yāti.

或如河川的急流，必持运一切（落下的草木之叶等）继续流下，一点也不退转的，如是趋向于死，一点也不退转。

Ñ: or just as a mountain torrent sweeps by with a rapid current, ever flowing and rushing on and never turning back even for a little while, so too this living being travels on towards death from the time when he is born, and he never turns back even for a little while.

Tena vuttaṃ –

故说道：

Ñ: Hence it is said:

‘‘Yamekarattiṃ paṭhamaṃ, gabbhe vasati māṇavo;

Abbhuṭṭhitova so yāti, sa gacchaṃ na nivattatī’’ti. (jā. 1.15.363);

从开始的那一夜，

小儿进住了母胎，

如云起而行，

一去不复回。

Ñ: 'Right from the very day a man

Has been conceived inside a womb

He cannot but go on and on,

Nor going can he once turn back' (Jā.iv,494).