Yo mātaraṃ pitaraṃ vā,

jiṇṇakaṃ gatayobbanaṃ --

pahu santo na bharati

taṃ parābhavato mukhaṃ.

Listen

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

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Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera

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