पञ्चतन्त्र - मित्रसंप्राप्ति - अध्रुवं नष्टमेव च

यो ध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य अध्रुवाणि निषेवते।
ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति अध्रुवं नष्टमेव च ॥

- पञ्चतन्त्र, मित्रसंप्राप्ति

yo dhruvANi parityajya adhruvANi niShevate।
dhruvANi tasya nashyanti adhruvaM naShTameva ca ॥

- panchatantra, mitrasamprApti

If one leaves the 'permanent' and runs behind the 'temporary' - he will end up losing both. The permanent is lost and the temporary would never have lasted anyway.

- Panchatantra, Mitrasamprapti

भागवत - निधनं पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति

देहापत्यकलत्रादिष्वात्मसैन्येष्वसत्स्वपि ।
तेषां प्रमत्तो निधनं पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति॥

- भागवत

deha apatya kalatraadiShu Atma sainyeShu asatsvapi ।
teShAm pramatto nidhanam pashyannapi na pashyati ॥

- bhAgavata

This body, children, wives will not stay for ever. Neither will your personal army. Even after seeing them destroyed, you are not seeing the truth that none of it is permanent.

- Bhagavata

सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार - सर्वमुत्पादि भंगुरम्

कायः सन्निहितापायः संपदः पदमापदाम् ।
समागमाः सापगमाः सर्वमुत्पादि भंगुरम् ॥

- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार

kAyaH sannihita apAyaH sampadaH padam Apadam ।
samAgamAH sa apagamAH sarvam utpAdi bhanguram ॥

- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra

We have a wonderful body. But there is always danger to it right round the corner. Misery follows closes on the heels of prosperity. All unions are followed by separation. Anything that is made will be destroyed.

- Subhashitaratnabhandagara

रामायण - अयोध्या - अनित्यता

सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनांताः समुच्छ्रयाः ।
संयोगा विप्रयोगांता मरणांतं च जीवितम् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

sarve kShayantA nichayAH patanAntAH samut shrayAH ।
samyogA viprayogAntA maraNAntam cha jIvitam ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

Any accumulated wealth can dissolve in due time. Any position of power attained may come to an end. All the relations (children, wife) come to an end in death. There is nothing in this world that is permanent.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

किरातार्जुनीय - इंद्रियाणि

श्रुतमप्यधिगम्य ये रिपून् विनयन्ते न शरीरजन्मनः ।
जनयन्त्यचिराय संपदां अयशस्ते खलु चापलाश्रयम् ॥

- किरातार्जुनीय

shrutamapi adhigamya ye ripUn vinayante na sharIra janmanaH ।
janayanti achirAya sampadAm ayashaH te khalu chapalAshrayam ॥

- kirAtArjunIya

If a person is very well read and yet not able to conquer the enemies with in his own body - the senses, then he shall get the ill fame as a person who lost all his wealth. Indulging in sensory pleasures will deplete one of all his wealth and underscore the fact that such pleasures are all temporary.

- Kiratarjuniya

गरुड पुराण - अनित्यता

यथा हि पथिकः कश्चिच्छायामाश्रित्य विश्रमेत् ।
विश्रम्य च पुनर्गच्छेत् तद्वद्भूतसमागमः ॥

- गरुड पुराण

yathA hi pathikaH kashchit ChAyAm Ashritya vishramet ।
vishramya cha punar gachChet tadvat bhUta samAgamaH ॥

- garuDa purANa

Travelers seek shade to rest during the journey. They may meet others there. After taking rest, they proceed on their journey. Our associations in life are also temporary just like the travelers with other people at the resting place.

- Garuda purana

रामायण - अयोध्या - अनित्यता

यथा काष्ठं च काष्ठं च समेयातां महार्णवे
    समेत्य च व्यपेयातां कालमासाद्य कञ्चन ।
एवं भार्याश्च पुत्राश्च ज्ञातयश्च धनानि च
    समेत्य व्यवधावन्ति ध्रुवो ह्येषां विना भवः ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

yathA kAShTham cha kAShTham cha sameyAtAm mahArNave
sametya cha vyapeyAtAm kAlamAsAdya kanchana ।
evam bhAryAH cha putrAH cha jnAtayaH cha dhanAni cha
sametya vyavadhAvanti dhruvo hyeShAm vinA bhavaH ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

Just like how sticks floating in the sea come together for some time and later drift away, so is man's associations with his kin - wife, son, relatives and wealth. They may seem like it all came running together for you. But you can be certain that you will have to part with them.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

गरुड पुराण - अनित्यता

यत्प्रातः संस्कृतं भोज्यं सायं तच्च विनश्यति ।
तदन्नरससंपुष्टे काये का नाम नित्यता ॥

- गरुड पुराण

yatprAtaH saMskRutaM bhojyaM sAyam taccha vinashyati ।
tad anna rasa sampuShTe kAye kA nAma nityatA ॥

- garuDa purANa

Even when food is very well cooked in the morning, it gets spoilt by evening. How can a body that is built from the essence of such food be permanent?

- Garuda Purana,

गरुड पुराण - अनित्यता

मातृपितृसुतभ्रातृबंधुदारादिसंगमः ।
प्रपायामिव जंतूनां नद्यां काष्ठौघवच्चलः ॥

- गरुड पुराण

mAtRu pitRu suta bhrAtRu bandhu dArAdi sangamaH ।
prapAyAmiva jantUnAM nadyAM kAShThaughavat chalaH ॥

- garuDa purANa

Mother, father, son, brother, friends, relatives, wife and other acquaintances - none of them are permanent. Our associations with them are as temporary as those between animals at a water hole, or logs of wood floating in the river.

- Garuda Purana