In his Srimad Bhagavatam rendering, Srila Prabhupada refers to a well-known Biblical proverb without giving the source. By doing this he indicates that certain Biblical sayings have been so seamlessly incorporated into the English language that they do not need attribution. The section appears in the Fourth Canto, Twenty-eighth Chapter, in the purport to Text 24: “When we say, ‘Dust thou art, and into dust though shall return,’ we refer to the body. When a city is attacked and bombarded by enemies, the citizens generally leave, and the city ceases to exist.”