1.53. Bạn

“Kiṁsu pavasato mittaṁ,

kiṁsu mittaṁ sake ghare;

Kiṁ mittaṁ atthajātassa,

kiṁ mittaṁ samparāyikan”ti.

“Sattho pavasato mittaṁ,

mātā mittaṁ sake ghare;

Sahāyo atthajātassa,

hoti mittaṁ punappunaṁ;

Sayaṅkatāni puññāni,

taṁ mittaṁ samparāyikan”ti.

SC 1 “What is the friend of one on a journey?
What is the friend in one’s own home?
What is the friend of one in need?
What is the friend in the future life?”

SC 2 “A caravan is the friend of one on a journey;
A mother is the friend in one’s own home;
A comrade when the need arises
Is one’s friend again and again.
The deeds of merit one has done—
That is the friend in the future life.”