{"id":"sn1.53","title":"A Friend","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn1.53","title":"A Friend","units":[{"id":"sn1.53:0","sourceIds":["sn1.53:0.1","sn1.53:0.2","sn1.53:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.53\n6. Jarāvagga\nMittasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 1.53\n6. Old Age\nA Friend"}},{"id":"sn1.53:1","sourceIds":["sn1.53:1.1","sn1.53:1.2","sn1.53:1.3","sn1.53:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁsu pavasato mittaṁ,\nkiṁsu mittaṁ sake ghare;\nKiṁ mittaṁ atthajātassa,\nkiṁ mittaṁ samparāyikan”ti.","en":"“Who’s your friend while journeying?\nWho’s your friend at home?\nWho’s your friend in time of need?\nWho’s your friend in lives to come?”"}},{"id":"sn1.53:2","sourceIds":["sn1.53:2.1","sn1.53:2.2","sn1.53:2.3","sn1.53:2.4","sn1.53:2.5","sn1.53:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sattho pavasato mittaṁ,\nmātā mittaṁ sake ghare;\nSahāyo atthajātassa,\nhoti mittaṁ punappunaṁ;\nSayaṅkatāni puññāni,\ntaṁ mittaṁ samparāyikan”ti.","en":"“A caravan is your friend while journeying.\nMother is your friend at home.\nAn ally in time of need\nis a friend time and again.\nBut the good deeds you’ve done yourself—\nthat’s your friend in lives to come.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.53/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}