Mittasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 163

[163] [The Blessed One replied:] "A caravan is the friend of one who travels abroad;² a mother is the friend in one's own home; a companion, for one in whom a need has arisen, is a friend again and again; the merits (puñña) one has done oneself — that is the friend for the life to come." [Edition's footnotes: ¹ Sī., Ma. read *pavasato*; Yu. reads *pathavato*. ² Sī. reads *pañcasato*.] The Fourth: The Vatthu Sutta

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.