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Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 165

[165] [The Blessed One replied:] "Sons are the foundation of human beings; a wife is the supreme companion; beings subsist upon the rain— those living beings that dwell upon the earth." The Paṭhamajana Sutta, the Fifth.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.