Kāḷakaṇṇijātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 83

[83] "One becomes a friend (mitto), indeed, by seven steps; one becomes a companion by twelve; by a month or a half-month one becomes a kinsman; and beyond that, one becomes even as one's own self. How, then, could I, for the sake of my own happiness, forsake Kāḷakaṇṇi, my intimate of long standing?" The Kāḷakaṇṇi Jātaka, the third. ___________ 4. The Atthassadvāra Jātaka

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.