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# Singalasutta 20.1-8

Siṅgālasutta 20.1-8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.20.1)

“Aññadatthuharo mitto,

> “One friend is all take,  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.20.2)

yo ca mitto vacīparo;

> another all talk;  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.20.3)

Anuppiyañca yo āha,

> one’s just a flatterer,  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.20.4)

apāyesu ca yo sakhā.

> and one’s a comrade who spends.  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.20.5)

Ete amitte cattāro,

> An astute person understands  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.20.6)

iti viññāya paṇḍito;

> these four enemies for what they are  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.20.7)

Ārakā parivajjeyya,

> and keeps them at a distance,  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.20.8)

maggaṃ paṭibhayaṃ yathā”ti.

> as they’d shun a risky road.”  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

## Translations (6)

- [Mowa do Siṅgāli](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~pl-hardao.20.1) — pl
- [Наставление Сингале](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~ru-khantibalo.20.1) — Russian
- [Apie Singalą](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~lt-piyadassi.20.1) — lt
- [Savet Sigālaki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~sr-brankokovacevic.20.1) — sr
- [Advice to Sigālaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~en-sujato.20.1) — English
- [Die Unterweisung Sigālakas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~de-sabbamitta.20.1) — German

## Linked texts (4)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.135.27) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.16.21) — Classical Chinese
- [善生子經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.srgalavadasutra*zh-zhifadu.1.28) — Classical Chinese
- [尸迦羅越六方禮經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.srgalavadasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.8) — Classical Chinese

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