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# Singalasutta 26.1-22

Siṅgālasutta 26.1-22

- **Language:** Pāli

### [26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.1)

“Upakāro ca yo mitto,

> “A friend who’s a helper,  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.2)

sukhe dukkhe ca yo sakhā;

> one the same in both pleasure and pain,  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.3)

Atthakkhāyī ca yo mitto,

> a friend of good counsel,  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.4)

yo ca mittānukampako.

> and one of sympathy;  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.5)

Etepi mitte cattāro,

> an astute person understands  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.6)

iti viññāya paṇḍito;

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

### [26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.7)

Sakkaccaṃ payirupāseyya,

> and carefully looks after them,  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.8)

mātā puttaṃva orasaṃ;

> like a mother the child at her breast.  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.9)

Paṇḍito sīlasampanno,

> The astute and virtuous  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.10)

jalaṃ aggīva bhāsati.

> shine like a burning flame.  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.11)

Bhoge saṃharamānassa,

> They pick up riches as bees  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.12)

bhamarasseva irīyato;

> roaming round pick up pollen.  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.13)

Bhogā sannicayaṃ yanti,

> And their riches proceed to grow,  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.14)

vammikovupacīyati.

> like a termite mound piling up.  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.15)

Evaṃ bhoge samāhatvā,

> In gathering wealth like this,  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.16)

alamatto kule gihī;

> a householder does enough for their family.  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.17)

Catudhā vibhaje bhoge,

> And they’d hold on to friends  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.18)

sa ve mittāni ganthati.

> by dividing their wealth in four.  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.19)

Ekena bhoge bhuñjeyya,

> One portion is to enjoy.  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.20)

dvīhi kammaṃ payojaye;

> Two parts invest in work.  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.21)

Catutthañca nidhāpeyya,

> And the fourth should be kept  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

### [26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.26.22)

āpadāsu bhavissatī”ti.

> for times of trouble.”  
> — Advice to Sigālaka

## Translations (6)

- [Mowa do Siṅgāli](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~pl-hardao.26.1) — pl
- [Наставление Сингале](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~ru-khantibalo.26.1) — Russian
- [Apie Singalą](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~lt-piyadassi.26.1) — lt
- [Savet Sigālaki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~sr-brankokovacevic.26.1) — sr
- [Advice to Sigālaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~en-sujato.26.1) — English
- [Die Unterweisung Sigālakas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~de-sabbamitta.26.1) — German

## Linked texts (4)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.135.35) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.16.24) — Classical Chinese
- [善生子經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.srgalavadasutra*zh-zhifadu.1.38) — 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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