[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Singalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31) › 31.4 # Singalasutta 31.4 Siṅgālasutta 31.4 - **Language:** Pāli ### [31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.31.4) pamattaṃ rakkhanti, pamattassa sāpateyyaṃ rakkhanti, bhītassa saraṇaṃ honti, āpadāsu na vijahanti, aparapajā cassa paṭipūjenti. > They guard him when they’re negligent. They guard his property when they’re negligent. They keep him safe in times of danger. They don’t abandon him in times of trouble. They honor his descendants. > — Advice to Sigālaka - [Previous: 31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.31.3) - [Next: 31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.31.5) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.31) ## Translations (6) - [Mowa do Siṅgāli](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~pl-hardao.31.4) — pl - [Наставление Сингале](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~ru-khantibalo.31.4) — Russian - [Apie Singalą](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~lt-piyadassi.31.4) — lt - [Savet Sigālaki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~sr-brankokovacevic.31.4) — sr - [Advice to Sigālaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~en-sujato.31.4) — English - [Die Unterweisung Sigālakas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~de-sabbamitta.31.4) — German ## Linked texts (5) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.135.44) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.16.28) — Classical Chinese - [Upāsakajanālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.manuals.upasakajanalankara.211) — Ānanda (Upāsakajanālaṅkāra), Pāli - [善生子經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.srgalavadasutra*zh-zhifadu.1.42) — Classical Chinese - [尸迦羅越六方禮經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.srgalavadasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.31.4) · Pramāṇa