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Yaksha Prashna 1.44

1.44 Yaksha to Yudhishthira

किं स्वित्प्रवसतो मित्रं किं स्विन्मित्रं गृहे सतः । आतुरस्य च किं मित्रं किं स्विन्मित्रं मरिष्यतः ॥

kiṃ svitpravasato mitraṃ kiṃ svinmitraṃ gṛhe sataḥ | āturasya ca kiṃ mitraṃ kiṃ svinmitraṃ mariṣyataḥ ||

"Who is the friend of one who travels abroad? Who is the friend of one at home? Who is the friend of the sick? And who is the friend of one about to die?"

"परदेस जाने वाले का मित्र कौन है? घर में रहने वाले का मित्र कौन है? रोगी का मित्र कौन है? और मरने वाले का मित्र कौन है?"

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

A question about where help truly comes from at each stage of life; the answer follows.

जीवन के हर पड़ाव पर सच्ची सहायता कहाँ से आती है, इसका प्रश्न; उत्तर आगे है।

The Yaksha asks who is a friend to the traveller, to one at home, to the sick, and to the dying.

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