Devatāsaṁyutta 54

Linked Discourses 1.54

6. Old Age

Grounds

1 “What is the site for human beings?

What is the best comrade here?

By what do the creatures who live off the earth

sustain their life?”

2 “Children are the site for human beings.

A wife is the best comrade.

The creatures who live off the earth

sustain their life by rain.”