आतुरे व्यसने प्राप्ते दुर्भिक्षे शत्रुसङ्कटे ।
राजाद्वारे श्मशाने च यस्तिष्ठति स बान्धवः ॥
āture vyasane prāpte durbhikṣe śatru-saṅkaṭe |
rājā-dvāre śmaśāne ca yas tiṣṭhati sa bāndhavaḥ ||
(Cāṇākhya-nīti-darpaṇa: 1.12)
“One who stays [with you] in illness, in adversity, in famine, while surrounded by enemies, at the gate of the king, and at the crematorium, is a friend.”