Yudhishthira replied The friend of an exile is his companion; that of a householder is his wife; that of a sick person is his physician and that of a dying one is charity.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच सार्थः प्रवसतो मित्रं भार्या मित्रं गृहे सतः। आतुरस्य भिषमित्रं दानं मित्रं मरिष्यतः॥