Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.

The house of a childless person is a void, all directions are void to one who has no relatives, the heart of a fool is also void, but to a poverty stricken man all is void.

Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.

It is my last wish to cross over to that village and console my friends and relatives.

Even though he's older and frail now, the victim has a lot of relatives and friends who deserve some sort of closure on this. He's still very capable of getting around.

He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.