நட்பிற் குறுப்புக் கெழுதகைமை மற்றதற்கு
உப்பாதல் சான்றோர் கடன்.
Familiar freedom friendship's very frame supplies;To be its savour sweet is duty of the wise
The constituents of friendship are (things done through) the right of intimacy; to be pleased with such a right is the duty of the wise