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uvappat talaikkūṭi yuḷḷap pirita / laṉaittē pulavar toḻil
“You meet with joy, with pleasant thought you part; / Such is the learned scholar's wonderous art!”
“The scholar bringeth joy with him wherever he cometh: but when he departeth he leaveth regrets behind.”
The scholar's art is to gather so joyfully that, after parting, people continue to long for the next meeting.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
உவப்பத் தலைக்கூடி உள்ளப் பிரிதல் அனைத்தே= யாவரையும் அவர் உவக்குமாறு தலைப்பெய்து, இனி அவரை யாம் எங்ஙனங் கூடுதும் என நினையுமாறு நீங்குதலாகிய அத்தன்மைத்து; புலவர் தொழில்= கற்றறிந்தாரது தொழில்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Gathering so joyously that all minds are delighted, and parting in such a manner that everyone fondly longs for the next meeting, is the hallmark of learned scholars.