Long-Standing Friendship
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viḻaitakaiyāṉ vēṇṭi yiruppar keḻutakaiyāṟ / keḷātu naṭṭār ceyiṉ.
“When friends unbidden do familiar acts with loving heart, / Friends take the kindly deed in friendly part.”
“When friends rely on their intimacy and do a thing without leave, the warmhearted will think of their love and will take it in good part.”
If an established friend acts without asking through affectionate familiarity, people of discernment will welcome the act because it is genuinely desirable.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
நட்டார் கெழுதகையால் கேளாது செயின்= தன் கருமத்தை நட்டார் உரிமையாற் கேளாது செய்தாராயின்; விழை தகையான் வேண்டி இருப்பர்= அச்செயலது விழையப்படுந்தன்மைபற்றி அதனை விரும்புவர் அறிவுடையார்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
When cherished old friends act in one's affairs without asking prior permission, discerning souls gladly welcome the deed, delighted by the beauty of their intimacy.