सक्तुम् इव तितौना पुनन्तो यत्र धीरा मनसा वाचम् अक्रत । अत्रा सखायः सख्यानि जानते भद्रैषां लक्ष्मीर् निहिताधि वाचि ॥
saktum iva titaunā punanto yatra dhīrā manasā vācam akrata | atrā sakhāyaḥ sakhyāni jānate bhadraiṣāṃ lakṣmīr nihitādhi vāci ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Where, like men cleansing corn-flour in a cribble, the wise in spirit have created language, Friends see and recognize the marks of friendship: their speech retains the blessed sign imprinted.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)