That friendship which is beset with fear and which cannot be maintained without fear, should be preserved with great caution like the hand (of the snake-charmer) from the snake's fangs!
यन्मित्रं भीतवत्साध्यं यन्मित्रं भयसंहितम्। सुरक्षितव्यं तत् कार्यं पाणिः सर्पमुखादिव॥