He, who considers his own interests safe as long as another lives, and thinks himself in danger when the latter dies takes him as his friend so long as those interests of his are not clashed against.
यो यस्मिन् जीवति स्वार्थं पश्येत् पीडां न जीवति। स तस्य मित्रं तावत्स्याद् यावन्न स्याद् विपर्ययः॥१४०