நிலத்திமை யோரில் தலையாய்ப் பிறந்து மறையொடங்கம்வலத்திமைப் போதும் பிரியார் எரிவளர்த் தாலும்வெற்பன்குலத்துமை யோர்பங்கர் கச்சியுள் ஏகம்பங் கூடித்தொழும்நலத்தமை யாதவர் வேட்டுவர் தம்மின் நடுப்படையே.
In plain words
They may be born foremost among the gods on earth. They may never part, even for the blink of an eye, from the Veda and its limbs, in which they are masters. They may tend the sacred fire. Yet if they are not settled in the good of coming to worship at his Ēkampam in Kanchi, he who has Umā of the mountain king's lineage as one part, they stand at the very centre of the hunters' band.
Line by line
Born foremost among the gods on earth, from the Veda with its limbs in their mastery not parting even for the blink of an eye, even if they tend the fire; of the mountain king's lineage, Umā on one side, his Ēkampam in Kanchi, reaching and worshipping, those not settled in that good are at the centre of the hunters' band indeed.