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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.

DUTCH PROVERB.

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980@6”9

COLLECTION

OF

TELUGU PROVERBS

TRANSLATED, ILLUSTRATED, AND EXPLAINED;

TOGETHER WITH SOME

SANSCRIT PROVERBS

PRINTED IN THE DEVANAGARL AND TELUGU CHARACTERS.

BY

A PTAIN M.

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Madras Staff Corps.

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MADRAS:

PRINTED AND SOLD AT TIIE CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIKTY’s PRES 5

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LONDON:

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1868.

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[ AN rights reserved,

Printed by H. W. L.xunu«:: Madras.

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PREFACE.

HE collection of Telugu Proverbs contained in this volume was

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commenced several years ago, at the request of the translator, by

Ravipati Guruvayya GAru, the able Munshi to the Telugu Translator

to the Government of Madras, who has up to within a late date

perseveringly laboured in adding to the small beginning at first made.

To him therefore the public are indebted for this gathering of the

‘household words,” and homely maxims of his countrymen and coun-

trywomen—the property specially of the latter for, as among other

nations so among the Hindls, “the women of the family retain a

larger number of such household words in their memories, than any

other class of the community.”*

That Proverbial phrases give an insight into the minds and sen-

timents of a people that cannot otherwise be easily obtained, will

generally be admitted.

It is hoped that the present addition to the

numerous collections of “ people’s words”+ may not be altogether profitless.

In the translation, escape from the accusation Tramslators, traitorst

by the preservation as far as possible of the idea contained in the

original, has been aimed at, and to this end, the rendering has been

made as literal as could be, leaving it to the English reader to

transfer the sentiment into epigrammatic language of his own.

The difficulty of transferring proverbs—intertwined as they are with

the peculiar thoughts, manners, and customs of a people—from their

own language to another tongue will be acknowledged, and the defects

of the present work in that respect, will, it is hoped, be pardoned.

As has been well said, “Transport them under other skies, or, which is

still more fatal, empty them from vessel to vessel, and their strength

* Friend of India, June 18, 1968.

twraTiaE:

1 Traduttori, traditori.

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PREFACE.

and flavour will in great part have disappeared in the process.”*

The translator is under obligation to R. Guruvayya Garu for his

valuable assistance.

In the hope of making this colleetion of their sayings more accept-

able to Telugu readers who have had an English education, European

proverbs exactly or approximately corresponding to some of the Telugu

Proverbs, have been quoted by way of illustration.

The similarity in

many instances is striking.

These European Proverbs have been culled

from the useful volumes in Bohn’s Antiquarian and Classical Libraries,

and from Kelly’s Proverbs of all Nations.

In respect to the few Sanscrit Proverbs which are appended, it is

scarcely necessary to state that no pretension is here made to present

a collection of proverbial sayings and Aphorisms found in the literature

of that language.

For such the reader must go to the Indische

Spriiche of Professor Bohtlingk.

(St. Petersburgh, 1863-65.)

Some

Sanscrit phrases were collected promiscuously with Telugu proverbs,

and it was thought expedient to separate them.

To these others

were added from the Kavitdratndkara and other sources.

For the

convenience of Telugu readers, unacquainted with the Devanigarl

character, these proverbs have also been printed in the Telugu char-

acter.

In the translation of the Sanscrit portion, material assistance

has been rendered by Srirekam Ramanuja Stri, Head Telugu Munshi

in the Madras Presidency College.

In the Supplement will be found additional Telugu proverbs, an

Index Verborum, and an Index to the European Proverbs.

The translator has to thank the Rev. P. Percival, Professor of Verna-

cular literature, Madras Presidency College, for kindly placing at his

disposal a MS., containing a large number of Telugu Proverbs.

His :Lcknowledgma}m are also due to the printers for their pains

and labour.

Mapras, July, 1868.

* Archbishop Trench.

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As this collection is doubtless very far from complete, the translator will feel

obliged by the communication of Telugu proverbs not found herein.

CONTENTR

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Telugu Proverbs

1—368

Sanscrit Proverbs

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...... 369—487

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For Corrigenda,‘*&e., see Supplement,

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When addressed [by his son] in the bazar as ¢ Father,” he

replied, “Son! unto whom wert thou born ?”

(See Nos. 412, 1610.)

Want of natural affection

Selfish indifference

VoXET O PN, VWD Booest T g 8

There is every thing in the bazar, but Saturn is in the

mouth of the son-in-law.

Some unfortunate circumstance prevented a son-in-law from

availing

himself of the good fare of his father-in-law

Evil fate

©oXe5¢ Bosow %97 donod8 séagm

Offering the molasses in the bazar

to the idol in the

temple

( See Nos. 910, 1396, 1560. )

Naivédyam is the ordinary oblation

Willing to be liberal at the expense of others

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@o@ﬁﬁjiﬁo@éﬁ

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Molasses in the roof of the mouth, and poison in the heart.

(See Nos. 5, 834, 839.)

Honey in his mouth, words of milk ;

Gall in his heart, fraud in his deeds. (Latin.)®

©OoRL DX, FoT DX DALY K.

Poison in the palate, sweetness on the tip of the tongue.

¢ See Nos. 4, 834, 839.)

Full of courtesy, full of craft.

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An Agrahdram which should not be touched or felt.

An Agrahdram is a Brahman village or quarter.

Said of any thing that should scrupulously be avoided.

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ot~ Hobwow SIBFUIY, By~ TR XON°S

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All the offerings go to the priest, the noise to Gangﬁn’amma

¢ See No. 1545.)

Gangénamma is a certain village goddess.

©otar Totx~ B §TED T Dowxoesd §TEX DK &

Byp2oss ow Y oo RATHITE.

The wife’s maternal uncle’s son, who had nothing to do with

ceremonial uncleanness, went and sobbed under the bean

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tree.

Chikkudu Chettu is the Lablab Cultratus, often grown over a shed in the

yard of a Hindu’s house.

Claiming relationship.

0BT B EUETS DYoo HpSTR FEBY O[>

Am I so well off, my son, that you should feel my ears?

(See No. 819.)

Said by an old woman to a thief.

* Mel in ore, verba lactis,

Felin corde, fraus in factis,

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

10.

©08Y DHoTHNITY BB DFpT Do Hoow.

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Annoyance at the beginning is better than annoyance at

the end.

( See No. 246.)

A prompt denial causes less annoyance than compliance with a request

and disappointment in the end.

Better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance, (German.)*

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His beauty has overflowed and his politeness has gone.

( See Nos. 12, 16.)

Said ironically of an ugly ruffian.

12.

VOXZNST PGB XoFHBY,_, 335008300 DG DA

A piece of sandal wood born of beauty, and the dregs of

castor oil.

{ See Nos, 11, 16.)

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90X oD ?.T)Ogs‘f)é.ﬁ 3y K)%%go.

Like wishing for fruit which cannot be reached.

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©o%B8 BxH SFH, TP $0D TOETCH DS,

I am below all, but Nambi Ramaya is below me.

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The whole people [of the earth], the sage Agastya,and his

jar are all of equal weight.

The legend is that when all the great men of the earth had, on one

occasion, assembled at Kaildsa, their weight was so great that the earth

began to topple over,

On this, Agastya was sent to weigh down the

other side which he accordingly did, but his presence being afterwards

required at Kaildsa, he transferred his virtue to his jar of holy waters,

left it to balance the earth, and obeyed the summons.

* Besser freundlich versagen, als unwilling gewi#hren,

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e:%o@e?’s ?Eﬁo@é’.

16. @ow I8 Tok FI”oXen, SLH Tokd T I oo,

Two holes in beauty; two cymbals in a dance.

( See Nos. 11, 12,)

Said of an ugly and bad dancer.

17. ©0X%65° 5388, Xome™ EeSARNSIMR S

There is no substance in that, strain the rice water.

Equivalent to the English ¢there’s nothing in him” or ¢there’s nothing

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©oFH O K 5\“{%5%30.

Like giving a blind man a looking glass.

A blind man will not thank you for a looking glass.

19

©Wonil THH IDEE VI ©oH, FTowy, T BT

HHO §Fdor v K.

“A river of porridge has come, mother-in-law !”” she cried.

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“But I have the measure, daughter-in-law,

replied the

dame.

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( See Nos. 155, 161.)

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D0 6’»7(23‘%‘&1&) §”oXov.

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Do people that live on porridge keep men to hold up their

mustaches?

( See Nos. 856, 1608, 1792.)

Said of a poor man trying to appear grand.

A proud mind and a poor purse are ill met.

21

oY JFeHE ToHd ©IBE e, ToETY DPTTHw.

A foolish minister, and a clumsy retinue, to a perverse king.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

22

OY ) SCERATH voomE B, B8 IIH) [OY

¥8y S T,

When Akkanna and M&danna mounted their state palan-

kin, Sarappa got on the bund of the tank to make him-

self equal.

(See No. 1857.)

Envying and mocking the wealthy.

Puppies imitating their mistresses. (lLatin.)s

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@KE@S’S ‘o’og %(@)% O E):’ﬁoé/o.

The moat is heaven to the cat that falls into it.

It cannot possibly escape, and dies.

An inextricable difficulty.

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The brother of Agastya.

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Agastya was a great sage, who was not known to have any brother.

Applied to a new-comer, attempting to make himself out a great

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personage.

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QPOQGS Don B oX3S 5:_@?6&&.

When it is cheap, it comes to the bazar.

( See No. 857.)

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When it is cheap, all will buy.

21

@RA@’S DES H&Ee.

Like a grass-hopper jumping into the fire ( flame).

( See No. 177.)

To try, they say, to extinguish it.

Applied to rash acts.

* Catul®e dominas imitantes,

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98. @/ G EnH Pons TN SWToo x%méﬁ

35{'%?663.

Sémidévamma went for fire (for the sacrifice) and came

back six months in pregnancy.

Sémidévamma is an honorific title given to the wife of a sacrificing

priest ; she is supposed to be very pious.

Pand s }

29. OA) TG N0ST R IS,

Like ghee poured on fire.

To cast oil in the fire is not the way to quench it.

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30. ©Wo B0e3Fd o0 B DY, ?.68506’*7‘3 B0,

You can tell whether he is really a Vaishnava or not by the

way in which he holds the pencil.

Tirumani is the clay used for the Sectarian mark worn on the forehead

by Vaishnavas, and Pulla is a bit of grass with which the mark is made.

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Halt not before a cripple.

31. ONTNT FD VARE WoeoM.

If the ground is lucky, a foot of it is enough.

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Luck is all.

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In the one case Kandi, in the other Pesara.

( See No. 33.)

Kandi is the Cajanus Indicus; Pesara is the Phaseolus Mungo.

Said by a Brahman quack referring to the recovery or death of his

patient.

In either case he is feasted.

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TELUGU

PROVERBS.

33.

9800 B E_Bsgé/éa&m, 0208000 B Eétft%ﬂ"sa‘“?ém.

In the one case, Medical fees; in the other, the gift of a

Vaitarani cow.

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( See No. 32.)

A cow is presented at funerals to a Brahman to enable the soul of the

deceased to get across the burning river Vaitarani which is said to separate

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heaven from earth.

Said by a Brahman priest and doctor.

34.

eﬂéc;)oéo’é SAEH SBOLH WHYT B0,

A Hopper-woman requiring six people to assist her.

« Hopper”’ is a kind of cake ( Tamil gl ).

Said of a person giving himself airs.

39.

@a“sé/;é_ooe'i’séb oY,

Like a nut in the nippers.

the

Adakattu are nippers used for breaking Areca nuts.

To be between the hammer and th'e anvil. (French.)*

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36.

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I cannot ask, sweep the whole [ into my dish ].

Feigned modesty.

I don’t want it, I don’t want i, but put it into my hood. (Spanish. )}

3T.

VA RITIE BRI 5503,

He who has to answer is inferior to him who questions.

It is one thing to put questions, another to answer them.

38.

O&SToF VAT X3RO TOSeassw.

Vain hopes are a source of grief.

Hope and expectation are e fool’s income. (Danish. )t

* Etre entre le marteau et I’enclume.

of his

T No lo quiero, no lo quiero, mas échadme lo en la capilla,

1 Haabe og vente ex Giekerente,

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Like moon-light in the jungle.

( See Nos. 1618, 1619.)

Wasted on a spot where it is not appreciated.

40.

OED I _o% §FTT Lo HHTOSHT.

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What does a wild Jackal care for the threats of a Police

Officer?

(See No. 1094.)

What does the moon care if the dogs bark at her? (German.)*

41.

ORD PHIVFTOoH, VKDY IRy FOVSE.

Like salt from the sea being mixed with Emblic Myrobalan

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grown in the [ distant ] jungle.

Usirikakaya is the Emblica Officinalis.

Used with reference to an advantage gained by an unlooked for coin-

cidence.

42.

KSR SrovIrTe.

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What! a caret in the commencement ?

Said by a man to an ignorant scribe who, in writing the customary invo-

cation « 873 Ramajaya’ at the heading of a letter, omitted a syllable.

Blundering at the very beginning of any business.

He who begins 1l finishes worse. (ltalian.)t

48,

Well begun is half done.

43, VDT TBI Pogysw.

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A post fixed in the mire [swinging to and fro].

( See No. 44.)

Said of a time server.

To sit on two stools. (Latin.)t

*¥ Was Kiimmert’s den Mond, wenn ihn die Hunde anbellen,

1 Chi mal comincia, peggio finisce.

1 Duabus sellis sedere,

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

44.

@céﬂ’sc‘égbﬁ& &é:%

Like the cat on the cross wall.

( See No. 43.)

It can jump down either side.

Applied to an unprincipled, double-dealing person.

Jack o’ both sides.

45.

Oz ITR0h Dosso owdy O3 D Frsso ©F) .

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Like giving [a cook ] two and a half measures of rice and

saying, “ Madam, this is your gift.”

The cook gets four-fifths of the rice for herself, and yet she must be

coaxed to cook the food.

The allusion is to a traveller endeavouring to get

some person to cook for him.

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46.

VT FoE FOXVTUER) WoNV® JVIND.

[ Like a widow saying ] “if he were alive, he would at

least call the barber.”

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This is a reproach to the husband as being a useless fellow only fit to be

employed as a messenger, and is also a joke, as the widow only, and not the

wife, requires the services of a harber, to shave her head.

47.

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The great secret is laid bare to all.

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( See Nos, 525, 685, 1521, )

Tom Noddy’s secret.

48.

OF §735 Hok VA S Ko, 5% o0 87E3S Mok §78 Ko,

The pot broken by the mother-in-law was a cracked pot,

the pot broken by the daughter-in-law was a new pot.

( See No. 51.)

49.

OB7~D TROR).

The rancour of a mother-in-law.

( See Nos. 54, 57, 532.)

Among Hindus the husband’s mother, when living, rules the house, and

to her the wife is subject.

The husband’s mother is the wife’s devil. (German.)*

* Des Mannes Mutter ist der Frau Teufel,

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50.

@_EE {5_‘—:3 %% e E%ac%afé%go

Like the daughter-in-law lamenting the death of her mother-

in-law.

Feigned sorrow.

Crocodile tears.

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OITIT B0 «IP Ty,

There is no one to blame the mother-in-law.

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( See No. 48.)

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@g@"ﬁ BY) O 9208 VoD, ©0DOFT SH @ﬂ?"&&a&)

He was not able to get the consent of my mother-in-law [ to

give me my wife, ] but he is a very son of Brahmi in

reviling.

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53.

e{g—‘"’aﬁ BE 585089 &60?.6%2’5 7;%«%2;5%30.

Giving her child her mother-in-law’s name, she threw it into

the fire.

( See Nos. 386, 407, 1562. )

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Cutting off ome’s nose to spite one’s face.

o54.

0¥ 0D, BVxwo Y BH

There is no goodness in a mother-in-law nor sweetness in

Margosa trees.

( See Nos. 49, 57, 532.)

60,

Vemu is the Azadirachta Indica.

She is well married who has neither mother-in-law nor sisterin-law. (spanish.ye

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OB §%0 PHISnToW, FIEWTD ©F NnFoBoores.

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‘Where there is no mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law is per-

fect; where there is no daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law

is good tempered.

Ads long I was a daughter-in-law I never had a good mother-in-law, and as long as I

was a mother-in-law I never had a good dawmghter-in-law. (spanish.)t

* Aquella es bien casada, que no tiene suegra ni cufiada.

T En quanto fue nuera, nunca tuve buena suegra, y en quanto fue suegra, nunca tuve buena nuera,

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

56. @gég EToXET508) , 850?(@858 To¥oay %&Qé\mﬁ&é@o.

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Deceitfulness is learnt from a mother-in-law, adultery is learnt

from a husband.

Jealous watching leads to unfaithfulness.

At the gate where suspicion enters, love goes out.

If the wife sins, the husband is not innocent. (ialian.)*

57,

OIT D0 B BoBY ByFosda.

The pleasure felt in a mother-in-law’s house is like a blow

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on the elbow.

(See Nos. 49, 54, 532.)

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Happy is the wife who is married to a motherless son.

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58.

SN S5¥80483 §°5.

The mother-in-law was herself once a daughter-in-law.

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The mother-in-law forgets that she was a daughter-in-law. (Spanish.)t

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Like the fig blossoming.

( See No. 1863. )

This tree ( Ficus Glomerata ) bears no apparent blossoms.

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That is as likely as to sece a hog fly.

60.

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You should not encourage vain hopes in a helpless dependant,

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nor give place to a powerful man.

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61

©B%), onBIHY, VETY Vos s,

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There are smouldering ashes there, and dust here ; let us go

out into the Pandili.

( See No. 102.)

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Pandili is a verandah thatched with leaves.

# Se la moglie pececa, non & il marito innocente.

t No se acuerda la suegra que fue nuera,

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62.

OO o SXHDoon.

When he says, “ here you are,”” it means six months.

( See No. 2091.)

One ‘¢ Take it is better than two *“ You shall have its.,"’ (French.)*

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63.

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BEE P B SHTS0 2 BE S,

If this were a brooch, might we not be made rich ?

Patakam ( Sans. Padaka ) is a valuable ornament attached to the Kanthasara

( necklace ). The allusion is to one made of false gold, and set with false gems.

61

‘Disappointment.

The treasure turned out charcoal, (Latin.)t

64.

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@D""&‘ééo.

“What is it that makes you limp, Reddi?” asked one. “My old

leg is the same as ever,”” he replied.

Habit.

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DBRo ?égggo.

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Like a Pesara seed on a looking glass.

( For Pesara see No. 32.)

Used with reference to a remark aimed at a particular person, but con-

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veyed in such general terms that he is unable to take notice of it.

He said devil, but meant Y0%. (Dutch,)}

66.

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Like a bag of money in a looking glass.

Visionary prospects.

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Will hired horses leap over ditches ?

* Mieux vaut un tenez que deux vous ’aurez,

T Thesaurus carbones erant.

% Hij zegt duivel en meent u.

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TELUGU

PROVERBS.

68. ©F Do, [F X08S.

[ Going to ] an entertainment on hire is [ to get ] the dirt off

a leathern ghi bottle.

Pérantam is an invitation given to married women on the occasion of any

domestic festival.

Family priests sometimes hire married women to attend

on such occasions, the condition being that all presents received go to the

priest.

The food set before these substitutes is often bad.

Come uncalled sit unserved.

Go neither to a wedding nor a christening without invitation.

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Better be the hand-maid of a great man than the wife of a

low fellow.

Better fare hard with good men than feast with bad.

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70.

8Y esaxrego.

An intercalary Ashadha.

y old

The month Ashécjha corresponds with June—July,

Said by a man when excusing himself for no»t; observing the rules of the

house in which he was staying.

71‘

OaTOF es"eé/woa@gs&n.

Excessive cupidity leads to excessive poverty.

Avarice bursts the bag. (French.) *

»Ilt con-

72.

0D ©0H B DI,

O mother-in-law, should you accuse me and bring a reproach

on yourself in return?

( See No. 780. )

Those who live in gla;ss houses should not throw stones.

73.

OF) VTIBACY, VXY ST TS.

Clever at his meals, but stupid at his books.

( See Nos, 518, 1070, 1381, 1385, )

W(;’Zlf(,’d, but ill taug/’zt. ( French. )t

He has two stomachs to eat, and one to work,

*# 1’ avarice rompt le sac.

t Bien nourri et mal appris,

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Fos e

@oé&oo&.

If I give you rice, you will eat it up; if I give you a cloth,

it will wear out; but if I brand you, it will last for ever.

Said by a stingy person to a beggar.

75‘

O I» BTITT 58 ogsw, v WIT sipoy.

If you have no common food, [ give me] the best; if you have

no common cloth, [ give me ] a silk one.

( See No, 1607. )

<D

Said by an impertinent beggar when refused assistance by a stingy person.

76

) TIS0TFT?) SETSKT0 Boen.

A kind reception is better than a feast.

Welcome 1s the best cheer.

In hospitality it is the spirit that is the chief thing. (Greek.)*

i1,

83

9 0T %m@ﬁ‘“ 5T WX .@o\‘iv{geg".

Alas! my son, drink the water of all the cocoanuts.

( See Nos. 507, 508, 1169, )

The father had refused to give his son a single cocoanut while alive, but

offered him the whole after he had died of thirst.

8l

To lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.

78

0 HND, ©DoNHITTH B

I lack nothing, but I am a widow.

§

Ol

a0

OTRAHHOS” S BoovE8 o,

In the “ city of injustice,” husband and wife even are accused

of adultery.

80

VI TBToNT® HITTR VSRII B

8.

You should do good even to him who has done you evil.

bt If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty,

give him water to drink.”’

Proverbs xxv. 21.

#

Zeviwy d¢ 18 Ouuog Ggiatos.

(14 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS,

Y

8l. OXBS LN W cwDYTHOND, FoTrosn ¥Hps?

:O{DQWT.

h

I presented you with the robe in return for the compliments

you then paid me, but did I intend you to wear it for ever ?

( See No. 399. )

A liberal gift regretted and withdrawn.

Give a thing and take again,

Ve

And you shall ride in hell’s wain.

82

OHTOY DI WL, 8T FoF BIXD Wy,

He is nothing to me but my sister’s husband ; the millstone

is only valued for the grain it grinds.

Allu is the plural of Aruga ( Paspalum Scrobiculatum ),

83

LRSS e3¥ ¢33 557:5%7?.

Will a debt be repaid when you are hungry?

Can you ever get a debt repaid when you are in want ?

bt

84

¥y &708B FHe¥ri.

If T could raise a loan, [T should bQ able to live on ] dal and rice.

An excuse made by a host for treating his guest with poor fare.

85

@‘5.53 Boo‘oﬁoy.

Debt is misfortune.

psed

Debt is the worst poverty.

86

OTp CRYYETT S TR0, BHETH) T BERTH.

Your creditor will wish you well, your debtor will wish you

1l

hirstls

He that doth lend doth lose his friend.

Money lent, an enemy made. ( Portuguese.)*

¢ Dinheiro emprestaste, inimigo ganhaste,

(15)

@o@@"sé“’gjfso@é/.

817.

SRS BYB @?fos?(oé e,

Rice water and salt without debt are good.

(See No. 88.)

Without debt, without care. (lalian.) *

He is rich enough who owes mothing. (French.)t

88.

8:9?.65‘550 Xo® cS""cuo)?% 0.

A cupful of rice water without debt is enough.

( See No. 87.)

Out of debt, out of danger.

Happy is he who owes nothing. (Greek.) i

89.

O ARISES @ga&féﬁo.

%

No meaning can be given to erroneous expressions.

Applied to discrepancies in a statement.

90.

VT DO X300 @tf;c_?s_?(&’adfa@o @152355539

A bad almanack makes all the hours of the day unpropitious.

%

Applied to unreasonable objections.

There are 60 Gadiyas in a day; a Gadiya therefore equals 24 minutes.

91

@%)2)7@@& *55_:?5)0 € o L

If the boy dies, that cloth is mine.

Want of feeling.

o,

92

OB 3K, YPYIFT TP,

If possible, [ he seizes ] the tuft; if not, the feet.

Applied to a base fellow who tries to ruin others, and, when he fails,

cringes at their feet.

0y

Anoint a villain and he will prick you, prick a villain and he will anoint You. (French.) §

* Fst assez riche qui ne doit rien,

t Senza debiti, senza pensieri.

1 Eddaiuwy 6 unddv opeilwv.

§ Oignez vilain il vous poindra, poignez vilain il vous oindra.

(16)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

93. Van TS DY HR®, XEFT Bo° JHeo HPT .

The long desired child has been born, fetch a crow-bar and I

will bore its ears.

( See No. 1778. )

Ridiculing unusual and extraordinary care being taken of any thing not

worthy of it.

94

OPYISD Kom S,

Practice [ makes] art easy.

( See No. 1117,)

Practice makes perfect.

Custom makes all things easy.

95

@?,)’“’5?655353:0 —6&% @o&éeﬂﬁa%b_—é ™ o™ WoRTEE.

When the unpractised Reddi got into a palankin, it swung

from side to side.

( See Nos. 134, 396, 474. )

OUS:

96

@m%ﬁmogf @gw& e 2358

The mother-in-law put her finger in every dish prepared [by

the daughter-in-law ].

No work and all the credit.

One man knocks in the nail, and another hangs his hat on 2t. (German.)*

97

@55‘%‘0{)5 sﬁ“’,cas{a&ﬁ SoXen TOIHDC.

Will the new-moon bring out the brinjals?

Vanga ( called by Europeans “brinjal’’ ) is the Solanam Melongena.

' fﬁllq’

98

@37@ RO Y.

nch-‘ §

The only goat remaining unsold.

A wretched fate.

* Der Eine schlagt den Nagel ein, der Andere hiingt den Huf daran.

3

(17 )

ego@@"’ é**_%is o@g.

1

99. O AYFTFHITH, Va%y FT T DI,

The bride enters her husband’s house, and the bridegroom

enters _the tomb.

( See No. 711.)

Régarding Grihapravesa ( ¢ house-entering’’ ) see No. 803.

Applied to a great calamity happening when most unlooked for. Also

to a luckless woman.

After a dream of a wedding comes a corpse.

10

100. ea_m_& Bg TN S0 S¥e.

Is this miserable wretched woman to wear a veil ?

-

o)

§&H, BWIHETD BTV .

101. @@6 RS

The mother neither gives food herself [to her child,] nor

allows it to beg.

106

102. ©335RY 8o WS Iy D, VYIAT Do HETIY ST,

It is all one whether [the child ] sleep on the ground with

its mother, or on the floor with its father.

(See No. 61.)

Equally bad.

Where bad is the best, naught must be the choice.

Whatever way you take there is a league of bad road. (Spavish.)*

107

103, O WHED Tk ONyE B BosgI.

If you had beaten me as my mother used to do, would I

not have done [the work]"

Said by a daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.

Applied to a person with whom mild measures are of no avail, with whom

There is no argument like that of the stick. (Spanish.)t

¥ Por do quiera hay su legua de mal camino.

t No hay tal razon como la del baston.

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TELUGU

PROVERBS

104, 955573 ©9&D. 55H §78

it}

When he went to sell, his bargains were [as ruinous as]

a jungle; when he went to buy [ his purchases were

as bad as] firebrands.

Losing on both sides

f\laO

Buy and sell and live by the loss

105

&9 onBoPR @53"857(5500 Vo0 B Aowd BT°Ho FATR

X T Qom0 TN me 5oe88 It

“Were 1 to be employed in Aithampidi, and possess six

milch cows, would you supply milk and curds to your

relations or to mine??”

The story is, that the wife being asked this foolish question by her

nor

husband answered ¢ to my people,”” on which she was beaten

106.

Do B DBE ST, TFI S EA RS SRORIDRTSRY)

o

“If we succeed, she shall be his wife; if not, she shall

with

be a recluse

Said by the parents of a girl, who had set their hearts upon getting her

married to a certain man

Either Cesar or nobody. (Latin.)s

107. ®ond SHX., T°%0D) ¥od

If the Aruga fails, we shall have Kandi

(For Aruga see No, 82. For Kandi see No. 32 3)

ould I

These are both sown together

The Aruga crop sometimes perishes.

To have two strings to one’s bow.

hous

Good riding at two anchors men have fold ;

For if one break, the other may hold,

* Aut Cesar aut nullus

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108, oS BoXNE

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RO =) KJ%JJJW?D 2503339

_c_xsmﬁmm‘“@?.

When all his friends went away, he caught hold of a

Jangam and cried for three hours.

Taking an unconcerned person into your counsels.

Jamuw is a watch of three hours, the day from sunrise to sunset being

divided into four Jamus.

109

@0‘538& Toa 0% O %088 BoTD, @go%éﬁ B8IH

D TDOJIX&o.

st D il

[ The son] is glad that his father has taken a second

wife, but he little knows what quarrels there will be

between her and his mother.

110

WOHFH DTY T, VM AT o B,

When the husband has no learning, the wife has no pride.

11

111

Oy T 0% &% %&3@3, O BOACH ETA.

‘When the master fed the Désaris (devotees of Vishnu), the

mistress fed the Jangams (devotees of Siva).

11

Applied to a spirit of contradiction.

112

WaHgREn VAABYE, O SMAHF VoS oW T

éoé&&.

118

The foppish husband gives himself great airs, while his

wife is living by pounding rice in Dammayapalem.

113

OOHY TUHOH OFPITHY VY Hotwow.

If the priest does not come, will the new moon wait for him?

Time and tide wait for no man.

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‘ TELUGU PROVERBS.

W

114, Oy ‘&'“éﬁgjm 2,3, @,3FT".

When his lordship brands the buflalo, will she get over it?

Said of a clumsy fellow, who makes a mess of every thing.

I meant to cross myself and put out one of my eyes. (Portuguese. )

115

SE SNSRI ’-3@535?&’5_3 78 ©onsd.

1§

His attempt to make [ an image of ] Ganésa ended in [ the

moulding of ] a monkey.

Mud images of Ganésa are made and worshipped on the 4th day of the

light fortnight in the month Bhé4drapada ( August—September ).

A ridiculous failure.

ond

be

116

SISO O8¥08, WAHRTD 0T HEB¥od.

The Brahman is like a small pot, and his wife is like a baéket.

Spoken of things which do not match.

e

117

SECN SR, DoXshn 3D T

The man [ weighs] a seer and a quarter, the lingam [ round

his neck ] two and a half.

( See Nos. 2070, 2074.)

\ the

118

DTS DY NPETO B8 To&ysey.

Like a man with butter in the palm of his hand, calling

out for ghi.

( See No. 2002.)

TN

119

ST TXOWoL3e VX0 TIT.

Do you require a glass to look at a berry in the palm of

e hii

your hand?

el

( See No. 1741,)

The berry spoken of is the fruit of the Zizyphus Jujuba.

As clear as crystal.

As plain as a pike-staff.

s

* Fui para me benzer, e quebrei hum olho,

g &

2370

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830

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120

@5%@6"8 SERS ’fueég@?_ SHBO FoHT $BN.

1&

If he puts a little salt in the palm of your hand, you should

think of it for six months.

The duty of gratitude.

121

VETBS” Doy BT ®.

1

He offers heaven in the palm of his hand.

Deceiving by false hopes.

122

SIEON 8855550,

12

Lamentations in the jungle.

Of no avail.

123

VTS ToxD).

Like a Tamil mourning.

Among the Tamilians, women are sometimes hired to mourn over a

13

deceased person.

Applied to an unwilling performance of any duty.

124

@53 a%oggoafa? B 30N,

13

When sixty years have passed, dotage.

125

@6?_ 6%30?\5603326 €§“O'°£€§ @_Eg*’ T &,

After sixty years had passed, he cried Amma (mother).

Second phildhood.

Old men are twice children. (Latin.)*

13

126

@63‘6%:0;@2030268), FSHHF Ko mé?"owm DT 5.

Sixty years have passed; am I to do without learning?

An ironical speech.

An old dog will learn no tricks.,

* Bis pueri senes,

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1217

&96;5_55536‘8@0 oao-fDQ‘J" @gc‘éoéﬁ WEhR 5T E &,

Although you pay sixty Pagodas, you cannot obtain as

ldr

good a handmaid as your mother-in-law.

Said jokingly of a mother-in-law not allowed to have the manage-

ment of the house, but kept in subjection to her daughter-in-law.

128

B! 0¥ IS [,

A barking dog never bites.

Great barkers are mae biters.

( Scotch.)

A4 barking cur does nmot bite. (ltalian. )*

129

B0 IO H0oBRE PE BT ¥, 30000

) VBELTHI~E VT 98¢~ ¥ 53500

The plantain leaf alike suffers, whether it falls on the

thorn, or the thorn falls on it.

(See No. 419.)

130

835025 5@@' DS HoDTEY.

er a

Like placing peeled plantain in one’s hand.

(See No. 2004.)

Applied to any thing made perfectly easy.

131

OK0FD FIVEE, VAR Fo~ FEIEX, OB STHo

Ly O GEH0 FITHBoRy B.

I can’t see the star Arundhati, botheration take it! I can

see nothing but a debt of sixty pagodas.

het)

Said by a man who had got over head and ears in debt for his marriage,

when the priest pointed out the propitious star.

182. ©8 Sspo sWHTvww, ¥o) SHepo ¥Fosowo.

lvﬂ

The grief of the neck [lasts] six months; the grief of the

womb, for ever.

ng

The ¢ grief of the neck’ signifies widowhood, when the marriage cord

is broken.

( See No. 878).

The ¢ grief of the womb’’ signifies the loss

of a child.

* Can ch’abbaia non morde,

(23)

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A

o

30 BTUTREII0, TS WIS T

133. &Sgsﬁaro

385535%0.

The money [in the box] and the soul [within the body]

are made over to the spiritual guide, but the key and

the body are retained by me.

Applied to giving a person only the form of authority, but no real

I

power.

184, Qomndd T'FEE0 Bopgs®B drdroly BATOSD.

The man unaccustomed to burnt-offerings burnt off his

mustaches in the attempt.

(See Nos. 95, 396, 474.)

14(

135. ®dIA°D DD é/%)wé“"’:b maf\{m&-@m S0 §76%0.

The miserable fellow is ruined by his wretched mnarriage.

The folly of being headstrong.

Marry in haste and repent at leisure.

14

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136. ©0)B8% 0FFIQs0

N

L)

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eﬂgw@‘%? N0 —éi:j_:&m&cféa.

When fortune smiled on a mean person, he ordered an

umbrella to be brought at midnight.

An umbrella is a sign of rank and authority.

Set a beggar on horseback, he’ll ride to the devil,

149

There is mo pride like that of a beggar grown rich. (French.)*

137. ©9 ©AAS8, ond oY, HY Heabsn [ILH.

Alli asked for it, Illi gave it, Malli made away with it.

* Il n’est orgueil que de pauvre enrichi,

(24)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

138

@;@&@P\% K808 8087 Ito.

If the son-in-law gets in a huff, he will [ only ] take away

j

the daughter.

1

Said by a father-in-law or mother-in-law.

eal

139

© 0038 oo~y B, @@&@’8& Xrwme SDSTBE T T,

There is neither ghi for the son-in-law, nor oil for his friends.

S

)

Said of inability in a person to do that which his duty imperatively

requires of him.

his

140

@gf)o)c%g BoaS )0 §TEI0K0 ”&%33 é""%goé*"ﬁ&aféo.

She grudgingly gave to her son the food prepared for her

son-in-law.

The affection of a mother-in-law for her son-in-law.

141

.

e oo

Q

b,

Mallu is a great man among the weavers.

Great among low people.

| an

Among the common people Scoggin is a doctor.

142

OFOHRHN KO I8 oXHTen oD, ST Flow S’Sé{g‘s

_o?c‘)‘()oéww‘o&c‘;féo.

When sacred grain was given to a luckless fellow, he

went away and ate it up (instead of placing it on his

head).

i

The term Avalakshana is applied to a man who bears unlucky marks

on his person, or whose manners are inauspicious.

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143.

OSVEACDS

40, T RO 89

Give the man who is in a huiry his food on a leaf,

but give me mine on the floor.

The food of Hindus is ordinarily served on a large leaf or several

small leaves sewn together.

e

Applied to a person wishing to have something done for himself in

great haste, before others are attended to.

144’

ODHIE” B Hosn¥Iy DFET 05E8xn FHoew.

Enmity with a wise man is better than friendship with

a fool.

145.

OF( BEpETR SToTTOCRSE.

Like playing games with your grand-mother.

Lit

“Throwing scarlet water over her,”” a sport among young people at

marriages, &e.

(See No. 1041.)

Disrespectful and unseemly conduct towards elderly people.

146.

O3 SRS Hrew TUE RVooTUE8 T8,

The thread spun by the grand-mother is only sufficient for

the waist cord of the grand-father.

Waste of that gained by another’s industry.

141.

VN THFBW, WY T I S.

159

I want grand-mother and I want food.

Said by a child who did not wish to leave its grand-mother, but who had

to do so to get its dinner.

You cannot drink and whistle at the same time.

( Danish, )*

¥ Man kan ikke drikke og pibe paa eengang,’

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

148. @%gmgx—oa U”oooﬁ:i $0P8 HEHE0os.

1,

If you throw a stone into filth, it will fly into your face.

( See No. 386. )

If you will stir up the mire, you must bear the smell. (Danish. )*

tal

Meddle with dirt, and some of it will stick fo you. ( Danish.)t

149.

1

©FE2T° YK S0 T®0 Byeass0,

The water drawn with the Picota is the drink offering of dis-

regarded ancestors.

Tarpana is a drink offering to the manes of deceased ancestors ( Pitris ).

An irreverent fellow, when pressed by his friends to perform the cere-

ith

mony, offered the water he was drawing for other purposes.

An unwilling action, done to satisfy others.

150.

DISTIN :3*3@3?:%‘5@6, ©0XHS™ FIP.

She is not only the wife of a priest, but is also in an inter-

esting condition.

( See Nos. 483, 1214, 1829, 2034. )

le 8t

A double excuse.

Applied to idle persons.

Sick of the idles.

A large sheep thinks its wool heavy.

&

151. 8 ®o® @éég;&n, TOTOSHOT® 0T 200T o8,

for

If T say “A” (yes), it’s wrong; if I say “Nardyana,”

it’s obscene.

( See Nos. 199, 365.)

Faults are thick where love is thin. (Welsh.)

152. 8¥® &S3°FsHod, A CoHo¥ $ood BgaHo3.

The appetite is as great as the sky, but the throat is as small

0 had

as the eye of a needle.

Applied to great ambition, but small abilities.

* Hvo som vil rore i Skarn, faaer og lugte det,

+ Man bliver ei snarere skiden end af Skarn.

(27)

@o@esfsé*i%{so@s“.

153

S¥® 00 FPwTK0, 8IS ©omdY 0.

Eating when the appetite is satisfied; unfaithfulness to a

wife.

Both bad.

154

SYORTK) F¥easo FEXVT BFT~%.

The hungry Karanam looked into his old accounts.

A Karcw_zam»is a village accountant.

155

s¥O Ro_é?o_oéoo& SR AN 908, 5°FD pooxXH §Fe

@?S&aﬁéo.

‘When the daughter-in-law said she was hungry, her mother-

in-law told her to swallow the pestle.

( See Nos. 19, 161.)

Rokali is a wooden pestle, five or six feet Jong, used for pounding rice.

1i

156

SO HD DBXED, K, DPRTAED, S0 ‘°z?7r§> oY X 0.

Hunger knows not taste, sleep knows not comfort, lust knows

not shame.

( See Nos. 217, 606. )

Hunger is the best sauce.

16

157

@?‘ﬁ/ OT 0N a0,

A sky calendar.

(See Nos. 1006, 1785.)

16:

A fanciful tale.

158

35Oy afgéﬁc\%

A trader in the air.

A swindler.

An impostor.

(28)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

159

e300 ®oXNEH, VIO ToXsH.

It reaches not the leaf, it suits not the nut.

Quite inadequate.

160

SHTPon FSHEB, DITD o0 oo ST L.

When the leaf went and fell into the well, seven men went

in search and fell in after it.

The gain is not worth the candle.

( French. )*

e)'a

161

SXET0 RIS SERTY WoB, ol om

&

O RRS TS

c‘@?ﬁ&& §8%ero ‘&9‘6&5@3‘).

9}

“See! The signs of rain appear!” cried the daughter-in-law

“ What of that 7’ said the mother-in-law “ I have the

measure.

( See Nos, 19, 155. )

162

B A, F) P&, voudd IT¥w X HIDT .

While my sister enjoyed every luxury, my brother-in-law had

OWS

nothing to eat but the scum of the porridge.

Said of a man who is poorly treated in his father-in-law’s house while

his wife fares well.

163

e—s@- o5 e ooé@mé"":s&%}a.

Like taking an oath in a fit of passion.

164

S0 VBBSED, 4D Bo

9

$E8, §7F KHoX To© FEP

S02508 0T,

Let our sanctity be scandalized, let the censer be shocked

bring a new pot and let us cook sprats.

* Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle,

(29)

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165

[EEnplefo M« Ennltete) @26&02]5“’@7—0 907, ooaf BHY) Sﬁé/b_ Sooéoo

§”’263\& &9 ?S&éoo

[ Seeing a hypoerite ] they cried out, “O Annambhotlu!

purity ! purity !” He answered “ Alas! a dog has touched

the big tank.”

166

BIOTOSE WoFSw By, T OoOSH 88 BSH

There is no limit to purity, nor any beginning to impurity

Man is sinful frora his birth, and never attains to perfect purity

167

6%:3“’&)%?0 YORA ?Dcooye?”’ ?50035 &3‘@3 TeOTT?

If you think of your spiritual guide and put your hand in

the fire, will it not be burnt ?

( See No. 761, )

168

1

&S DT, Drer DT, §ereE DORHTRYI

The dancing is over, the song is-finished, and every one is as

free as in the kinedom of Rama

( See Nos, 278, 1644, 1867. )

169

SET VT OEHo, DXTITO D

BFH

Money left in the hands of a woman wont last ; a child left

in the hands of a man wont liv

170

SETD 5308, DT 5H0

mn

A woman’s word, a bundle of water

A woman’s mind and winter wind change oft

171

28 5708F NE 2835820, DX 05 P08 B &Y ¥ 835430

If a woman lies, it’s like building a wall ; if a man lies, it’

like putting up a mat ( easily seen through. )

(80 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

N

172. &% T8F SHFodE Sy TR

Not being able to dance, she abused the drum.

1!

A bad workman complains of his tools.

An ill shearer mever got a hook. (scotch. )

ol

173. 653‘%’9;&2263530, Bow® ST,

Woman’s rule, a Tambali’s government.

A Tambali is a E‘;aiva priest of low origin, who wears the saered thread,

and endeavours to observe Brahminical customs,

174, 835500 éégm SXHPA SYYIB.

The sacred water in which the man was going to bathe

came to meet him.

in

( See No. 1820. )

A thing sought for to come to hand without trouble.

175, 8& I3\yo°%H, $O8 2~0¥ oo,

y

Having promised, you should not fail ; having spoken, you

N

as

should not lie (retract ).

176. es éo@% §ES0 Th o,

Is he not the son of that father ?

( See Nos. 185, 1019, 1977, )

Jeft

Like father, like son.

Such a faﬂwr, such o som. ( Portuguese, )*

He is his father's son.

( Lm:in. )i

177, 83057528 BOD &fogo

A hasty man is not wise.

( See Nos. 27, 853. )

He that is hasty of spirit ewvalteth folly.

Proverbs xiv. 29,

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A hasty man never wants woe.

g, lt’

* Qual o pai tal o filho,

T Patris est filius.

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178

&3 ééoé%% oo ;sgﬁé 59

That profit and this loss are equal.

179

@3_@39, $EV0TC, VDI, B HFINPHRE I~

oy, DFFord =l oy,

Am T, an upright man, not a boaster, a fault finder, nor

covetous, to have one pice, and is this great fool to have

a pice also !

(See No. 788.)

In this speech a man committed the very three faults from which he

boasted he was free.

180

BT° TOH FOITEHHTOEN 90, SA-TEH s ©oX

Co ™ st ) Kéo.

‘When he thought of putting an end to himself, his soul said

within him “ Let us wait until Sunday and all drown

together.”

1

Tile word ¢ Al1”" refers to the elements of which man is composed.

Sunday is a propitious day.

Judge well before you act.

Consideration is the parent of wisdom.

181.

18

BB N DY S 3 SE L5850,

‘Without [ the hope of ] gain, a Setti will not venture into

the flood.

( See No, 1902 .)

The AS/'ez.f{z's ( merchants) are very greedy and very cowardly.

182,

BHY Doy oo, ToXd ¥otw.

187

Vows in times of trouble, carping [ at the gods ] in times of

prosperity.

( See No. 1578. )

The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be;

The devil grew well, the devil a monk was he.

( Latin, )*

18§

* Aegrotat daemon, monachus tunc esse volebat;

Daemon convaluit, daemon ut ante fuit,

(32)

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

183. & BTy owe HTH PHEY.

That pulse cannot be cooked with this water.

The pulse alluded to is the Cajanus Indicus ( See No. 32) commonly

called Dal ( Hind.)

It requires to be boiled in good sweet water to make

it soft and fit for eating.

0f

A phrase similar to “ That game won’t pay,” “That cock won’t fight.”

Ve

184

SEIMEIA DR s3TeroHee 907, B8NTowORT TH, SEAN

PPSHDVFI TOXN, VAYTH A0 J°T°)_T 0850 OFY

1 he

éo

When asked whether they belonged to the Apastamba or

0%

Agvalayana sect, they replied “ We are neither the one

nor the other, we are messengers of Appd Rau.”

aid

Utter ignorance of religion.

Wil

18

8 2o Sygmég

osed

They are seeds out of the same bowl.

( See Nos, 176, 1019, 1977.)

Coming from the same bad stock.

186

S5HE0 BTo¥shon B, WoB¥ Tewn FoYETe.

If the leagues are long, are the hearts far distant ?

Into

An /fmaz.ia (4 Kés) is a distance varying from 8 to 10 miles.

Distance cannct alter true friendship.

187

SnXH TR, D @IFEs0 .

16

ol

Only waste of castor oil, but not [ saving ] the child’s life.

Useless endeavours.

188.

8335535 5057° 300DS THXHS

$)D 2 &o.

He is like a ﬂéck of cotton dipped in castor oil,

To look like a drowned mouse:

(33)

es o@esfs é‘fe_'_geso@s{

189

BOH0 BT ACSHIH0H Ko B,

If the vital parts escape, there is no comfort like that which

follows a wound.

An invalid receives every attention from his friends.

190

BSHS XnoXE T3,

He must die first, or

I must die before him.

An ambiguous phrase used by a bad wife.

191

STAoWA BRB VART IHmy .

Will aman get by begging, what was wanting in the feast ?

(See No. 698.)

1

192

B8TOY) FEHH To TOS BET 2T .

The restless spindle, to whatever spinning wheel it may be

attached, rattles.

1

193

esHX 8785 mt{rm?:ﬁ% ¥o8 ¥Lrw §"°o‘63§063.

Reap the Aruga and Kandi together in the same propitious

hour.

199

( For Aruga see No. 82, and for Kandi sce No, 32.)

Applied to hasty actions.

194

8% TOOMHOD T owodI HFo Fr8m© Awc O

@&R;Séan.

Like asking if the drum is cracked or étrong, after usingit

for six months.

If

(34)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

195.

8T IT°H80E 2w T SO 3365)(‘235@3?%\33.

h

Like a tree loaded with cakes falling below an Are tree.

(See Nos. 1362, 1425, 1430, 1886. )

dre is the Bauhinia Racemosa ; it bears fruit like cranberries.

Great luck.

196.

S Tyoo, BT/YDS, O Y sﬁj SO A

Would you comfort me, or remove my grief, or if necessary

would you plunge [ into the water to save me ]?

Asking proofs of professed friendship.

A4 friend in need is a friend indecd.

i1

191,

S8Tyw° T 7D, BTN TN

There are comforters but no real helpers.

he

198,

)8 @5&5533

3850 P08 PHIT IS,

Is feeding one’s wife a benefit to the village ?

(See No. 350.)

oS

199,

D0 Sod F°R8 0w OXTEST PRy TrOH

For the husband who does not love his wife, there is not

enough salt in the Ilakira.

(See Nos. 151, 365.)

o0

This herb ( Salsola Indica ) is occasionally used as a vegetable, and

is naturally very salt.

Where there is no love, all are faulls.

an lt

If you want a pretence to whip a dog, it is enough to say he ate up the frying pan.

(35)

eﬁo@@’gé\f‘;ﬁﬁo@g,

200. 30 So¥FIH es3Hw

20, 88 Fo¥FmX SAZTX, Ho

—

S0¥ T8 TS0 en

Your wife’s people are your own relations; your mother’s

people are distant relations; your father's people are

enemies ( because they are co-heirs )

( See Vemana Book II, 32.)

201. 8y TSSO, O (00

She is not his mate but his fate

(See Vemana Book II, 15.)

9209, 800 So¥ O THooxn, BooXH So ¥ $$055)000 0025,

AR

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S3HFn T T00H

ot

l

For ten years they were children, for thirty years the husband

disliked the wife, and for sixty years the wife disliked

the husband

Applied to an unprofitable and unhappy life

203. BT RWROIVOESD

o8y O XB0D~S ITRon BIS0H

)

20!

\

A quarrel between man and wife only lasts as 10n0" as a

Pesara seed stays on a looking glass.

( For Pesara see No. 32.)

904, ey B&H, [oces 5 7% X IHDoXo

There is neither wife nor conception, but the son’s name is

209

to be:-Somalincam

( See Nos. 526, 936, 1470, 1471, )

We have no son and yet are giving him a nmame. (Spanish.)e

Count not your chickens before they are hatched

Hiio no tenemos, y nombre le ponemos

(36 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

]

205. B5RoBd BoXHPHoH, WP A Bew GHYE s

Had there been room for a mustard seed, would I not have

eaten sixty more cakes?

©

A glutton suffering from indigestion after a feast was recommended

to eat some mustard, when he replied as above.

206

65 8 OMH TS FbIHL.

The woman who fed on muétard grew strong.

Fattening on poor fare.

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]

2017.

$3DoTWH W) BxSneoms HATR, BoxHd FxEonm Beso.

nd

Yawning has elder and younger brothers, sneezing has not

ed

even a younger brother.

Yawning is sympathetic, sneezing is not.

A4 good gaper makes two gapers. (French.)e

(o8

208

¢a0.

SOASURE b 0

el

15

Making mustard seed into a ball.

An impossible combination.

209‘

B8P BOOT DB, BE Kgps Fodod,

0 18

If the cow grazes in the field, will the calf graze on the

bank ?

Intimate friends, or near relatives, will follow in the same path.

* Un bon bailleur en fait bailler deux,

(9

e:so@e?"g@’g_%ﬁ o@é/.

210. 89 I& DI P 23{5R0 IY W, w8, TE DI P

PRYo oy P.

How long will you have the cow’s milk, and how long will

you have your fortune? How long will your buffaloe’s

milk last, and how long will your riches endure ?

( See Nos. 341, 873, )

Said to a man proud of his good fortune.

Riches have wings.

211

SE1S) mgoasm@ @a%{)ma&.

Arjuna was the man who brought back the cows [ of Virata ].

( See Virataparva of the Mahabharata, )

Used when speaking of a man to whom the credit of any successful

undertaking is really due.

212

|

SH™ SHeo Xi’eécgjﬁg, BXo P DBRBD.

When the cows fight, the sucking calves’ legs are broken.

When the great fall out, the poor suffer.

213

BFH 9oFH B,

There is no limit to desire

29

Much would have more.

No one is content with his lof. (Portuguese.)*

The more one has the more one wants. (Spanish.)t

214

STHE S 0T DD, VBT 7K DB T

_j)

R0

After fasting for six days, with the desire [ of being fed with

rice (i. e. dainty food given to an invalid)], am I only to

have millet?

Failure of a foolish scheme.

? Ninguem se contenta com sua sérte,

1 Quien mastiene, masquiere,

(38)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

215

3% 2R NK B, VITOHEN R 0% 8.

Desire incites, the fear of shame prevents.

1l

Shame may restrain what the law does not prohibit.

8

216

SF B H838 sF¥O BH.

There is no appetite for food unhoped for.

217

3y RO DIXED, D) SoPBoTXH

1]

Avarice knows not shame; sleep knows not comfort.

( See No. 156. )

:ful

When sleep overpowers, comfortis not thought of.

218

ST IIY DB ATDIEST EvBocso ¥8 T Koo

The avaricious Brahman tied up a timu [of grain] in

his clout.

(For T¥mu see No. 619.)

219

8IS Sorold © 350 Ve, HG Fos3d B B

There is no sense in words of condolence nor sight in a

blind eye.

220

€3 358583005 3553.536"8&555006&71’ %’7§v HEKT0E XD,

with

In eating and in business you should not be modest.

( See Nos. 241, 2012.)

4 bashful dog mever fattens.

( German, )*

A modest man at Court is the silliest wight breathing.

* Bs wird kein bléder Hund felt,

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221

%)02\65 sfggzs

Ro%.

Go

A rag which had held assafeetida

( See No. 1861.)

Said of a man who is respected on account of his connection with the

family of some famous person, no longer living ; or on account of

his own greatness, now pasged away.

222

90830838 &H¢3 Fong.

Every house has an earthen fire-place.

( See No. 997.)

Every man has his faults.

P2

223

g;oé?oéﬁ%% S¥ mg@“’o\wg Don B, FIcowmosy HO F¥E.

Every house has an earthen fire-place, my house is still

worse off.

2

Acknowledging one’s failings.

224

0838 & SBOXw.

The temple is stronger than the house.

230

Said by a ruined man who had been obliged to take refuge in a temple,

but pretended that he had gone there“for the safety of his property.

Make o virtue of mecessity.

225

goB3§ g ED, TN odED

%1

The goddess of misfortune at home, the goddess of fortune

abroad.

Bad to his own, but good to others,

(40 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

226. oBATIOD BH DEPEToH, Fo=BVIroly BATOSTL.

When he kissed the lamp belonging to his own house, all

his mustaches were burnt off.

Undue familiarity. Extravagant demonstration.

4 man may love his weel, and no ride on the riggin 0’t. (Scotch.)

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083 BSE oooR B, P00 BSY XoHaB8 RATHL.

of

When the household deity was dying of hunger, the goddess

of the field demanded a basket procession.

(See Nos, 799, 989, 1781, 1798. )

After an abundant harvest, an earthen image of the goddess of the field

is placed in a basket, and carried in procession, with musical instruments

and much rejoicing.

To be asked to give to others when badly off one’s self.

228. 9o8BEToXH oo F{oae B& e,

Even Siva himself cannot find out a thief amongst the

household.

dill

229

g0oé3dow™ é"’gg’% I, Ko ToroMHH §°8 B,

The house is full of fowls, but there’s not a cock to crow.

( See No. 343.)

Said of useless people.

230. o3 ¥ 880, SISV DRI S

mples

His house name is Kastiiri (musk ), his house smells of bats.

‘pel'tf'

( See Nos. 240, 276, 613, 1250, 1542, 1796. )

The ¢ house name’ is the gentilitious or family name ; it precedes the

proper name.

A fine name, but a paltry fellow.

231

03~ TPoxw RE DH @‘ﬁm&&:

[time

Having thrown a stone on the top of the house, he stoops to

catch it on his back.

6

(41)

eso@esﬁgfsj-ﬁo@s’.

232

FoBTH NHRE B0, FHHOTE TENE VK .

When the owner said his she-buffalo was barren, the neigh-

bour said it was mileh.

( See Nos. 111, 435, )

Applied to a spirit of contradiction.

233

S}of’ﬁa“’e%c;L B2 SCoX TR’ §_‘é€3 Q)J‘D_Q?Séé:)}).

Like waking the master, and giving the thief a stick.

To hold with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

%

234

Qo3I B BB, WonddTIH TUOo W) TR,

If the members of your family point their fingers at you,

the outsiders will point their legs.

pAy

235

Qoé??&%ﬁ%‘"e)& ‘5(;?) 00080 350085H%0 ?9@()?5%30.

He brought the house forward by going behind it.

Said jokingly of a man who professed to have improved the family

prospects.

236

Qoé3?f)‘°55_§z 00 N20R, ‘&))'18/0\06?3_"3&‘)% T E B 0.

His own property is like Ippapindi, his neighbour’s like fine

molasses.

Ippapindi is the refuse of the nuts of the Ippa tree (Bassia Latifolia )

and is remarkably bitter.

)

Applied to a niggard.

231

Qoéﬁ&)’s FSHBENY HoXST FreXo T I,

What! milk pudding in the house and milk also in the field ?

(See No. 838.)

Greediness.

(42)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

238

g}oéog’s _?boc@s o B, @Tf 0 _o% T H)E.

A marriage in the house is a fine thing for the village dogs.

( See No, 271.)

Men crowd to enjoy that for which they don’t pay.

239

gogs 00 XD, wokd —?’»g‘@@.

At home he is a spider, abroad he is a tiger.

Demure at home, a ruffian abroad.

He looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth.

240

gos™ o X0 RE, Wondd) VI OORIS.

In the house a buzzing of flies, outside the hum of palankin

bearers.

( See Nos. 230, 276, 613, 1250, 1542, 1796. )

yor,

Qutward show, but poverty at home.

241

FoFHod S0 TOSYTD B oG ®o WR©, I

oY TV T Ee.

If so many great people don’t die, shall I alone die? I don’t

qily

want it.

( See Nos, 220, 2012. )

Said by a man when unwillingly refusing to eat something because

Velamas did the same.

Never be ashamed to eat your meat,

) ﬁne

He that is ashamed to eat is ashamed to live.

( French. )*

tifolis

242, g¥_& O X Yoo oo ES T ), DPo0é3d TUH S

FEBoH ™D VIR H.

If you stay here and there you will thrive, come to my

house and pine away.

eld?

Said jokingly by a poor man to a jroung girl.

* Qui a honte de manger a honte de vivre,

(43 )

eo@@*@fﬁ_gﬁo@)éﬂ

243

FOVET T8, ocnx{am™s 3.

He who gives is a donor, he who does not give is a clout.

( See Nos. 75, 284, 1510, 1607. )

The impertinent speech of a beggar.

244

GOWTE DoRYTT, WATTE O-NST 5.

The over liberal man is ruined ; when a man dies, his debts

go with him.

245

Q) DWNETD R bweo? BFDTE-

She gave if, took it back again, and looked on her husband’s

back for it.

246

§R) FW) PFoTS0¥TY, cnxly Iy Dxhdan S,

The offence given by not lending is to be preferred to the

annoyance caused after lending.

By anger on account of some damage done to the article lent,

( See No. 10.)

&

247

GINVHTOE™ A%, TIPHOTE~ 7o, Food ok

§5838 351‘5%5&7@&&.

He doesn’t pay, hang him, but he comes for every meal.

Said by a cateress, of a customer who was more regular in his attendance

than in his payments.

248

2

g}?ﬁj)me%& FoR, ﬁ’w’mibm@“ BIHAD.

Even a dying man will rise up when he sees a liberal person.

With the hope of receiving something from him.

249

TWTRE H 30 IH, FWYTRE o 3.

You need not take a bond from a man who is willing to pay,

%!

nor administer medicine to one who has made up his

mind to die.

((44)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

250

g}éggeb 0000, cPBP XD HOIN.

For sweet vegetable [ take your ] “ plain significations,” and

for acid [ take your] “ deep meanings.”

The reply of the wife of a logician ( who would pay no attention to

household matters and had given her no means of providing food ) when he

grumbled at the bad fare.

ts

251

98 WORT® PRI,

Is this done wantonly or with an object ?

s

252

AT HD o, LHAT §7F on

When one said “Here’s a tiger!” the other said “ And

there’s his tail !”

he

Rivaling each other in exaggeration.

Capping a long-bow man.

253

955 RAD R, PoEH AP TP,

Grains of iron, not of black gram.

r

( See Nos, 737, 1233, 1729, 1757, )

The pulse spoken of ié the Phaseolus Roxburghii.

Said of a puzzling passage or a jawbreaking verse.

ance

254.

gaoso FIRT o X0 5 8.

!

What is there for flies in the place where iron is melted ?

A place where nothing is to be got.

955, §ibxn, Ded, D, BES Towg§ FHo5KhoK.

ay,

Jus

The hand which has a bit of iron, the itch, or a bit of cane

in 1t, never remains quiet.

(45)

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256

%’(‘533530?67@”% @R&@ ‘K)éﬁé& é&))o

The fire suffers the blows of the sledge-hammer for the sake

of the hot iron.

( See Nos. 1240, 1940.)

Being drawn into difficulties by one’s associates.

PHY

g% DBAD B SWHHATD, HFH DIAT 0IY K&H.

If iron be broken it may be united, but if frie.ndship be

broken it cannot be healed.

Broken friendship may be soldered, but never made sound. (Spanish.)*

258

S

8

goa g @8

00083 RIY -ES-QB?S%%J.

After living so long he died at the back of his house.

A miserable end.

259

gIYTroH TS RBIY IBI.

Must we search for the smell of the Ippa flower?

( See Nos. 371, 515, 571, 573, 632, 924, 1475, 1494, )

The flowers of the Ippa tree ( see No. 236 ) have a very strong smell.

260

%}&)’Sﬁ'sége) 00 WD, ESA ESSESTS @% BEH0.

By rivalry a house is ruined, by rheumatic pains the body is

worn out.

ol

261

JOOFAR FoXX 0B .

Is smearing the house always the sign of a feast?

* Amigo quebrado soldado, mas nunca sano,

(46 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

262

e 7@%50&)3, 00083 HoXod Tew.

If the mistress of the house be blind, all the pots will be

broken.

Without supervision things will go to ruin.

When the gude wife’s awa’, the keys are tint. (Scowch.)

263

-

o)

9

~

Booso.

&0 é/%?) BoesH,

Oc%'%té

Try building a house, try making a marriage.

An expense greater than contemplated.

Building and the marrying of children are great wasters.

264.

900 TOSH BOXMHSHY ©oH, B O FHTY I°EE

@25&33 @E“’&c‘;{éo.

‘When the Jangam was told that the house had caught fire,

he replied “I have my bag and bowl with me.”

( For Jangam see No. 111. )

Selfish indifference.

265

O T OOIOEA® T 25508 490

Like pulling the rafters out of a burning house.

A clumsy expedient.

1\

266.

SN ROSBITOK XY ROOWI™.

Will he who cannot rule his own house, rule in the

council ?

He who has mo voice in the valley, will have none in the council. (spanish,)*

* Quien no aprieta en vallejo, no aprieta en consejo.

(47)

80@&5“3 @f"__%ﬁo@é’.

267

oo VTERE owoBwriren B REIICEL.

He got into the house and counted the rafters.

Preparatory to laying a false claim to it, and adducing his intimate

knowledge as a proof that the building was his own.

( See Nos. 636,665, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1850. )

Swindling.

268

Iy

g0 8BA o, onorBo BBA FHYSL.

When he was asked to walk round the house he walked

round the shed.

269

00 DO DIATBE SN0 Voo §UEew.

A daughter-in-law who swallows the age (Yuga) to a

mother-in-law who swallows the house.

( See No. 703.)

270

90 ol &0, B0 HY_&o.

The house is small, and the wife like a monkey.

A double difficulty.

2171

&0 TR OFTODHY, X TR 3%3%1) gawo,

PGy Do .

There is no new moon which the household regrets; nor

annual ceremony, the neighbours; nor marriage, the

whole village.

-

( See No. 238.)

At the new moon the Hindus abstain from eating rice in the evening, but

take care to make up for it with other good things ; at the Taddina

( ceremony on the anniversary of a deceased relative’s death) the

neighbours are feasted ; and to a marriage the whole village is invited.

272. g0 ) FoBO HISLY.

Pif

He pulled his house to pieces and built a Pandili [ with the

materials ].

( For Pandili see No. 61.)

Said of an arrant fool.

(48 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

213

gge)oﬁ

(§.9)

TR DaoHe FHoressho, Bk ERR

Timjifge) %@07@6;500.

Putting on fine clothes when turned out of the house;

adorning the threshold when driven out by the hushand.

Trying to please when too late.

274

oo 32?{3‘56‘0 $508) 907, T TP 00 TE,_EOD WRAT°E L,

When a Nambi was told to get out of the house, he asked

for his glebe-land.

(See Nos. 360, 1304, 1821. )

Nambi is a priest in a Vishnu temple.

Effrontery.

2175

588 878D dFiy.

Gretting on the roof [ of a thatched house ] and whirling a

firebrand.

276

g 8o §7B, S5 oo By,

‘When the whole house was knocked down, the tiles did not

0y

fill a basket.

(See Nos. 230, 613, 1250, 1542, 1796. )

)

Appearances are deceitful.

160

2717

83 @go, =88 w58, ¥ ForeNo.

b

My house is my holy place ; my threshold is Benares; my

nd

belly is my heaven.

the

Said by an irreligious man,

“ Whose God is their belly.”

Philippians iii. 18.

2178

93T BT, OIB0 I, TEH Uﬂﬁo‘o—l’agsﬁao

he

On this side is capture, on that side is sorrow, in the middle

is the kingdom of Réma.

(See Nos. 168, 1644, 1867, )

7

(49)

eﬂo@@* §fe_§i5 0 8)¥.

279. 50 BwoR8 JEID HWoa.

One obstinate man who wouldn’t give and another who

wouldn’t take a refusal.

280. 9o 6@60'&, oNY 0T '-ibgéw?ﬁ&éégo.

Like taking possession of the whole house, when asked to

come in for a while.

(See No. 923.)

Give a rogue an inch and he will take an ell. (Danish.)*

981. giH¥ 58 &, DI 8§ &

Cheating with sand, cheating with cowdung.

( See No. 1744.)

Two travellers met: one had a bundle of sand, the other a bundle of

cowdung ; one said his bundle contained raw rice, the other that his con-

tained boiled rice.

They agreed to exchange, and immediately ran off in

different directions, each to find himself outwitted by the other.

( See

story 54, in Telugu Sclections ).

One trick @s met by another. (sSpanish.)t

282, gg_?\; PSDHTI0, YINNFT0E TSHTS0.

1 gave cakes and took cakes.

( See No. 290.)

Vayanam is a gift of cakes, &c., to a Brahman.

Taking as much as you give,

To one who has a pic in the oven you may give a bit of your cake. (French.)y

283. g TR O, B 5753& S,

If a man gives, he will not be ruined ; when a man dies,

he carries nothing with him.

Give and spend, and God will send,

The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window,

Psalm xlix. 17.

“ When he dieth he shall carry nothing away.”

* Giv Skalken et Spand, han tager vel heel Alen.

1 Con una cautela otra se quiebra.

T A celui qui a son paté au four on peut donner de son gateau.

( 50 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

084, 25

s

o0&, ODOSSSQ/@—BS érXoen.

If you give, [ I shall consider there is ] a marriage [ in your

house] and if you don’t give, a funeral.

( See Nos. 243, 1510. )

The impertinent speech of a beggar.

5.

285. ¥ ¥oi38 core Tifyow ErosaTe.

Are these eyelids distant from this eye ?

( See Nos. 119, 1741, )

Applied to any thing which can easily be tested by actual observation.

of

286. HRXH owd, =N 2O DE.

1n

o6

No food for a fly nor offering for a snake.

(See Nos. 364, 1968, 2027.)

Said of a miser’s house.

Ye'll brak your neck as soon as your fast i’ his house. (Scotch.)

287.

¥ DE W 8 TS 0DHFDoDELy.

Doing with this hand, and receiving the reward with that.

Said of the certain result of either a good or bag deed.

As you sow you shall reap.

4ds youw make your bed, so you must lie on .

288.

ZBEFoT DoNS SFH0 .

)

5

When a man has to swim it matters not what the depth is.

When a man determines to face his difficulties nothing daunts him.

( See No. 289.)

Qver shoes, over boots.

It is all the same whether a man has botk legs in the stocks or one. (German, )*

* Mit beiden Beinen im Stock, oder mit Einem, ist gleichviel,

( 51 )

ago@@’sé‘fi@éﬁo@g@

289. 8% Doods O, ATOE 20DS TBE I T

There is no greater depth to the man who is obliged to swim,

nor poverty to him who is reduced to a clout.

( See No. 288.)

Reduced to the last extremity.

290. HeBAox ocwdy T EBAon OO A0,

A man who gives a date stone and takes a palmyfa. nut.

{ See No. 282. )

Ita is the wild date ( Phoenix Sylvestris ).

Tadu is the Palmyra

( Borassus Flabelliformis ).

Offering a gift of slight value for the purpose of gaining a rich

present.

Throw in a sprat to catch a salmon.

291, &I B8 Frew BTUATY, s“§ 08K,

If you even drink milk under a date tree they will say it’s

toddy.

{ For Tt see No. 290. )

People are judged by the company they keep.

Tell me the company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are.

From a clear spring clear water flows. (Latin.)*

292, HFxowy JTX E7F_ Tosw,

He is at the age when he can tread on and break a date-

¢

thorn.

{ For i see No. 290.)

Said of an unruly scamp.

293. HxstB oK DY Ty,

When he went to swim, there was not enough water to drink.

Disappointed hopes.

* A fonte pure pura defluit aguas

( 52 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

294

LD I _oPren = I,

]

He watched [ the field ] until the harvest, and then let it go

to the jackals.

295

% 508 & FTBoS ™, &8 F<08 oo FFoB.

The disfance between that village and this village is the

same as that between this village and that village.

(See No. 1306. )

Siz of one and half a dozen of the other.

296

G Fof DFw BosoH TP, moFeo o wr P,

When asked who were the great (men) in the village, he said

“The Palmyras;” when asked who were the givers

(of presents ), he replied “The washermen.”

A joke.

The Palmyras ( see No.290) -are the tallest trees, and the

washermen give people back their clothes.

G

297

GoxTo0 BOST BaidB, W) HoK.

A rap with ringed fingers will cause no pain.

A man who wears rings is generally well off, and therefore pays hand-

some damages for injuries inflicted.

298

Goe FX, NEE I

If [the people] stay, it is a village ; if [ the people] go, it

1§ a ruin.

299

€05 HoxBood, @ocﬁé%‘;%j 00568008,

If you leave it alone, it will bear fruit; if you pull it up,

it will wither away.

(5% )

eso@e?"é*sj;so@g.

300. Go& WomaHd FHoK WoX0, PP 38 W J° YoXo.

Wait and see the beauty of the village, but examine my

beauty day by day.

Said by an ugly man in a dirty village.

301. Go=d XE, TPoosd Tgyp.

What remains is solid, what has gone is empty husk.

(See No. 1568.)

802. GOEBY® PoAN®, P FPSwe FoIYH SEDAHY0.

[ To perform the ceremony of ] Dadi Biyyam to the priest’s

wife when there are many other things to be done.

Dadi Biyyam is a.ceremony performed before the consummation of

marriage.

Going out of your way to do something for others, and' neglecting much

that you have to do of your own.

3]

o)

303. f%o@‘{i)

0&Fotr™ TOXH, I POIRFI T

Ganéda’s rice-balls are not cakes, Uda is not grain.

lAfa’a is the Panicum Flavidum.

304. {38 Y Toxy TR iy, _w.

3|

Will the lady who cannot get up into the sling get up into

heaven ?

( See Nos, 486, 2021. )

Uiti is a net work sling hung up in Hindu houses at a height of seven or

eight feet, to keep earthen pots containing food in.

He that can’t ride a gentle horse, must not attempt to back a mad celt.

( 54 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

305. GX¥S PEFI Y~ HIXE, dFoS HAtT D Yo,

Don’t boil, don’t boil, O garlick!

However much you boil,

your smell will not go.

Said to an envious person, who is said to burn inwardly.

306. GXFS KT HOd TOT® B0, DU $O TS ST

¥ooso @B“’&&ééa :

[ The host said ] “ Boil, boil away, O food, until new year’s

day!” [ the guest added ] “ My business will not take me

away until the ploughing-season.”

( See No. 367,)

During the Pongal feast in January a stingy man tried by a broad hint

S

to avoid giving a visitor food, but the latter was not to be done out of

his dinner.

The Telugu New year’s day falls in April, and cultivation

commences in July.

of

Eat and welcome ; fast and heartily welcome.

Let the guest go before the storm bursts. (German.)*

307. GESH HET° P8,

A squirrel performs a squirrel’s service.

The squirrels are said to have assisted Rama in building the bridge at

Ramésvaram by dipping themselves into the water and then rolling in sand,

which they brought for the mortar.

Willingly doing what one can.

808, GX3Tooe FF DFTH®.

t0

What has the squirrel to do with the management of the

village ?

( See Nos. 732, 1338, 1360, 1363, 1498, )

of

Presumptuous interference.

Impertinent meddling.

* Lags den Gast ziehen eh das Gewitter ausbricht,

(155)

eﬁo@eﬁ‘"sé"g__%ﬁo@é/.

309

65 250350080

o e

e E e,

The Guana has two tongues.

Said of a man that breaks his word.

Ecclesiasticus vi, 1.

¢ 4 sinner that hath a double tongue.’’

310

G500 Wo¥ ST FoF & BIoDSL.

Groing into a village with a guana in one’s arms.

( See No. 1459.)

Eccentric conduct.

311

&5 FooonTe Toxn§ ¥5 woeu,

Never mind if I lose the guana, if I get my hand out it’s

enough.

( See No, 1305. )

Said by a man whose hand had been caught by a guana in a hole.

Catching o Tartar,

312

6%373’833/?0“’& TR T Boew.

An ear with a palmyra leaf in it is better than a bare ear.

( See Nos. 314, 1906. )

Half a loaf is better than mo bread.

313

ﬁg [oen Kol %@:5%33.

Like measuring the air.

( See No. 66.)

Idle dreams.

314

6"6;5;853306%5?0"& @gsﬁooc‘é 0N,

A wretch of a mother-in-law is better than a strange slut.

( See Nos. 312, 1906.)

A bad bush is better than the open field.

Better a lean jade than an empty halter.

(56 )

TELUGU PROVERBS

315, 6%_55;6 SIS ade] &) B0,

The boastings of Uttara Kuméra.

(See No. 547.)

Uttara, the son of king Virdta, volunteered to attack the Kurus, but his

courage failed him and he turned tail at the sight of the enemy ( see

Virdtaparva of the Mahdbh4rata ).

Bragging.

Bombast.

316.

6%_55;6 LoD &gé b oA

Take up your basket [of seed ] when you see [the sunin]

Uttara.

Uttara is one of the twenty-seven lunar mansions.

When the sun is in

Uttara there is invariably rain, and seed is then sown.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Know your opportunity. (Latin.)*

317.

G5 HBRo HBIT®, I FoRo FBDHT® HEAE

If there be rain with thunder when the sun isin Uttara,

there will be no drought; if a snake pursues and bites

you, the bite will be fatal.

( For Utt«zrﬁ see No. 316. )

318.

6%8'887(0 DHHBOX0, 98 FB ogo 0.

Employment makes the man ; he is a luckless fellow if he

lose it.

319.

GSTgX0 PHLoLno VY, KEDTTe dEryH SHH

TIP80.

They say “ endeavour makes the man,” so bring an axe, and

let us cut down the centre post.

(See Nos. 1387, 1388, 1389.)

¥ Nosce tempus.

(57 )

eﬁo@esfséﬁ_gﬁo@g.

320. &%) B0, HOTHE™D I 8.

A man starts with anger when the truth is fold of him.

It is truth that makes a man angry. (islan.)*

321

G35) 50 BY D, FKH ©Y) T,

If a man speaks the truth he will find the village too hot

for him.

( See No. 1275. )

Truth produces hatred. (Latin.yt

322.

B8 do FHB8 D, WYTI E T8 D

Q

o

He that is alive is the head man of the village, and he that

is dead is the head man of the burial ground.

A taunt used to one who tries to make out that he is very highly

connected.

323

ESTES0H B OFTESn Do SANS

Immediately after doing good, I received an ill return.

Base ingratitude.

324.

TR TP O TS &¥o &¥o.

O teacher, uktam ! uktam !

Said by a school-boy when he saw a board about to fall on his master’s

head.

He had been taught to render the Sanscrit word Uktam by Palaka

baddadi (it was said’’ ). These words also signify ¢ the board has fallen,”

which the boy.took to be the correct meaning of the Sanscrit word.

Applied to an ignorant blunder.

* Del vero s’adira I'uomo,

+ Veritas odium parit,

(58)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

325 6%#25'056633&» TR0 Tag_‘éjm&c%o‘éo, VVTZT DR &goé“’o

€00 &0 T Eéd.

When asked what the school master was doing, one replied

“ he is correcting the mistakes he has made.”

A bad workman.

326

. GIroHisn THEXITY T HokR] K.

A witless fellow should not be allowed to remain in the

village.

3217

. Gy B AP THT .

The man that has eaten 4sa.lt drinks water.

( See No, 1092. )

328, G&FpIV VR, IVp Do TR, IHoTHemrm 5o TE.

The salt seller is ruined, the pulse vender is ruined, and the

~ betel seller is entirely ruined.

329

GPSHID T oo~ 8D PFoTRo PP TA Frowwre otrome

Dost thou neigh after eating two grassrings and a tea spoon-

ful of water, O excellent steed ?

" Said by a poor Brahman priest to his miserable pony which he had only

fed with two rings ( made of sacred grass and worn on his ring fingers),

and had given him water out of the small spoon used in sipping water in

ceremonies,

Giving little pay and expecting much work to be done.

330. G (50380, HXS 77 {§RESo.

Ruined in both ways like a well-digger who turns Sanyasi.

He is neither employed in his old trade nor supported in his new character.

(59)

efo@es*sgfsjﬁo@é”.

331

éé_i&_fa%ﬁﬂm@ EORANEEAS AN

The sheep which was the joint property of two persons, was

deserted and died.

(See No. 1

5.)

The ass of many owners is eaten by wolves. (Spanish,)*

Between two stools fall to the bottom.

332

QO™ 203 HoD FOTr BB,

Putting a child in a cradle and looking for it all over the

village.

He looks for his ass and sits on its back. (French.)t

333

EHH HHWHHH T IS BT, & % PO I° 5D Too¥ B

STy B

All these wretched women say to me “run, run” [on to the

pile ], but not one comes with me.

Said by a widow when pressed to become Saii.

334

&) BB Swo k.

Grarlick is as good as ten mothers.

( See No. 345.)

335, & FaHoS WOBYPOD, FHoT® THIH.

-~

If there be a Balija man as small as a clove of garlick, he

will ruin the whole village.

( See No. 1748.)

Balija is a caste among Telugu and Canarese S'ﬁdras.

One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.

One ill weed mars a whole pot of pottage.

* Asno de muchos, lobos le comen.

+ Il cherche son 4ne et il est monté dessus.

( 60 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

336

&Q} s@g@é K ST,

Unless you had touched the garlick [ your fingers] would

not have smelt.

( See No., 148,)

If you had not meddled with a bad business you would not have got a

bad name.

He who touches pitch defiles himself. (ltalian.)*

337

&g)ﬂ o 8532 ﬁoéae)%lr_.

When there are onions Malli is a fine cook.

Onions make up for bad cooking.

338

&HH PHob Py OIRETD WIY TR,

If you preserve your life, you can at least live by selling salt.

Used as an argument not to risk life for the sake of gaip.

339

& RTOOD FHIF0B, Tz %8305.

How long does it take to salt an Ustekdya? How much is

there of it to put on a dish?

( See No. 1417.)

Ustekaya ( Solanum Trilobatum ) is a small fruit.

Applied to something very insignificant.

CR.

340. 635X 33%5;)265533 S0835%0.

He is like an Uduga seed.

The seed of the l}gluga ( Alangium Decapetalum ) after falling from the

tree, is said to attach itself again to the trunk when the rain falls.

To stick to a man like a leech in spite of all rebuffs.

¥ Chi tocca la pece, s’imbratta,

(61)

eso@es*w_gﬁo@éf.

341

532530250 am&g;, PEGAS0 Dowzy .

How long will the Uda food last? How long will your em-

ployment continue ?

(See Nos, 210, 873.—For Uida see No. 303. )

342

6320 1.6&33 25“’% Do,

Can the belly be filled by holding in the breath ?

( See Nos. 1625, 2023, )

Inadequate measures.

Idleness.

Idleness must thank itself if it go barefoot.

343

ERTOT® Wi, PHETH TUYHB%.

The village is full of relations, but there is no place to hang

up the sling (i. e. no shelter).

( See No. 229.—For Ui see No. 304. )

Give out that you have many friends, and believe that you have but few. (French.)*

344. ésaafow S 00X BEPE "0, $Y_ ETF o BepsTH K.

When the whole village put their rice in the sun to dry, the

jackal put his tail to dry.

Foolish imitation.

345. 60T HO, DR 9.

The village is full of garlick, what do I want with thee

O mother ?

( See No. 334.)

* 11 faut se dire beaucoup d’amis, et s’en croire peue

(62)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

346

eSS0, VANSA.

Lame in the village and an antelope in the jungle

A skulk.

341

GI3¥ 0T SYETS, HOWHH Y80

All the village has one way, and the prig another.

348

65308 @wa&ga—omg BY¥ o, m%&%&og aﬁ“’B%ogmx)é

WBEF00 Fe3H ¢

Never mind giving provisions to the man setting out on a

journey, but supply them to the man going to the rear of

the village.

349

6308 ¥ X308, 3*535855% &3250/%0.

There is but one dancing girl in the village ; before whom is

she to dance ?

350

€388 HITTS0AT w8 £ 57D iy TeAS, ocwod3oisd

B2y onxfod T K.

As a public benefaction, I will buy a cloth for my wife ;

give me a pice from each house.

( See No, 198,)

351

€30T SR WoTH HBIF FHoy .

If they are to be had for nothing, I have a relative here,

Wishing to get two shares.

Greediness.

L

852

. HoETY B, o e,

If you can’t be quiet, hang yourself.

(63)

es o@@”s wjﬂzso@g,

353. 688 X0 IN) DD TLED §TEPETD FPowTA.

The misfortune of the village has carried off Virisetti.

A burglar in digging through the wall of a

The story is as follows:

house was killed by the wall falling upon him; his wife prosecuted the

owner of the house for having badly built walls ; the house owner blamed

the builder; the builder blamed a woman who had distracted his attention

while at his work, by passing by that way; the woman blamed a goldsmith

to whom she was going to get certain jewels which he had not finished for

her ; the goldsmith blamed the banker for not letting him have gold in time;

the banker was sentenced accordingly to be impaled, but on the point of being

put to death he suggested that the size of the instruments would be much

better suited to fat Virisetti ( to whom he owed a grudge ); fat Virisetti was

This happened at Anydyapura ( the city of in-

executed accordingly.

justice ).

The innocent suffering for the guilty.

354, €38 DX % FEo, ¥ Qoo TS DEXD.

Though a hundred [ pagodas] be levied from the village,

not a cash will be paid by the Karanam.

( See Nos. 579, 2045.—For Karanam see No, 154. )

A cash (7% ) is 1-60th of an Anna.

The instrument of oppression does not himself suffer.

355, 283788 TU3WHo, FPHXOIRE DEgaso.

The inhabitant of the village is afraid of the cemetery ; the

stranger is afraid of the water.

The inhabitant of the village has a superstitious dread of the burial or

burning ground, and avoids it; but the stranger does not know its situation

and walks through it.

On the other hand, the villager knows the depth of

the tank, and does not fear going into it, but the stranger is afraid to

venture.

No safe wading in an unknown water.

(64 )

TELUGU PROVERBS

356. 6520078 DEHO SXOTE §7B, X8 DEXD TOTCSH05s

é“sé:goafo

If one of the royal family strike a villager’s child, Nardyana

will strike his child

“[ The LORD ] will avenge the blood of his servants.”’

Deuteronomy xxxii. 43

[>]

[3]

o7

6350 U SH08008, TS 835082008

The village says “go,” the cemetery says “ come

(See Nos. 1956, 1957. )

About to die

He is burnt to the socket

358

6350 DR TeHXB8 B I, TS FESn 57052

Although you leave the village and go to another, your evil

destiny will still attend you.

( See Nos. 1149, 1871.)

359

R P NTOAH0T, JDTroBB0 T3 TOSH0S

The village is like the Ustekdya and the religious duties are

like the Tatikdya

The Ustekaya { No. 339 ) is a small fruit, and the Tazikéya ( No. 390 ) a

large fruit.

Applied to exactions imposed upon people for religious purposes greater

than they can bear

360. 633 TESES TOT® ©o, X

Dy Y & FTd 0T E

When a trooper was told not to come into the village, he asked

where he was to put up his horse

( See Nos. 274, 1304, 1821, )

(65)

ego@ef’ §f"’__§0—5 0 &)¥.

361

€0 THY FESWHETTY HT TR E 0D F0xsw,

A husband that begs is better than a son that rules over

villages.

@‘he one clings to his wife, the other despises his mother.

SN

3€2

202 BRI, @sﬁmm, .8?\&—5’?&&5533 $)0WET .

Remains of a debt, of a sore, or of a fire should not be left

363

2D AT, ATV, D FwTesn DT BoWKTER

A

Enquire not into the origin of a Rishi, a river, ora woman

Rishi is a saint.. ( See Wilson’s Sans. Dict. )

A

364

o)oﬁ@ﬁei’j 8K 00T® Dot DE Do,

He will not even throw his leavings to the crows.

¢ See Nos. 286, 1968, 2027. )

Said of a great miser.

365

NoXstH 3035 Bogr ¥ oS58,

If you begin to count, you will find the whole cot full of

holes.

(See Nos. 151, 199.)

Referring to a bed made of plaited rope.

When a man wishes to find fault, ie loses no opportunities.

When love fails we cspy all faults.

( 66 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

366. obo&‘sg_‘-‘; 38 SXROT”.

Will the number decrease by drying ?

A reply given to a cheat who thus attempted to account for a deficiency

in the quantity of vegetables.

-8

&

S0X%0iHB008, Kok

367. NOXVED FPoXwBoos, HoXwsd

O

28D DoXnBoos, Bokwd

B K0S WS008,

If the sun gets hot, he Sl havo o stay; if he stays,

dinner will have to be cooked for him ; if it is cooked, it

will have to be eaten ; and if he eats it, he will have to

lie down.

( See No. 306.)

The muttered grumblings of a stingy host.

368. NOTETH FTFRE Vo BBPHBOTY .

How kind the scamp is, searching for the well-rope!

( See No. 1141. )

Said scoffingly by the wife whose husband was looking for the well-rope,

not to draw water for her, but to chastise her with,

369. JoFJ"X0 Po&AT THVY, Boxyvos IXT By T0KH.

However early he rose the day always dawned while he

was at the Tumma tank.

Tumma is the Acacia Arabica.

Tanks are often named from the trees

planted around them,

The earlier the man got up the more he dilly-dallied

on the strength of it, so the sun always found him at the tank, in the way

to his work.

Early up, and never the mearer.

370. NoF3H0D A7 ¥onT”, @@{s“’dﬁoé BN DY I,

However good a man a shepherd may be, he will not be

entirely free from foolishness.

{ 87 )

eﬁo@eﬁ éYB_%-tSo@é/.

371

HOBEHoD FoB Wowd®, VHFI0 Y .

However good the pig may be, it will never cease to eat

filth.

(See Nos. 259, 515, 571, 573, 632, 924, 1475, 1494.)

A4 hog in armour is still but a hog.

372

N0 éﬂo&&:ia@w DO TT® WO, TWOF FICT 0L

§TpT IO K.

A lad when asked “ Why are you crying my boy 7’ answered

“ They say my people are going to beat me the day after

tomorrow.”

( See No. 691.)

Anticipating evils.

You cry out before you are hurt.

373

cbé/b“c% é/gg DY, SOTHoXST 0o B $8.

What matters it whose the bull was? If the cow calves in

our herd, it's all right.

“Applied to an unprincipled action.

374

N EEouTT BT OFSWWAR, FoXE e 55 e

895 X535 30,

Call me brother-in-law any where but at the Brinjal garden.

( For Vanga see No. 97.)

Unwillingness to acknowledge relationship when it would cost anything.

375

I & HIRN ¥owd oo, D95 5> oY o

X9 O X,

“ O blanket where are you?” said he “ Where you left me, you

madman,” it replied.

A smart repartee.

( 68 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

376

& _&8 JPT Y @Zﬁé{o 908, BoLLT 55?;(&) ?.6655.\3‘0

@?6&85@.

¢ Where are you going to Madam Fate 7 asked one ¢ T’ll

follow -you, go on” she replied.

The evil results of mixing with bad company.

3717

Q%G;é RSN T, BAB T°9 wotw.

If Iride I shall be a trooper, if I dismount I shall be a foot

soldier.

A man who makes himself useful in any position.

378

obéizr_:s ToD8 TN @”g.

The elephant is subject to the man who has mounted it.

379

28 TPon FRHD BASDY T°F HD sy

Having mounted [the tree] and felt [the fruit], he came

down again and threw stones at it.

380

oﬁglr_ao{,iaﬁooa Bgy))élé;eﬁ e a 0,

He went to mock, and fell on his back.

He went out shearing and he came home shorn.

The biter bit,

381

SXED @8R, AXBY A0SR,

If T say this, it will be killing a Brahman; if I say that, it

will be killing a cow.

Said by a reluctant witness to himself, when called to give evidence

regarding a complaint made by a Brahman that another man’s cow had

grazed in his field.

Being placed in a dilemma by having to give evidence in a quarrel

between two friends.

(69 )

eﬂo@eﬁ é*i%{s o@éf.

382. JBSTD B HTT TXHHAT FR, WoFS PPRDTS Voo

HR5:¢o.

When he was met by the bowl that he used to collect alms

in and eat out of, the bowl under his arm made saldmn

to it

A begging impostor paying a visit on one occasion to a village where he

thought he was not known, kept his alms-bowl under his arm, but when

he met a man carrying an old bow] that had once belonged to him,the one

under his arm is said to have betrayed its owner by claiming acquaintance

with its predecessor.

383. SBTE A7 DHO wEH By T

Is a bullock which has fallen down from fatigue afraid of a

tiger ?

Resignation to one’s fate through utter helplessness.

384. JXL VO oL, TS EPod w°8.

Reprove a man to his face; brand a man on his chest.

Don’t abuse a man behind his back.

He who praises in praesentia, and abuses in absentia, kave with him pestilentia. (German,)e

385. XE P T D0G §TEHK.

The man in front is the bridegroom.

386. 563 Sf)"’oaag e &)“’oooge?’s 5%&’ ﬁ(w@mé&&w.

When the fire was lighted in the opposite house, he threw

water on his own.

( See Nos. 53, 1562. )

An envious man waxes lean with the fatness of his neighbour.

Envy is its own torturer. (Danish )t

* Wer einen lobt in Praesentia und schimpft in Absentia, den hole die Pestilentia.

t Avindsyg er sin egen Boddel.

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TELUGU

PROVERBS.

387, AEOH égﬁ &oo-c%@'sowﬁ&éa.

The woman who was met wasted away.

( See No. 514.)

One woman met another out of whom a spirit had been driven, and

fancied she was possessed.

Unreasonable fears,

388. ng DN e JHrADoDTA.

While the bullock was ploughing, the tick puffed and

blew.

( See No. 491.)

Applied to a person who does little in assisting others but makes

much of it,

What a dust i‘zave I raised! quoth the fly upon the coach.

389. 0366353 Do T8 oz

Is the bullock’s sore tender to the crow ?

Said of one devoid of sympathy for others.

390.. ng OX O RFO D, §Y°%35"§ é/éawcﬁo?é&go.

“ The bullock has calved” [ said one ] “ Then tie it up in the

shed” [ replied the other ].

( See No. 1172. )

Applied to a foolish speech.

391, A THoBH oKX, H[IB DEH X,

The bullock pulled towards the sun, and the buffalo towards

the shade.

A bad match.

Every couple is not a pair,

(71)

S0, 8%

eﬂo@ei’{

292, ane) Rowam W%}&

Ropes after bullocks.

Taken to tie them up with.

Providing one’s self with what is necessary.

393

DT KT

Q

SIRVESTIERFAN 7\‘°§@o oo XoXr&

E RSN

What does a bullock know of the taste of parched grain ?

what does an ass know of the smell of perfume ?

To throw pearls before swine,

Strew no roses before swine, (Dutch. )

394

NOBTHDX O B 5.

As rain falls on a male buffalo.

-

Avpathetic indifference.

395

035 éﬁo&é% 7@@;&&»’55&6&_ Eﬁ'gow?ééégo.

Fearing the buffalo would kick, he went behind the horse.

396

DY K TEKD BE K550 T8 B, 30087 BIY ST

The Reddi who had never mounted a horse before, sat with

his face to the tail.

( See Nos. 95, 124, 474. )

3917

Ay WweBoonT® TR I T°Y).

Abuse me as much as you like, I've got my handful of

grain out of you.

Said by a beggar who had received alms and abuse together.

When you have given me roast meat, you beat me with the spit.

* Strooit geen rosen voor varkens:

(72)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

898, ITY Fwen §UITAOATR, T TS B Vs iy.

I have cut many boils, but there was never such pain as

in my own.

Said by a Surgeon,

To cut into another man’s ear is like cutting into a felt hat. ( Danish.)**

He laughs at scars who never Sfelt a wound, (Germon.)t

399

NHNE3 Toew @?.603@:3%.

When a good deed [ is done, ] then only [is it thought of .

( See No., 81.)

Eaten bread is soon forgotten.

400

NEXD g oo TR, ThHew D B SHHT T

If you give yourself airs in the village where you are a

stranger, will your husband spin the cotton ?

401

DY 28 TeH BT

Acquaintance is a handful of money.

402

MHYHO T WHPH Tiw, BTG D BHo W,

ToBS® PYE D oNpoTew.

Borrowed ornaments cause inconvenience by their weight,

pain by taking them off and putting them on, and debt

if one of them is lost.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

403

AT Tood VIDH H¢3wgy.

Like catching a fish with a worm.

Fisk follow the bait.

1 Der Narben lacht, wer Witnden nie geftihlt,

# At skaere i fremmed Ore er ikke anderledes end i Filtehat,

10

(73)

¥

®

eﬁo@é”s?ﬁéiﬁo

i

404.

T H 280 05 7;%%5%33.

Like a cat crouching for a mouse.

405.

en¥ O ‘%2@3 &

The cat a witness 1n the rat’s case.

Interested evidence

A4 fox should not be of the jury at a goose trial.

406.

de¥ THH 2O, 8&)3’05&8353“’.

Will the cat faint at the death of the rat?

Indifference.

407.

NOoFR8 §EIE 000838 DN NePETI

Like getting angry with a rat and setting fire to one’s

house.

( See No. 53.)

Burn not your house to fright away the mice.

408.

Xy 3550838 So&Tm @%’?6%30,

Like pulling a bear’s hairs out with tweezers.

An endless business.

A cask that will never fill. (Greek.) *

409.

Qg}m&i&éo @é&éﬁ @g})&‘oag —e:aenégo&.

When it dawns, we shall know whose mother is alive.

Said by a man to his wife, at whose instigation he had agreed that they

should kill his mother.

The mothers of the pair slept together and the

wife’s mother was murdered instead of the husband’s, with the latter’s

knowledge.

The wife, having an inkling of the truth, endeavoured to per-

suade her husband to go and see which of the two they had spared, and he

replied as above.

* J Anknorog milog.

(74)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

410

MDY TY THY BY.

Elli Se‘g‘gi’s account is a single account.

Receipts and disbursements, profits and loss, all muddied up together.

411

‘Whose father’s property are you sobbing for?

Said to a man who is disappointed at not getting what he has no right

to expect.

He has a good estate, but the right owner keeps it from him,

412

DSB8 DS DEHT® 0Ty ) HEND.

‘Whose child are you, that you ery and weep so bitterly ?

( See Nos. 1, 1610. )

413

NSO TOT AHST® 3.

Every man to his own way on the banks of the Yamuna

(Jumna).

There every man is free to do what he has a faney for.

414

3D %gfﬁ oK SneX S$B.

Every man must dip in his own waters.

Every one must bear his own troubles.

Each cross hath ifs inscription,

Every one bears his cross. (French.)*

415

Y T eex0 B8 HD).

Every man’s life is sweet to himself.

Life is sweet.

* Chacun porte sa croix,

(75)

k.

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&

416, A%8 BY, =08 ©FoXNHw.

Every man’s folly is pleasure to himself.

Fools are pleased with their own blunders.

417, D TP TAT®, owodld Sew W Bome, §CoN8 ¥is

v FHBoow .

Will any service rendered by another be as a wife to the

house or a pot for the pile ?

Said by a man whose wife has died or gone astray.

.

418. HT°ET IFewE 9o, TVO 78D XIS & arwe

OITYXO—THET T ® Wow, SHK TUH

T BITH® OB Eo.

“Ts it the fast O Brahman?’ [ asked one] “ Will you stir up

the fire 7’ [replied the Brahman already irritated by

fasting ].

“Is it the festival 7’ [said the first].

{3 DO

troubles last for ever?” [answered the Brahman, de-

lighted at the prospect of being fed. ]

Welcome and unwelcome intelligence.

419. § Tooo 28T, 89T BowHs.

Whichever leg slips there is danger to the child.

( See No. 129.)

(782

TELUGU PROVERBS.

420

580 5083 BooHen BHETY TSH N0 THHETD 05585

O XaH¥ Botwr~ HIRD 7D, XABS o¥od 2o

gregre 250X,

I am a terrible woman eating grains of rice like flocks of

cotton mixed with buffalo curds, so don’t come near me

children, youw’ll take fright!

Said by a greedy woman to keep her children off,

421

S%en FHod o 2wy DB .

Will a basket be broken by being filled with flocks of cotton ?

( See Nos. 1665, 2023, 2077.)

Ineffectual measures.

422

S 7O8 esm3o% ao_@;;sgo.

Like setting the sail according to the wind.

( See No. 455.)

Set your sail according to the wind. (French.)®,

423

583 5D BnIFxoen T BT CHOOBY OF) .

The pearls on the other side of the river are as large as

palmyra fruits.

(See Nos, 584, 841, 1622.)

Exaggeration in describing things not present.

424

D38 DTy VPodey) vy DXy SN &0,

SBETH FOD 9O oI NY) V) HEr—RX D é?@_‘r%o

oNd OBRY) W TN WBI°EL.

“ When did you go to the river, when did you bring the

sand ?’ [ asked the husband ] “If women like, how long

will that take 7’ [saucily replied the wife] “If men

like, how long will this take?’ [ said the husband ]

giving her four double-handers.

The husband’s question was caused by finding sand in his food.

* 11 faut tendre voile selon le vent,

e

eso@esfsgfgjeso

&

.

425

H3%8 5008 RoDpae WO,

A tree on the river bank always totters.

( See No. 428.)

Said of a man in an insecure position.

426

583 oS 0¥ s $8.

The grazing on the island is not worth the swim across

the river.

421

S858 Y TR, TETY T

Although the jackal lives near the river, will it know where

the ford is "

Applied to ignorqnt persons in high position.

428

S8 PP B

A field on the bank of the river.

( See No. 425.)

A dangerous situation.

429

S8 SovroDen THE ©o® TR O by

Like saying “yes” when asked whether brinjals grow in the

river.

( For Brinjal see No. 97, )

A time server,

430

!agﬁ S95v TWyo6D Doy B

Although you throw [ things ] into the river, take an account

of them.

Keep your expenditure within bounds.

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TELUGU

PROVERBS.

431, S83TT°Y XX SR, T° DooXoaoe SImisd,

If the weeping widow’s husband returns, mine will come

also.

Stolid indifference.

Want of feeling.

439. H&S agsﬁ ©BE3Kos BodE.

Like shewing a plantain to a crying child.

433, 555 TR EH VONY WO TEPS0Y €.

Show your [ withered ] left hand and add to their grief.

The story is that after a marriage the bridegroom was found to be a

fool, which caused much regret to the family of the bride.

The bride-

groom’s friends then told him to show the withered state of his left hand

which he had hitherto concealed.

Making bad matters worse.

434

06&&:@3:0 THHTE FRB, TR Bo-oHon & oXen 630?2@"’20

e oooeE ).

While the man was sluggishly ploughing, thieves stole the

rope collars.

435

S8 ©o% @@ &9 08535,

When one says he’s going, the other says he’s dying.

( See No, 232. )

Spirit of contradiction.

436

X% DESe 208,

The porcupine has sense in the back of its head.

Said of a man without brains.

(79)

&3 o@e?“g &ﬁjﬁo@ﬁ”,

431

SR To0 BN Es0e, SO0 TYH_ DEXER0 $aH0.

The loss of a wing is the same to a mosquito as the loss of a

leg to an elephant.

Proportionate losses.

438

SHXH 5% dad, X

e

D8 ¥ e, »TH ¥ wWon

To keep an elephant [ a man requires ] a country, to keep a

horse a village, and to keep a she-buffalo a maid.

439

QX BOTY SO0 ST ST,

A wood apple is very small in an elephant’s throat.

A very easy matter.

440

H5HXK 5500 B[-%. %gﬁ.

Will the thirst of an elephant [be quenched ] by the water

which drops from the eaves?

441

DEXK S oD éﬁé/b_e)o "5308?\?6%30.

Like dogs barking at an elephant.

(See No. 682.)

442

X B Thoo W™ Hod b TSIV D Sy,

aoéopé*g &9 08550,

He tells me to put the elephant into the cotton basket, to

place the basket on his head, and to lift him 1‘1p.

l«?kulabu{{a is a very small hand basket.

Being asked to do an utter impossibility.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

443

DHXRY)_STi% ¥ KIH niosHis.

The man who has mounted an elephant will not be afraid

at the bark of a dog.

He who is in favor with the great will not fear the enmity of the

mean.

444

QBN DS T2 HF,008 o,

Even when the elephant lies down he is as high as the horse.

( See No. 1805.)

A man much superior to another.

44

HHX DOAS BoX $oH 5;&?_03.

Like a wood-apple swallowed by the elephant.

( See No. 798.)

unbroken.

It is swallowed whole, and is said to be found afterwards empty tl'lough

Said of a person in an influential position who does not benefit others,

446

DOXDooE D THYw ey Moy 350 OAABLY.

Like asking a man on an elephant for some chunam.

His hand cannot be reached.

( For chunam see No. 2114.)

447

SvXe0 OZ=°E8 SaHvXew 208508 55;63.

To the man that eats elephants, corpses are as pastry.

(See Nos. 684, 773, 1008, )

A thoroughly bad man woh’t stick at trifles.

448. & Fen ST fw:‘p@ SO,

Whatever work is neglected, eating is not forgotten.

11

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8,8

&50@6”‘5

£

L

/a

449

N

DREF o Iz HH ST

BOSHEDH

What snake it is, and what hole it lives in, we don’t know.

Said of persons whose abilities are not yet known.

450

S0 oI ©oH, Towo §78 THd VI Fo.

“What, O Appaji! [is to be done?” said the king] “ As

occasion requires, O king!” replied [ the minister ].

(See Nos. 422, 455.)

451

S0 FOTY ©oH, N BT vy EL.

When Pélidetti was asked how he was getting on, he

replied “I am in trouble as usual.”

452

S0 STEFITB, 8, _BoDTE.

Not knowing what to do, he began to mimic others.

453

S '55&_53&36 ooy B 07T T 5500, é/@?\?\‘iﬁ&) Fasopo

«‘?2’@)07:%;533.

Weeping is the ornament of a poor woman, embonpoint is

the ornament of a rich woman.

454

A5~ B e3%en XD \‘066%—?9, ) T B OBR §oasD.

The leaf dishes which were empty rose up high; those that

were full remained steady.

( See Nos. 502, 1274. )

The conceit of little knowledge, the humility of true learning

Shaal waters mak the maist din. (Seotch.)

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TELUGU PROVERBS

‘

455

N

OB 8 NOXX0 K IV

The umbrella must suit the hour of the day

( See Nos. 422, 450, )

Suitable to the occasion

456

SHE"D 8T BE 0%, 3 soen DBATLY

Like a thorn piercing the beak of a bird that was picking

up food

Losing the only means of support

457

5% D956

Like the flood subsiding

Perfect stillness after a tumult

After a storm comes a calm

458

5% D% TPom

As the river sleeps

Smooth waters run deep

There is no worse water than that whick sleeps. (French.y*

459

8% FooTi 8D, ToH§ BTV 808

When the river goes down a cubit, the water in the field

goes down a fathom

If you lose alittle in the favor of the great, you sink four times as much

in the estimation of the people

460

5% THo¥ FBI HF O ¥Howd 53

Let the river flow ever so abundantly, the dog only gets

what it can lap up.

A servant neglected by a master liberal to strangers

Il n’y a pire eau que I’eaun qui dort

(83)

@o@@*@*jﬁo@)&

461, 8% TowHE HoXn~H, DY DY) Wo¥ REPETR Flowsiy.

She took off her cloth and put it under her arm, while the

river was still seventy miles off.

( See Nos. 1208, 1696. )

Do not strip before bed time. (French.)*

462. S95 o°08 TVoswo wXoen ST .

Day and night are one to the [ Supreme ] Ruler.

¢ The darkness and the light are both alike to Thee.”’

Psalm exxxix, 12.

463. H08°5T 0 FoP PR, THBETD BFT I FP T

There are no villages to mle over, but are there not villages

to beg in"?

Said by a beggar refused alms,

464,

o O

~—2

T oH BRI, THTR ¥y e,

If the master’s ox be lost what is it [to the servant?].

If

the watchman’s eye be lost what is it [ to the master?].

40

465. HIJTYVE LoFxn B.

There is no limit to riches.

466: D Honr.

Either one way or the other.

( See No. 472.)

( Corrupted from the Hindustani.)

* 1 ne faut point se dépouiller avant de se coucher

(84 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

&

467

20838 B TRP 87D BIETG &

Like buying and bringing a disease with which the body is

not troubled.

Wilfully bringing trouble on one’s self.

468

2,0¢38 @'*3255'@%?6&_5% Tod38 FeXyde.

Will the woman who cannot bear one [ trouble ] bear two ?

(See Nos, 1138, 1324.)

469

¥ Fomos DY ¥ SHoTOS 568 S0,

They eat of one dish and sleep on one bed.

( See Nos. 1283, 1949. )

Extreme intimacy.

They are hand and glove.

470

W Xy ¥omy T, S TN §TSK T,

One eye is no eye, one son is no son.

471

¥ FoXo® @gm&&;ﬁ&w.

Will the morning dawn after dreaming one dream ?

After one trouble, think not that you have passed through all,

472

PRI By Boa 300%)_e%.

One blow and two pieces.

( See No. 466.)

To give a direct answer and settle a matter one way or the other

(85)

€3 o@@’s§"s_§iso®§.

473

2, ¥ 83~ Srob—o SET) Sk S50

A hundred one by one, or a hundred at once ?

Said in doubt of a person’s liberality, as the ¢ hundred” promised

would probably turn out to mean only one.

474,

2T TRSBH08” 3508 Doy BATOED.

With one day’s acting, all his mustaches were burnt off.

By st‘anding too near the torches which are used to light up the figures

of the performers, and on which powdered resin is thrown.

(See Nos. 95, 134, 396.

Said of a clumsy novice.

475.

LER°EH B8, ST T8en.

One day holding ( fasting ); one day breaking fast.

( See No. 476. )

A precarious subsistence.

Change of fortune is the lot of life.

To-day a king, to-morrow mothing. ( French.)*

476.

LB DD DOH, SETE o,

One day a feast, one day medicine.

( See No. 475.)

One day favor, one day disfavor.

To-day in finery, to-morrow in filth. (German.)t

4717

258 ¥O208 THAD 3¥ ¥ay Fonsd, S5Sne8 THAD &8

—

3S¥ é/?\iﬁ& s st ol AT

By weeping at the good fortune of another he lost one eye,

and by weeping at his own ill fortune he lost the other.

* Aujourd *hui roi, demain rien.

T Heut’ im Putz, morgen im Schmutz.

(86)

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

478.

2580 oKD [0 BB, TSR T,

‘A man is no Doctor until he has killed one or two [ patients.]

( See No. 1259. )

Said to a bungling tyro.

If the doctor cures, the sun sces it ; iof he kills, the carth hides it.

479.

o, $y~08 750035 &8500.

There are a thousand ways to a village.

Every man wn his way.

There are more ways to the wood than one,

480.

2¥ . Bon§ I, Wy oHI.

If you clap with one hand will there be any sound 1

Nothing can be done successfully by a single person.

One man 2s n0 man. (Lati.)*

Two heads are better than one.

Hand washes hand, and finger finger. (Greek.)t

481,

2,87 ¥ _orow @‘/gv $)0®, §To% o BHXH008.

If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be

levelled.

You must pluck out the hairs of a horse’s tail one by ome. (Lain.)t

Drop by drop the lake is drained.

482.

LEX B TR TOTZOO ¥ oSE o,

The brazier has spoilt the dish which before I ate out of

slantingly (on account of the hole in it ).

(See Nos. 681, 845, 1567. )

# Unus vir nullus vir,

T Xelg xeign vimrer, ddarvdds 16 ddutviow,

% Candae pilos, equino paulatim oportet evellere,

( 87)

3 O@QS’S §*’E_§w:5 o@é’.

483

2% SoXT5 T9O RO FodWonwsts.

The lazy woman complained that her toe-rings pinched her.

( See Nos, 150, 1214, 1829, 2034. )

Idle folks lack mo excuses.

484

P TOS TE Sz THDFY ©D WARD, ©Y TI I

DIoT® TODIE OIY &L,

“ Well, swollen-bodied Reddi! how do you sell your paddy ?”

“ The want of it alone has made my whole body swell,”

he replied.

The Hindus believe that longing for any desired object causes the legs

and face to swell.

485

2 IHXD Bsso, O NEXD Fo HH oo

Is there any inspiration which makes a man unaware of

his own actions? Is there any lie not known to him that

utters it "

&

486

5, T8 TN 80 Koe8oDSEYP.

Like one who does not know the alphabet attempting

multiplication.

(See Nos, 304, 2021.)

487

L¥en oz IHHD, wogp FEOT IRy D.

Ships come on carts ; carts come on ships.

When ships are broken up, the pieces are carried on carts

Good and ill fortune follow each other.

(88)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

488

8,60 Ko, ¥oiso DE 4

One said “ Loss, loss !” the other replied “ A hole in the dish.”

A pun on the word Odu.

489

55T 8758, wobdIoH B8EIE B,

There is nothing which an invalid will not ask for; and

there is nothing which an envious man will not say.

490

55D R8 55%{;6&3?% 51) éo@@o.

The lazy man looks upon those as his parents who say

“ Don’t [ work 1.”

An idler is delighted at every interruption.

491

£ 6D By g Ko, BH FHoo ToAT B,

Obi, Obi, you pound the rice, and T1l shake my sides.

(i e. imitate the action of pounding).

(See No. 388.)

Applied to an idle skulk, who pretends to be always busy

Lazy folks take the most pains.

492

203 HBNo Hey HPHBoos.

With patience, Orugallu will become a city.

( For Orugallu see No. 1971, )

Rome was not built in o day.

493

LTI $ED dijyen ¥ppsTod, 58 K& ¥ TOx8.

When the envious woman put fire in her waist, her clothes

were burnt and the mat screen also.

(See Nos, 53, 386, 1562, )

Causing one’s own ruin through envy.

N

1

(89)

3 o@e?”s Qi%ﬁo@éﬂ

494. 53y8D TE Hob TOT, WYy WOBX.

The envious Reddi ruined the village while living, and was

a curse to it when dead.

A Reddi who had oppressed the people of his village all his life,

requested them, when dying, to burn his body in a certain spot.

This

they willingly acceded to, and took the Reddi’s corpse there for that pur-

pose, when they were attacked by the inhabitants of the neighbouring

village, within the limit of which the Keddi had desired to be burned, and

this became an everlasting cause of contention.

( See Tétachari’s Tales

Page 5. )

495, 2O 8% 5 ©D RogTRy ?ao‘g;;“%_ég, &708 HoXeody SXo

§Y°g§2665é3.

When a man married a blind woman, on account of the

smallness of the jointure, she broke all the pots in the

pile.

(See No. 496.)

496, %9 8% % 02 XEToR WOFE B Fok HuwiH ST

When he married a blind woman, because of the small

jointure, [ she broke] three kilns of pots a month.

( See No. 495.)

False economy.

497, o ¥ _BY FP88XTe 0wy iy

Aha! so you were not able to find me !

Said by a jackass of a bridegroom who had hidden himself on the top

of the shed at the time of the marriage, and looked on while the bride was

married to another man.

(90 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS,.

8

b

)

498, T°Hp s OFTEREH Voo, 57X

o)

)

[ The benefit derived from ] the medicine is to be deducted

from [ the harm done by ] carelessness in diet, and the

balance remaining is an increase of the disease.

Dict cures more than the lancet.

The best physicians are Dr. Dict, Dr. Quict, and Dr. Merryman.

g,

499, ¥o¥ oo Bong 6:3&%78?, ¥ 35500 Vowg B0,

If the hand with Kankanamulu moves, the hand with

Kadiyamulu moves also.

Kankanamulu are bricelets worn by women.

Kadiyamulu are those

worn by men.

Where woman leads man follows.

500. ¥oi3 Oy BRoo §7K) .

Selling the dish and buying toe-rings.

He has given the hen for the egg. (German.)*

501. ¥od ©of TS0 XFeo =258,

She made the family as large as Kanchi into clods.

Said of a woman who by going astray brings disgrace upon the whole

family,

Kanchi is the celebrated town of Conjeveram.

* Er hat die Henne fiir das Ei gegeben,

(91)

es o@@’g@i@)ﬁo@g.

502, Yoo m-oﬁ\;se@n ¥sS¥ 350 [ooRowe.

Does gold ever ring like bell metal ?

( See Nos. 454, 1274, )

A wise man is sparing of his words, but a fool likes the sound of his

own voice,

4 deluge of words and a drop of semse.

¢« It 45 not the hen which cackles most that lays most €ggs.’”’ (Duich.)*

503

¥0838 onoNon B, ¥EHHPH onow).

What is pleasant to the eye is good for the stomach.

504

oy X

o

e/

s’a;ﬁp?\'f’ ) 8-

The life has reached the throat, (i. e. all but departed ).

Being placed in a most difficult position.

505

é/oé& 58 5000 & ‘13:@@36 S ptet S uh

If out of sight, is it out of hearing also?

506

Yoo TORS TP H owDySiy.

The CGod who destroyed the eyes, gave understanding.

When God deprives a man of sight, He increases his intellectual

powers.

507

é/oacé): FPons oS ?(WJES,S B0, _EB0e.

Will you worship the sun after losing your eyes?

(See Nos, 77, 508, 1169.)

If their sight begins to fail, Hindus worship the sun for their recovery

Persisting in that which has become of no avail.

* Het hoen, dat het meest kakelt, geeft de meeste ejjers niet,

(92)

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

508. ¥oxo HoEATE Toew¥.

[ Apply ] collyrium to your eyes while you have them.

(See Nos. 77, 507, 1169, )

Make use of your opportunities before they pass from you.

509. ¥ox TiH, VwKH B, STeK-TH $FI© HIX.

No acridity in Kanda or Chéma, how can there be any in

Totakrira ?

( See No. 510. )

Kanda is the Arum Campanulatum ; Ckéma is the Colocasia Antiquorum

H

.

Totakiira is applied to the Amaranthus Oleracqus, and other herbs,

When a man’s relatives and friends won’t assist him, why should help

be expected from a mere acquaintance ?

510. ¥ox% B 55wy,

If the Kanda possess no acridity, why should it be looked for

in the Bachchali ?

( Sce No. 509.)

Bachchali is Basella Cordifolia ( the Indian spinach ).

511.

¥8, 5 05583 ¥y %Y, 588 Towed wonde Soxugg.

Don’t send even your enemy near a dog which has vomited,

or a bitch which has pupped.

012

§g§;s o00838 Feao¥Oen ii”f)oba"’&) Booogafoo&.

Those who criticize the design of a built house are a

thousand.

He that buildeth upon the highway hath many advisers. (Dutch. )

Every fool can find faults that a great many wise men can't remedy

#* Die aan den weg timmert, heeft veel berechts,

(93)

@o@@*é‘fi%iso@é/.

513. ¥isorR8 I¥onwr ©ond §gm§»m§ Bowgosk.

A man that has built a house has one house, a man that has

built no house has a thousand houses.

A man without a house éan change his residence as often as he pleases.

He who has no house of his own is cvery where at home. (Spanish.)*

B

514. ¥fTmy © PSR BB PoET, TSHHIE

08T oSS ey,

" When the woman who had worn the cloth, and the woman

who had the cloth in her possession met another woman,

she began to pine away.

( See No. 387.)

The cloth spoken of is fhe 5887 worn by pregnant women to pro-

pitiate the goddess %8 (Katéri)., If a pregnant woman who has neg-

lected the worship of this goddess, sees one of these garments, she takes

fright.

515. §§3;so§ ’&)“’ooog @&j@g‘é&&.

The fire place takes the crookedness out of the stick.

( See Nos. 259, 371, 571, 573, 632, 924, 1479, 1494. )

A bad man’s evil qualities only disappear in the faneral pile.

The wolf loses his teeth but not his inclination. (Spanish.)t

516, ¥&n x’)“’“&sng §E_’§:L)5§)?F’ 355 00083TEET SO g’)‘“ﬁ;s&e},ux.

O Saturn! who art passing by, pay my house a visit.

Saturn is the god of misfortune,

He that courts injury will obtain if, (Danish.)f

* Fl que no tiene casa de suyo, vecino es de todo el mundo,

+ El lobo pierde los dientes, mas no los mientese

+ Han maae have Skaden, som har ségt den.

(9% )

TELUGU

PROVERBS

517. ¥&508 masoc%—vcﬁa & o0 s@wéo%ﬁ S°K0 S

Although the pumpkin be as big as a large pot, yet it is

subject to the kitchen knife.

Gummad: kaya is the Cucurbita Maxima

However great a family a wife may come from, she must still be sub-

Ject to her husband

o518

¥& wod I BED, ¥T5008 Soodd 55599565

Like [ a horse ] which opens its mouth f'or a morsel, and

shuts it for the bridle.

(See Nos. 73, 1070, 1381, 1385, )

519

FR X083 7Aoo

A lump of food [given in charity] will save you from

trouble

He who lends to the poor, gets his interest Jrom God. (German.)

520

Yo%) K838 THAD 70y o 6%0%(3;6&

‘When the belly cried for food, the hair cried for flowers

( Bee Nos. 1033, 1728, )

521

¥5o9)8" PR ¥ oM, Sodsm DY oD

Will the woman with child refrain from bringing forth ?

will the woman who cooked not help herself?

One is as certain as the other

He is a poor cook that cannot lick his own fingers

* Werden Armen leihet, dem zahlet Gott die Zinsen

(908 )

eso@@’sw_gﬁo@g.

522

¥5HQom w8 o, Zo83ome w{Tasm.

If you eat a bellyful of cakes, [ you will get] a bodyful of

fever.

523

Fi%y Dods BESw.

A bargain [ with a man ] with his belly full.

A person in easy circumstances will drive a hard bargain.

524

FASI)) fi)oc%zé%w%% A Bew 5.

Cakes are bitter to a man with his belly full.

A rich man will not c‘are for trifling gains.

525

. oD oot @0, FSore 9HHBow) 8.

If you let out your secret, it will get all over the village.

( See Nos. 47, 685, 1521. )

Three know it, all know @f. (lialian.)*

The secret of two is God's secret ; the secret of three is all the world’s, (French.)t

526, ¥9o™® DE FeootS gorwe, T BH %HDoXo.

‘While the child is still in the womb, the son is named

Somalingam.

(See Nos. 204, 936, 1470, 1471.)

Boil not the pap before the child is born.

* Tye lo sanno, tutti lo sanno.

1 Secret de deux, secret de Dieux 3 secret de trois, secret de fous,

(96 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

6217

¥ B8 TADoWE 0D S Moy T

Will [ affection] that does not exist in the heart be caused

by embracing [ the body ]?

528

Yo B ¥R B8 x8.

After conception there’s nothing for it but to bring forth.

( See No. 1003,)

A work undertaken must be completed.

929

YO BYSH.

If he laps, it wont answer.

If a person goes to get a wife for another, and eats in the house before

the matter is arranged, it is sure to fall through,

530

¥® 93 ¥o$5T B THH 88 SreiHE ot w4

Like a man throwing away the knife and threatening to kill

himself with a flock of cotton.

Saying and doing are two things,

531

é_’g@'séao B0 Fooiexn B ).

Though the stab of the sword may fail, the stab of the pen

will not fail.

{ See No. 533,)

532

éj_é’); Bag:o’v @_;6; SHOD Heh.

There is no softness in a sword, nor goodness in a mother-in-

law.

( See No, 84: )

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533. é:?;“&"’W Seoom .

Is the sword sharp or the pen ?

( See No. 531.)

The pen in the hand of the strong is more powerful than the sword

A goose-quill is more dangerous than a lion’s claw,

534. ¥5% TP Ty 008% [P By).

No legs to the tale, no ears to the pot.

Said of a story that one cannot make head or tail of.

A story without o head. (Greek.y*

535, ¥I0B BDE T°XH, ¥{I HE 5.

That which has not been brought forth is not a child ; that

which is not worn is not a garment.

Nothing belonging to others can make up for the want of one’s own.

536. ¥D X% DD By,

Seeing, blind; hearing, deaf.

“ Eyes have they, but they see not : they have ears, but they hear not.”’ Pgalm cxv, 5, 6.

537. ¥HE_D TT° W0 e ai'@ibmaga.

‘When told to gb and look, he goes and burns.

Alluding to the story of Hanuman setting fire to Lanki, when sent te

look for Sita,

Don é/?SCl é(@)é/om‘a"’ Eah anlnlicon. &,

Some things must be hidden even from the mother that bore

you

* Auépatos uvlos.

(98)

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

539

¥y BRI VYD FINEr S

Should you not be careful of that which may stick into

your eye ?

Keep an eye on your enemies.

540

Yoy DTHYe08 Ty RpS oo

Will you put so much collyrium on your eye, as to destroy it?

Lattle sticks kindle a fire, Lut great ones put it out,

41

¥y IXHTY ¥ DoxoBoos,

Although the eye does not see, the belly finds.

A man’s want leads him to seek and find a livelihood.

4 hungry man sees far.

A hungry man discovers more than a hundred lawyers. (spanish.)*

942

¥y D Y,TonD° DY Y, To0d° TOEE SI°5H.

When the eye is red, or the sky is red, ( at sunset) there will

surely be a dropping.

543

¥ o T%omw Fs¥Doxsie o, ‘S‘éaé“’xi& é;ti?%o*vooo

FogwdoXSoe T Ee.

“0 Kanakalingam ! how did you lose your eyes 7’ asked one ;

“The result of my deeds, O Sambhulingam!” replied

the other.

An evasive answer.

544

¥H s, ,W,j‘._/s_‘gs'aog)g I~ B,

A frog never bites, a Brahman never fights.

Said of a cowardly person.

* Mas descubre un hambriento que cien letrados,

(99)

eﬂo@@"‘s

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545

¥ b FAAT 9%, THOR) B A .

The smell of Kammavéaru cannot be got rid of by washing,

or scraping with a shell.

Kammavaru are a class of Telugu Slﬁdras, whose occupation is farming.

They are proverbially dirty people.

546

XI5 § B TOATE.

Muttering like a man plucking Kari Vépa leaves.

Kari Vépa is the Bergera Koenigii and is used in making curries.

There

is an idea that the leaves lose their flavour if plucked silently.

5417

¥ TR,

The valour of Karna.

A Dblusterer.

20RFNE BRSO

548

:{gm@om SOKER. §om§*§g§

28 DRSS B

Like the guilty husband who slipped out of the blanket and

fell into the street when his wife was carrying him on

her shoulder ( to save him from punishment ).

549

é’@ DIy ATD Yowoe s.(aﬁaoa.

Even a sheep will bite a man without a stick.

Every man should be prepared to defend himself.

950

¥OHY_ ¥aoxty oy

Will a black bitch become a Kapila cow ?

The Kapila is a tawny cow worshipped by the Hindus,

( 100 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

551

¥osror & oX I¥°% 5"&&6'@?@

The everlasting thief is one day caught.

The old for is caught at last.

The old ape is taken at last. (Latin.)*

052

Yoo o, §°%O §om .

There is no dryness in the aloe, nor newness in a daughter-in-

law.

(See No. 1587.)

A daughter-in-law is never a stranger.

953

Foo™® Fren TXTTH FotHSon B850 ¥S¥DHEon B50.

‘What matters it whether one drinks milk in a dream out of

bell metal or gold ?

Building castles in the air.

554.

Food™® 257X 50m.

Enjoyment in a dream.

5959

Fooo0083 &E555059n% *sﬂéféévo‘&: S5OSO,

A girl who has come from a rich man’s house cannot even

look at a Kékarakéya.

Kakarakaya is the Memordica Charantia.

Puffed up with pride.

556

YORD T Pswcwy, THITD SRR SEEIA

If you can afford it, [ your dress] should cover your feet; if

not, it should cover your knees.

Living according to one’s means.

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

* Anus simia sero quidem,

(101 )

250

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5@?\?60‘508 " @'%éo@&% BT AT

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£2550 Ffowsa.

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By the time the rich man opened his corn bin, the poor man

had died.

5

(e}

¥ORTSHY YOATSHYTS ipd, BSong FORATHFT ip .

The rich man will feed the rich man and the poor man will

feed the rich man.

( See No. 560. )

Who has, is— (ltalian.)*

559

¥OD%R ¥ DT HYPSoY vk,

Although they give him food mixed with rice washings, he

looks towards the net.

( For Utti see No. 304. )

The guest disbelieved the poor state of the house.

560.

FOo oo D0odsH.

Wealth is the paramour of all castes.

(See No. 558.)

A rich man is sought after by all.

Rich people are every where at home. (German.)t

61.

E¥OD B TS XHoen.

Having and not having are the pots in a Kévadi.

Equally balanced.

( See No. 568. )

Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in a well, (German.)t

Every day hath its night, every weal its woe.

* Chi ha, é.

1 Reiche Lente sind tiberall daheim.

¥ Gliick und Ungliick sind zwei Eimer im Galgenbrunnen,

( 102 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

562. ¥OS50X50 Bohs 8%ren TPSBao.

The few days remaining in the Iron age must pass away.

The Kal: Yuga is said to contain 432,000 years of which the 4968th

year commenced in A. D. 1866.

An ironical phrase applied to procrastination.

563

FOSSHX oS08,

A Révana of the Iron age.

Applied to a man as bad in this, the Iron age, as Ravana was in

the Golden.

J

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64, Fonsydaso 8ok XIS Higy .

Like the Grachcha bush growing round the Kalpa tree.

The Gackcha is a thorny bush, (Guilandina Bonducella) ; the Kalpa

is the celestial tree of desire.

Applied to a benevolent man surrounded by evil persons, who do not

suffer others to approach him.

565, §cg()) HNowE8 XX Roon.

False gold is very rough.

566. é/gg) PDVRE TO0H Boosh.

False gold is very bright.

All is not gold that glitters.

5617. é/’%?"’gs*asiw 5&1)73“’ ‘s/é{vzy_ SIAN A &3 X85,

When marriage comes, or vomiting, it cannot be stopped.

-~

9

68

¥ Dogren Tosr 5583 Ho¥e So0s3.

Sorrow and joy are like two pots on a Kavadi.

( See No, 561.)

Kavadi is the yoke made of a split bamboo, used by Indian coolies, To

the ends are slung loads of equal weight.

Joy and sorrow are fo-day and to-morrow,

( 103 )

eso@eﬁéfgfso@é’.

569. T8 é/@mo'& K0T Bp0HoLN0B:

‘When the crow cawed, she started.

Feigned sensifiveness.

570. 5°8 Xom X0&7d 8§78« 288.

The crow is plucky, the cuckoo is cowardly.

571, T°82 B HoBTENST "::ag“éé Den¥ST $nHT .

If you put a crow in a cage will it talk like a parrot?

( See Nos. 259, 371, 515, 573, 632, 924, 1475, 1494.)

Wash a dog, comb o dog, still a dog is but @ dog. (French.)®

572, s°8 e Te88 mga.

The erow’s chick is dear to the crow.

The crow thinks her own bird the fairests

573. T°8 B¢ ToD VA Toow.

The crow is black when if is born, and black when it is

grown.

( See Nos. 259, 371, 515, 571, 632, 924, 1475, 1494.)

What's bred in the bone will never be out of the flesh.

The wolf changes his hair but not his neture. (Latin, )t

574, T°8 Sl S ST oNBom NI by,

Like a Donda fruit in a crow’s beak.

(See Nos. 718, 720, )

Donda is a bright red fruit ( Coccinea Indica )

A beautiful thing possessed by a person who is unworthy of it.

# Lavez chien, peignez chien, toujours n’est chien que chien,

Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.

( 104 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

575. ToHo%H T°O Tineoo TRRM PR,

What is it to the crows if the Nemmi trees, which they don’t

like, grow or blossom ?

Nemmi chettw is the Dalbergia Oojeinensis.

576. S0 §7¢3 xg@sé %%%33.

To kill crows and throw them to the kites.

(See No. 829.)

He robs Peter to pay Paul.

577. T°Xo To5Rswer XoFsls B

Predestined events will be accomplished by Gandharvas.

In allusion to the death of Kichaka whom Draupadi declared to have

been killed by her husbands the Gandharvas.

(See Virata Parva of the

Maﬁ&bh&rata.) Gandharvas are celestial musicians.

The judgments of God are fulfilled by unseen instruments.

The feet of the avenging deities are shod with wool. (Latin.)*

578, o838 ’§ﬂ°§§q> ToIETR BoRk8 TVowf wﬁma&.k

He stretches out his legs towards the cemetery, and stretches

out his hand for food.

Greedy to the last.

B TR Dionmr XNy 5@6 55,

Don’t trust a Karanam even when he is being taken to the

cemetery.

( See Nos, 354, 2045. )

580. TTEST HoATD T°Xew 8 D.

The crows ate up the fruit which grew in the forest.

Property common to all.

¥ Dii irati laneos pedes habent,

14

( 105 )

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581, T°&% ©®oT O5SHR ErA

If you say Kéadu, it is a Tamilian’s ear.

( See No. 585. )

680. Bl TL o BB OD 9o,

‘When one said “ Kadu, Kddu” the other said “ Nadi, Nadi.”

( See No. 581.)

Kadu in Telugu means ¢ it is not,’”” “no;’’ in Tamil it signifies « the

ear

.”

A Telugu man on one occasion accidentally stuck the barb of his

spear into a Tamilian’s ear, on which the latter cried out ¢ Kadu ! Kéadu !’

(My ear! my ear!)

The Telugu man thinking he meant to say ¢ Not

yours, not yours’’ pulled at the spear all the harder, saying ¢ Nadi!

Nadi !’ (It’s mine ! it’s mine! )

Said to a man who is obstinate in argument.

583. Tos¥ome é/@c%‘-%& 0 5o DTN TCoNOTIH.

I will give you a bundle of grain without any one else see-

ing me, but will you play on the double drum without

any one else hearing it ?

A 5illy request made by a female, who was not allowed to indulge her

taste for musiec.

584, TOE5D 0 FHVS0 XoHe0d @ES&%%Q.

Speaking of people who are not known, as having distributed

rice-milk by baskets full.

(See Nos. 423, 841, 1622.)

Exaggerating the bounty of absent persons.

585.

T TosNE ¥T), dran wyhBood.

In your evil hour your own stick will become a snake.

i. e. your own friends will turn against you.

( 106 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

586

oD SHoXo §7°83 heo.

One sixty-fourth part of folly will bring ten millions of

SOITOW S,

A little neglect may breed great mischief,

587

R A G A M 3

An unfriendly person is equal to one that is not. |

588

oD BIH FolHew ?\/oéfoi) @ooa?é%go.

In an unlucky time his Kandi wouldn’t boil soft.

( For Kandi see No. 32,)

589

T SO THhE TG IYE8.

The famine came in the very year that the cultivator came

to the village.

An unfortunate coincidence.

590

TS0 BT TOEYED DRSS

There is no effect without a cause.

Every why has a wherefore.

There is a cause for all things, (ltalian.)*

591

TOTENOEY HIWIT, ToIYI0 SwoXY $HII, B50B008.

If it thunders before the Kéarte, if you are hasty in a business,

it will be spoilt.

Karte is ¢ the particular constellation of the 27 in which the sun happens

to:be:!!

The Karte here spoken of is that in which rain should fall, If it

thunders before the time, the rain will be insufficient.

¥ (Ogni cosa ha cagione,

( 167 )

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592

TR0 ATIY DIFo AT,

Is the business of importance or are the means ?

593

TPOX0 °¢3 FodAowz, EO e

SERo2.

In the ages past he was Kandi and in the time of his fore-

fathers he was Pesara.

(For Kandi and Pesara see No. 82.)

Said of a prosy old fellow who spins long yarns.

TPOR BP0,

594

Kéalanémi’s prayers.

Kalanémi was a pretended sage.

(See the Rambyana.~Yuddha Kanda. )

Applied to hypocrisy.

595. Tr0BY Se ToRL.

Burning and rubbing on the ground.

Annoying and iil-treating another.

596. S0y 88 X&S IBm.

Time must be spent in one way.

Change of circumstances should not change the man.

597, T o~d8 ¥EXoi~ TIR8 e IQYII.

Time is afflicted, and the country is wandering [in trouble ].

Said jokingly by a person when asked whether he was in trouble.

Désamu here means literally the country and not the inhabitants of it.

( 108 )

TELITGU PROVERBS.

DU, T8 T Dok, osH ‘eﬁ_i =°O8.

He removes the rope from the leg to the neck, and from the

neck to the leg.

Attempting to entrap a person by unfair questions.

599.

DS %2 B Sod Doy B

If he points with the foot, it must be done with the head.

Said of the obsequiousness HOUREHaLy to a dependant.

Cringing is o gainful accomplishment.

600

TPOF SO T MO Bob).

Burnt earth will not adhere to unburnt.

People in different positions in life cannot be very intimate.

601

0 B0 BoooR é”@.

A half-burnt log.

Said of a mean spirited creature who resents no affront.

602.

SO0 TS %9}5"@ BT 5.

He hops about like a cat with a burnt paw.

603.

o0 28 B D08 SIRNOTTD, FoodH BB D8 Kook,

If your foot slips you may recover your balance, but if your

mouth slips you cannot recall your words.

4 slip of the foot may be soon recovered ; but that of the tongue perhaps never,

Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue. (French.)*

4 word and a stone once let go cannot be recalled, (Spanish.)

* Mieux vaut glisser du pied que de la langue,

T Palabra y piedra suelta no tiene vuelta,

( 109 )

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604, T 2B NowHE PP VYY) SO T L.

He slipped and fell, and then said the ground was unlucky.

Attributing events to a wrong cause.

605. T en té%)aoé“’@ PR B Boo%Hd K)ééa)o?"éb B R0,

“When you pull him out by the leg, he holds on by the eaves.

( See Nos. 340, 2017.)

A man of no delicacy of feeling, not to be got rid of easily.

A toady.

606. TS FSHHP SHom Xo=s.

Scalding rice water to a burning (hungry ) stomach.

( See No, 156. )

Anything is acceptable to one who is in want.

Beggars must not be choosers.

Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.

A hungry ass eats any straw, ( lialian,)*

607

TP Wity T ¥ISY ssom.

Will a snake coiled round your leg not bite you ?

Said of a helpless dependant who must be supported.

608

TOSA 0y So¥en TS0 00080 =B ¥o.

What if the Kévadi bends ever so much! If it reaches the

house, it is enough.

(For Kavadi see No, 568,)

All’'s well that ends well.

* Asino che ha fame mangia d’ogni strame,

( 110 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

609. 538 FAT ¥Y, XF_ XoR Aty oy

Will a black dog become a holy cow by merely going to

Benares ?

(See No, 1086.)

Formal observances cannot make a sinful man holy.

He that goes a beast to Rome, a beast returns. ( Ttalian, )*

Send a fool to the market, and a fool he'll return.

610. =°38 %o $6é/b_ ™0 “@aQs&m.

Like going to Benares, and bringing back dog’s hair.

( See Nos. 612, 1667.)

Great labour and small results.

611, 5798 Vo N3, TN BSEsSo K.

Going to Benares is one thing; bringing back a Kavadi

(of Ganges water) is another.

( For K&vagli see No, 568.)

Two great things to be done. Applied to keeping one great object

in view.

612

5°38 ‘535?0 "R

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Like going to Benares and bringing back an ass’s egg.

( See Nos. 610, 1667, )

An absurd exploit.

* Chi bestia va & Roma bestia retorna,

(131 )

eso@es’s @*jﬁo@&

613. To5HH X8V, §%38 §°& [I.

He was without a cash, but raised his banner for a crore.

( See Nos. 230, 240, 276, 1250, 1542, 1796.)

A cash ( Kdsu ) equals about one fortieth of a penny.

Penniless, but bragging of having a plum.

614, TN SEETEH, 038 STD B,

He has not the means of [getting] one cash, but thinks

nothing of [ spending ] a hundred [ pagodas ].

( For cash see No. 613.) A pagoda = 3} Rupees.

Wanton extravagance.

He is able to buy an abbey

615. =70 R""&&@é{) ¥ 2o0:.

A fine of a fanam for [ the trespass of] a cow worth a cash.

( See Nos., 820, 889, 1439, )

A fanam =— 80 cash. ( For cash see No, 613.)

Expense disproportionate to the value of an article.

616

80 ®0 Fo OTBH.

When asked “what?” he cannot say “ whom 7’

( See No. 860. )

He cannot say bo to a goose.

6117

8200 BBoW IB%.

Count the disadvanfages first, then the advantages.

( See No. 1052. )

Measure twice, cut but once.

Don’t buy o pig in a poke.

( 112 )

i —.

TELUGU PROVERBS.

618

003500 m@ &3‘5%‘26%30.

Like pouring spindles into a corn measure

A noiseless operation.

619

%oBeH Rozotd KO8 I, KR Aowew BE B b,

While she was out working for a kuncham of grain, the

calf [ at home ] ate a tiumu.

( See Nos. 1104, 1794. )

A tumu is a measure equal to 4 kunchams.

One step forwards and two backwards.

620

%083 Peobo, ocwoédd oo,

What's the cripple’s delight is harm to the house.

Such a man is said always to be in migschief.

621

%08 APABH B85 T .

A slip of the leg is the excuse of a lame donkey.

622

&X)o%og’a o8 50‘005955;&).

Until the lame bullock comes, they won’t lift the beam.

623

H05ST Koo KomoneS ok X, 2 0 mgwmxm

$)o

SS

The food must remain undiminished in the pot, and the

children must be fat and strong.

( See No. 692. )

To wish for two things opposed to each other.

You can’t eat your cake and have it too,

(118)

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624

S@o‘@fg’"’ X000 8 S,

A driver of horses among the pots.

A man that sticks at home.

A mollycoddle

625

&ot.sgfs TOHE mé’)@:sgbm.

Like a lotus springing up in a chafing dish.

Utterly incredible.

626

0¥, oRrREn 8F 8.

The dog ate filth.

(See Nos. 628, 630, 632,)

The nature of the animal.

627

For the bite of a dog, a slap with a slipper is the cure.

The proper punishment for a slanderer.

628

@O

éﬁé’bﬁﬁ 555:)8) @%& ﬂ""f\) %0

o

All the teeth that a dog gets are crooked.

(See Nos. 626, 630.)

Said of a man who spoils every thing he meddles with.

629

HY_ B9 8T wY_ B §Towg.

A stick taken by a dog, a stick taken by a jackal

No one agreeing with his neighbour.

All at sixes and sevens.

(114 )

TE’LUG-U PROVERBS.

630. 0¥ TJD o) KA Beo

All that a dog brings is filth.

{ See Nos. 626, 628, )

’Tis the nature of the beast.

631. H% _87F Hep8TO Atoexd ool SinyT.

Could you swim over the Godavari, by catching hold of a

dog’s tail?

Reliance upon mean persons for great things.

Trust not to a broken staff.

632. ¥ & oXoxnd™ Krexdnod

39, o[oxRs0 WD BX

50858,

When they seated the dog in a palanquin, it saw filth and

jumped down and ran to it.

(See Nos, 259, 371, 515, 571, 573, 924, 1475, 1494, )

Mean persons although exalted will not give up their low habits.

Crooked by mature is never made straight by education.

“ Set a frog on a golden stool, and off it hops again into the pool,”’ (German.)*

633. &é’zr_aia @”g ‘233_‘)?6 @%&g TS B .

Do you require a painted stick to strike a dog with ?

634. %8 % §TEE onw o FHHoR) B.

If you beat the dog, it fouls the whole house.

# Setz einen Frosch auf golden Stuhl,

Er hupft doch wieder in den Pfuhl,

(115 )

eSo@eY’séng{So@é’.

635

0F_H Wods Iens0 KR é”gm 855,

The sin of killing a dog cannot be expiated even by building

a temple.

636

SSEAES 20DB, Xow" K¢ oLk Y e,

If you rear up a dog, when it becomes big it will empty all

your dishes.

( See Nos. 267, 665, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1850.)

Put a snake into your bosom and when it is warm it will sting yowu.

637

30, 0 0 ePEToe, 30 Bge BX FHBF) 8.

If you kiss a dog, it licks your whole face.

The result of encouraging low people.

638

0¥, Tt §5 YPB o~ Psdosor 8.

If you poke a stick into a dog’s mouth, it will snap.

4 man may make his own dog bite him.

639

PY. B0 IR, DIAYow Sy T

If you assume the disguise of a dog, you must bark.

In for a penny, in Jor a pound.

640

0¥ Fo8H Dfon Howso %fwz)e)a ) 4

When the dog went to the fair he was beaten with the

scale-beam.

A vain fellow will be ignominiously treated.

641

&6%)326 Bew Xoeassooooon, s@%:sg 0¥ 30003,

The scorpion which stung is a good tempered creature, the

[ stung ] woman who bawled out is a wretched slut.

A mischief maker often escapes blame.

(116 )

;»3

TELUGU PROVERBS,

642, HE3BEo Koo D &9&?\}5%30.

Like enquiring the flavour of the vegetables when on the

point of eating them.

Want of patience.

643. H0F0 SoX B B, Ko5TXsH0 @o‘jgg‘ég oo X 3300

DK

There is no woman who cannot cook kudumus, nor man

who cannot hum a tune.

Kudumu is a common kind of cake.

Applied to things which are very common.

644

SN éK@TeSgJS’ DO BONOTTTD B[,

A man who sets fire to the whole heap and begins to eat

parched grain.

The work of a fool.

645

PHYO™ SToe3xFs0.

A diamond in a dunghill.

One worthy amongst many worthless.

4 diamond is valuable though it lic on a dunghill,

646

sﬁgaézf 335 350e5° A NERS T 3%%??5%3)0.

Like throwing a Gachcha nut into a potter’s kiln.

*( Bee No. 586-—For Gacheha see No, 564, )

If the nut of this tree be thrown into a kiln, it will burst, and break the

pots.

A great injury done by a slight action.

6417

%6&_135 €335330005° ngc% S0 SCKHHT.

Will a brass pot be found in a potter’s kiln ?

A worthy person is not to be found amongst the worthless.

(117 )

o

§Y°

8¥ 0,8

¥

60@6’8

—0

N/

648

0IHTHBAT 350,

The manner of the mole-cricket.

Never resting from doing mischief.

649

éﬁﬁ&t@&ﬁ(véﬁ S0 PoLd ©osrhH.

Earth does not adhere to the mole-cricket.

Engaging in a business but keeping clear of all responsibility.

650

008 5¥ T, KBHH SY 240

One year to the potter, one blow to the cudgel.

The cudgel destroys in one blow what has cost the potter a year’s

labour.

The sudden loss of that gained by much labour.

651

03y BIPETRLODH Komamd TB, Thew P F ¥

OO 5—5)_()?6&.

‘When he went to Gudiir to tell of his misfortune, the mis-

fortune of seven villages met him.

Whither goest thou, Misfortune 2 To where there is more. (Spanish.)*

652

0502 Thde WY Hod, HMrIroly BY_DipBory K.

When one enquired what the ugly man was doing, [ he

was told that] he was counting all the good looking

people.

An ugly person finds fault with the looks of others.

The kiln calls the oven burnt house.

The shovel makes game of the poker. (French.)t

The pan says to the pot ¢ keep off or you’ll smutch me.”’ (ltalian.)}

# Adonde vas, mal ? Adonde mas hay,

T La péle se moque du fourgon,

I La padeng dice al pajuolo, Fatti in 1a che tu me tigni,

(1183

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

653

HerD00s3 §°8 ©9onTT Hoow.

A monkey [ -like wife] of good family is better [than a

pretty wife of low origin ].

654

POPBA 0430, VOBOA E RIS

[ Form ] your connexions when you know the caste, [ choose ]

your residence when you know the place.

65

(W]

HeodowsHonmT®, SEIoS0 TOTO.

Though [ a husbhand ] be low in rank, he should not be

ear's

younger than his wife. ( Or, she should not be without one ? )

656

Kroisasy Ko BT, By oo [358.

Machamma made away with what Kiichamma gathered.

0550

657

X438 ?2?&0»‘5, Y8 Do,

s

Though a man be poor, will he lose caste?

658

Koo Kome @EXY I8, DEH FBissp IHTH 0T oo,

l&ﬁ)

If you don't ask me for food and raiment I will care for you

Fhe

as my own child.

(See Nos. 1349, 1711, 1936. )

Ing

Good words and no deeds are rushes and reeds.

Fair words butter no parsnips.,

659

36'0?5?..?_?3 §§37T°?O Sﬁ@g\méﬁ BED 5&1)3";&).

As for food I have it, but I came here from fear of the caste

people.

Said by an idle beggar, as an excuse for asking alms,

(119 )

eﬁo@@’%

§°8 50

By

665

660

o8 ¥F¥eassn.

A karanam to talk.

( See Nos. 1811, 2042.—For Karanam see¢ No, 154. )

A great talker but not good at his work.

661

o8 ooP e O HHOT Aoz B

666

Great cries, but not a grain in thg heap.

(See Nos. 1704, 1708, )

A great noise of threshing, but no grain to thresh.

“ Great cry and little wool’’ as the fellow said when he sheared the pig.

667

662

Krvéaoé é’ﬁ&&_faééﬁ HeDHden, §¥Ho 5@\@&6 R

KDoWew.

The lady who has daughters is given a chair, but the lady

who has sons has to lean against the wall.

668

663

¥oB050 H0BRD, BOHD ¥oReso Bgm‘féo;

When the mother gave her daughter a kuncham of grain,

the daughter set before her mother a dishful of food.

( See No. 1739. )

Kindness returned.

66¢

One never loseth by doing good turns.

Kindness produces kindness.

( Latin, )*

664

K8088 sHoXTmEo P 8o, §°%5O8 Boen daHgen.

[I only anoint] my daughter on Tuesdays and Fridays, but

670

[ I anoint ] my daughter-in-law every Diyyalu.

A catch. Diyyalu or Dipavali is a feast held on the 14th day of the

dark fortnight in the month Asvayuja (October-November) on which occasion

anointing the body with oil is indispensable.

The “every Dipavali” of

the mother-in-law therefore only amounted to once a year, but she took

better care of her own daughter.

* Gratia gratiam parit.

( 120 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

665

N8 ©D 20DB, Xo Oon ¥ES EEANY

He petted it as a kitten, but when it grew into a big cat it

tried to bite him.

( See Nos. 267, 636, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1850, )

Evil men will injure their protectors.

Foster a raven and it will peck out your eyes. (Spanish.)®

666

Kos 508 B Bér.

Is an antelope equal to a tiger’s cub ?

667

SrSosy BoABE» Q0 PG BEH, DSHoE FHx%0 T,

If you listen to the song [ in praise ] of Kfinalamma, there is

no merit; and if you don’t listen to it, there is no sin.

Kénalamma is the goddess said to preside over children.

668

‘bﬁ—o&%bo& 5587 5B,

One must sit first, and then lie down.

Said to a man inclined to do a thing hastily.

First creep, then go.

669

X5)08 B Teso 7R, TXD T T OOHO Sy TOET K.

He could not stand up, yet he talked of jumping up and

kicking down a palmyra fruit.

(See No. 670.)

Vain boasting.

670

SSazesele TS B, $0X008 @go Bf.&@"’:én“&o%é:».

He could not rise from his seat and yet he proposed to

crawl to the holy place.

( See No. 669. )

Offering to do that which is difficult, when unable to do that which

is easy.

* Crea el cuervo, y sacarte ha los ojos.

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671

38 éi'b;b I8 853“’@(%“’&25%33

He came for hire, and asked for a share [in the business].

A cool request.

672

X% AR CIAN 2B EBSH [0S,

The braying donkey came and spoiled the grazing donkey’s

business.

When the one that was outside brayed, the other that was inside answer-

ed and was consequently discovered and driven out of the field.

673

¥)Bon 08 Vs Foow.

Good done to an ungrateful person.

674

§70%08 588 §Tokod DTy S0,

Why a mountain of fire to [ burn down ] a mountain of cotton ?

A4 little fire burns up a great deal of corn.

675

§”0%08 T3 S"oXod ‘{o@@'s Sy RE~ ﬁ_ﬁ_‘:w

Do they offer to a god as great as a mountain, leaves and

flowers as much as a mountain ?

A worshipper is accepted according to his faith, not according to

greatness of his offering.

676

§°0%08 %g;? I 2T TINPO “ém%é%o».

When the big Reddi died they wept only for the handful of

his hair.

Indifferent to a great loss, but lamenting over some trifle that

went with it.

Fear not the loss of the bell more than the loss of the steeple.

(122 )

:

TELUGU PROVERBS.

6717

§0%®H Y Won¥ Snd B, IX FTom IHH S,

5B Bo@% x)“séém%&

If you tie a hair to a mountain, the mountain will come or

the hair only go.

The possibility of great gain with the risk of little loss.

678

§70% Jo8oX BEPETR voeg’g T:’)@?:ES%JN.

Like putting a mountain under one’s head and searching

for stones.

( See Nos, 118, 2002 )

679

§70% B[ Towo¥ad HE3TE.

Digging up a mountain to catch a rat.

680

§C0EST XD VeGS0

Like a ram butting a mountain.

Great conceit.

681

§ 0% TOTH sHoXH BR, PN Treo¥ FraTPonwiyp.

When he applied medicine to the uvula, it took out the whole

tongue.

( See Nos, 482, 846, 1567.)

The remedy is worse than the disease.

682

§P0% WD H¥Y 00 BaBASL.

Like dogs barking at a mountain.

(See No. 441,)

( 123 )

&30@&5’8

§%8 30

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-0

&

683. §70&350XO R""@Rﬁéam.

As the hill-barber shaves.

( See No. 1087. )

The pilgrims who visit the sacred hill of Tirupati have to be shaved

before entering the temple.

The barbers in their greediness to secure

customers are said to keep numbers round them half shaven, leaving off

one to commence another.

Dabbling in many things, but completing none.

684. §T0X DOR TR ATHIIH VENI.

Will a man that swallows a mountain care for a G:épuram ?

( See Nos. 447, 773, 1008. )

Gopuram is the tower over the gate of a Hindu temple.

685. §70% Qo= BRKwBMoH, §THE IF T Feo ©F) 4.

When asked what the row on the hill was, they said “ The

Komatis’ secrets.”

( See Nos. 47, 525, 1521. )

The secret of Anchuelos. (spanish.)*

686. §T0&DRMHOD HE IR ACAHBen TR .

How many are the wounds of a man who has fallen from

the top of a hill ?

A man inured to difficulties.

687. §70% T, _T°D Bwosd XSO B _Siy.

Like a sickle carried in the waist of a man climbing

up a hill.

An additional dj(mger and difficulty.

SRR SN

* El secreto de Anchuelos,

( See Kelly’s “ Proverbs of all Nations’ p. 178.)

( 124 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

688, §70% £ 55%’3_‘) HotH 3B 'éé’)é@o

Coming like a mountain, and melting away like dew.

( See No. 2118.)

Said of a difficulty which appears great when distant bat is easily

overcome when grappled with.

689, §”0x5De3 ﬁo@a&.

Like a well-rope at Kondavidu.

Where water is very scarce and the wells very deep.

Said of a long-winded story.

690. §70% BVT" TUHTY VoL, WoXHIH Vo TET® O &3

“Have you ruined me Rdmanna 7’ [ said a man to his parrot ]

“Is there any doubt of that?” it replied.

A man was duped into buying a parrot by the seller pretending it had

power to discover hidden treasure.

He pointed to a place where money

had been previously buried and enquired of the parrot, which answered

“Is there any doubt of that ?’’ the only sentence it had been taught to

repeat.

The purchaser having bought the parrot for a large sum, in vain

endeavoured to cause it to discover treasure.

At last in his disappoint-

ment he cried ¢ Have you ruined me Ré4manna?’’ when he received the

same answer ‘“ Is there any doubt of that ?”’

Applied to a person who knowingly gives bad advice to others, and

then laughs at their misfortunes.

691. §THRYS0ND TSR0 L, B0k FTHRITTED Thid

R

“Why do you cry before being beaten 7’ he asked, “ you are

going to beat me in future” replied [ the boy ].

( See No. 372.)

Never yowl till you're hit.

Let your trouble tarry till its own day comes.

Suflicient for the day is the evil thercof.

(125 )

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692

ST WR0E 8B, §TEe0 B0k BdHy 8.

The son must flourish, and the daughter-in-law must become

a widow.

( See No. 623.)

693

@"g&aoé@’% SEX BDTRYSE.

Like a gad-fly flying into a new pot.

The pot contains nothing, and the mouth being narrow, the fly has some

difficulty in getting out again,

694

é*fg ¥ AN FYot) §7608™R o,

The new water came and washed away the old water.

A little gain once was the cause of all being lost eventually.

695

§78 DIH DI B0 TY)_wiy.

Like fish going against the stream.

Undertaking a difficult task.

It is hard to swim against the stream. (Dutch.)*

696

.

§78 ARG RS

Ao/

”§6Xc‘®.

A new beggar knows not the time [ to ask for alms ].

697

578 D08, 35 5.

Fresh [news is heard with ] pleasure, stale [ news with ]

disgust.

698

SRS BEVD §TEEAT [HD.

Will the bad bargain be improved by receiving sbmething

over ?

(See No. 191.)

¥ Tegen stroom is kwaad zwemmen,

( 126 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

699

U dE ¥S) 8w E Roon.

The man that ate, was better off than the man that bought

the things [ and did not use them ].

700

TR T°E BRI T

Ie that ate is he that bought.

If you want any thing, you must pay for it.

Nothing is had for nothing. (French,)*

701

SToB BEp oKX ) B HT® Vo, KK XEETH

B0 0, TR €30

Like a man saying, when asked why he was getting up the

cocoanut tree, that he wanted grass for his calf.

An absurd reason.

702

STBRST 8Ty A0SR .

Like scratching one’s head with a firebrand.

Applied to the use of bad agents.

703

§° 5% ©%, 87,

Nakkakorra to Korra.

( See No. 269.)

Nakkakorra is the Panicum Helvolum, an inferior grain produced in the

hill countries.

Korra is the Setaria Italica, a * farinaceous grain of the

millet kind’’ ( Shakespear’s Hind. Dicty. under}}\)).

Thwarting the evil designs of a bad man by means of a worse.

ngils must be driven out with devils. (German.)t

* On n’a rien pour rien.

t Teufel muss man mit Teufeln austreiben,

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&30@6”3@”5_%{50@&’.

104, §"OTBme &, §"O20WEFara Kog.

The man who measures [the grain ] is blind, and the man

who has had it measured is blind also (i. e., the buyer

and the seller. )

Defects on both sides.

705. §700 $OAS §7I TH 7 $0dASS.

Soon after the destruction of Kollu by a flood, Kéna also was

swept away.

Kollu and Kéna are the names of two villages on either side of a river.

The calamity which happened to one was a source of rejoicing to the

other, which soon however suffered the same fate.

Tauntingly used by a person towards those who took delight in his

misfortune but have now been overtaken by a calamity themselves.

706. §7B% HoFE WoHreR, FH) MM Tk BY_ Ten.

[ They look at] the crops which grow in Kolléru, but there

1S no acpount of the buffaloes which die there.

Counting profit, but not loss.

707. 7605 K89 ATd £ 8.

There is notaste in the greens unless some are received over.

Said by Hindu women, who are never satisfied unless they obtain some-

thing over and above their money’s worth.

708. §°¢3 Dager ¥ooe3 §TNTE.

Ten million arts are only for [ getting ] food.

( See No. 2035. )

All professions are only so many means of livelihood.

( 128 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

709

§P%D8 08 B 98 YoXDonwa.

The mother-in-law gave good counsel to her daughter-in-law

and went astray herself.

710

§8%en §7HHMO ¥Folrgod, as(agt-ﬁ @;&E?T“&) D) .

When a daughter-in-law says that she is about to bring

~ forth a son, is there any mother-in-law who says “ Don’t” ?

i, e. wish the child to be a daughter.

Will any one refuse to receive a henefit ?

711

S50 Xy B0, OF Xomg B,

The daughter-in-law enters the house (as a bride ) and the

mother-in-law enters the Ganges ( dies ).

( See No. 99.)

Death at the tae door an’ heirship af the tither. (Scotch.)

712

§°G8 Moo B, §7:0¢38 TG0 B

A fowl has no happiness and a Kémati has no feeling.

The Komatis are a class of shopkeepers.

713

é"sﬁ?@@a& IXORTE K0 w00 T

Do you want a stone roller to break an egg with ?

714

§”'gc‘%2)§%8}7—°& 360&2)%{)) PAIS RIS Rt

Sacrificing a pig to save a chicken.

715,

§7°& Pfow §7IH T8, Wiy,

When the fowl flew, it only mounted a branch.

.( See No. 733,)

i

( 129 )

80@@"%"19{50@%’,

716, §°88 XS0 BIeBFEP.

Like showing a looking glass to a monkey.

Persistently offering that whieh is disliked.

717. §°88 72 BT H 808N

Like a monkey with a cocoanut.

( See No. 723.)

Cannot use it, but won’t give it up.

Like the dog in the manger, he will neither do mor let do.

718. §7°&88 %g&) S()'go’o"’ow "a’agzﬁéégo.

Like putting a gold-laced cap on a monkey's head

(See Nos, 574, 720. )

719. §7%8 T/ I503B.

Like a snake in a monkey’s paw.

Jacko ig afraid of it, but won’t let it go.

7920. §°8 T Yoe Kodks.

A garland of flowers in a monkey’s paw.

( See Nos. 574, 718, )

A good thing thrown away on a stupid person.

791. §°8® 2889.

A monkey’s fist.

Not letting go any thing in its grasp.

Applied to obstinacy.

722. §°8 PHos @FT XK.

A sore is a. she-demon to a monkey.

Making a great fuss about.nothing,

( 130 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

723. §°H X503 FeHY0.

Like the monkey and the Guruvinda.

(See No. 7i7.)

The seed of the Guruvinda ( Abrus Precatorius ) is a small pretty black

and red seed.

7124.

§%s 55O,

[ Placing ] a guard over a forest.

Attempting impossibilities.

725.

§78559¢3 D2z,

A K()maﬁ’s truth.

( See No. 728—For Komati see No. 712. )

726.

§%5¢3 208, 88T PHos.

A Komati is a coward ; if you hit him, he runs away.

( For Kémati see No, 712, )

7127,

§78555¢3 0200 T@;S%o)o,

Like the burning of a Kémati’s house.

A heavy loss.

7128.

§9555¢3 QTS0

The faith of a Kémati.

( See No. 725—For Kémati see No, 712, )

Faithlessness.

729.

585583 ﬁn&igm.

A Komati’s evidence.

A story is told of a Komati who, when asked to identify a horse about

which a Musalman and Hindu were quarrelling, said the forepart of it

looked like the Musalman’s horse and the hindpart like the Hindu’s.

( 131 )

80@6’%"%_&{50

&

¥

730. §%0TD iy, T B ¥

A blow without a rod, a bond without a rope.

(See No. 775.)

A sudden and unaccountable calamity.

731, §°F% TY o TFH Wos~ HRHL-

Like the wings of fowls, and the flower-stalks of palmyra

trees.

( See No. 1063.)

Domestic fowls make no use of their wings, and the flower-stalk

( spadix ) of the palmyra ( See No. 290. ) bears no fruit.

Useless possessions.

192, é"gg BoSKH Bcei?) §865e578 é/wogio) @&P\:Séa)o.

Going to sell fowls and asking the news in the fort.

( See Nos. 308, 1338, 1360, 1363, 1498, )

A meddling rascal.

733, §°Bo Pon §7y ol S,

When the cuckoo flew it only mounted a branch.

( See No. 715.)

P

734, 950 FER P AT :'égaga.

He makes the great, mean; and the mean, great.

The power of God.

( 132 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

i\,

735.

Xo8%H SAS F°08.

Like packsaddle, like quilt.

(See Nos. 1231, 1668, 1698, 1846, 1969.)

Like pot, like cover. (Dutch.)*

736.

XoFT@s™ ardX $8358yp.

Like blowing a horn into perfumed powder.

Gandhapodi is thrown over one another by the relations of the bride and

bridegroom at Hindu marriages.

7317,

Xos 8d T°XH, mrom) I4.

It is not the basket, but the hook.

( See Nos, 253, 1233, 1729, 1757. )

Galapu ‘S”z‘(.ii is the hook used in the swinging festival ( Charak Pdja )

and Gampa S/z'glz' is a basket sometimes used instead of the hook.

Applied to a very difficult task.

738, Xi) "X ~F onid¥ B FSFR8 2000w 8.

Throwing sand on a thorn bush and asking it to fight

( For Gackeha see No, 564, )

Done by a Xantippe who could get no one to quarrel with.

% Zoo pot, Zoo deksel,

( 133 )

¥

6O®@£§Y§_ﬂ‘50

&

739

Xe 5%06 I WoXsH.

Like a fight between an elephant and a tortoise.

740

Kggssv% D, For) &5, 7(333).

He is a clever man no doubt, but his belly is hollow.

An ironical phrase.

The word rendered clever also means ¢¢solid.”

The expression

his belly is hollow is equivalent to “ empty-headed.”

741

Kg DED "wg ‘&j"’éégoé@ K)'S'G“’ac%é%))o.

Like leaving the grain, and fighting for the husk.

742

Xep TS BSY HE=RE” Ferduiy.

Like fighting with the ferry-man after getting over the

river.

The river past, the saint forgotten. (,_s.l.)anish.)*

&

The peril past, the saint mocked. (rmxann

743,

Xgo a%ﬁs&mﬁgé.

My beard will be fit for shaving.

Said by a goat to a lion which he threatened to devour to fulfil a

vow

744

Xg 83y ¥oB, Faw 8y ¥od.

If you eat the root [ of garlick ] there is a smell, if you eat

a clove of it there is a smell.

Whether you do a little evil or much, it is alike bad.

* El rio passado, el santo olvidado.

T Passato il punto, gabbato il santo.

( 134 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS,

145, XGHooen wod8 §EpSTITET 0, DO T° DD

Do @26&85&.

When the crowbars were blown about by the wind, the leaf-

platter said “ What is to become of me ?”

Pullaku is a cast away leaf-dish which has been once used,

A mean person thinking of his own loss when his superiors are

suffering.

746

xgmw@m DOR 708 FarSSooen W}R:Séégo.

Swallowing crowbars and taking ginger draughts.

An insufficient remedy.

747

Xgso 570 P¥ah TS Hod, WHKH dMy 000K

DI VowdoDSEy.

When one man was crying out that his beard was on fire

another followed him asking him for a light for his

cigar.

If my beard is burnt, others try to light their pipes at if, (Turkish. )

748

Xé’éﬁ@_ﬁa{éﬁ Xo0B 5E S,

Rice water is a rich drink to a poor lady.

Panakam is a rich beverage made of expensive materials.

749

Xé’a‘ézs@é& HPVTY Do,

A helpless woman will get a foolish husbhand.

( 135 )

eso@esfs §Y8_§1-5 o@é/.

750. X%)z)@sﬁa B8 TOTS NEFow K)%))J/é‘/”oér“?émwﬁ&égg.

Like the bat which thinks it holds4 up the sky and keeps

it from falling.

( See No, 1255.)

Said of a man who thinks everything depends on himself.

751, XBTSH ST 9078, RO éz"ﬂ; @5&%;3\3.

“« How are you Garuda ?” said the snake Sésha, “How are

you Sésha 17 replied the kite.

éésha took advantage of his position on the wrist of S,iva to address

Garuda, the sacred kite of Vishnu, in an impertinently familiar manner, to

which Garuda was compelled to submit.

A mean person taking advantage of his influence with a great man, to

treat his betters with insolence.

752

TOF TR B¥ AES0y W

The oil-crusher’s greediness cannot be contained even in a

sack.

But little oil is extracted from a large quantity of seed.

753

o 88 5D FHrdsky.

Like using a rice-pounder for [ carrying ] a bunch of glass

bracelets.

When put down, the weight of the stick would break the bracelets.

A {oolish action.

( 136 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

e B0 SHIOEH K8,

By trading in glass bracelets a bare subsistence only can be

obtained.

Because so many break.

Applied to any business which is attended with heavy losses.

75

e & Xo;i)c‘&) oF ¥ SEMYS R

Like saying that a donkey has eaten a basketful of husk.

Nothing wonderful.

756

AR 7&%6.

A donkey’s row.

A noisy brawl.

Nothing passes between asses but kicks. (itlian.)*

—3>)

197

e

QR

o §%H50550

The mildness of a young donkey.

Seemingly good but really useless.

758. "R3B DoH 2~ B H0H.

Ashes are the remedy for a deep ulcer.

Severe measures must be used with the incorrigible.

Desperate ills require desperate remedies. (French.)t

759

BB Toeo¥ R0 2,808 SBHAR, SHEF_S

@éoéﬁéoo&.

The rat below the corn bin must live below the corn bin,

where else can itlive ?

Said of an idle parasite.

* T'ra asino e asino, non corron se non calci,

+ Aux grands maux les grands remédes.

18

(187 )

eso@ej“’sﬁﬁjﬁo@s/.,

760. 7BI0T DAHPIH HoH, FHHT® TOOI® T PER

"%ce\)oe)mw wa 6&253“&&%@.

He said that he himself would support his wife and family

in dearth and in plenty, so long as the bin was full of

corn.

761

K 87 Vo] DY NWOSTRE HYS 05 ép.

Putting your hand into an oil press, and saying “ The favour

of Perumal ( Vishnu ) be upon me.”

( See No. 767.)

Tempting Providence.

Put your finger in the fire, and say ’twas your ill fortune.

762

TR TR DY KRN SRAT MR SR,

O oil-woman! oil-woman! you pour out the oil as finely as

you sit.

Said to a cheat.

763

VARZNSY) ?35*985%30.

As though possessed of a devil.

\

764

ACTOWN0 W?éﬁ neD, 5% —a’%oéﬁ 653&&_&?09:6&&.

You are teazing me and crying for cakes and your back is

crying for a whipping.

Said by a father.

765

8 DY 508 BAWLY.

Born of the wind, and reared up by the dust.

Said by parents to an ungrateful son, or by a benefactor to an

ungrateful dependant.

( 138 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

766. 798 VPows Dodod FXIEYBON -

Offering to God the flour which had been blown away by

the wind.

Let that which is lost be for God,

What the abbot of Bamba cannot eat, ke gives away for the good of his

soul. (Spanish.)*

767

OSP &T3» BY TYT D HI FoHH &y

Having put the lamp in the wind, he prays “O God! show

thy power.”

(See No. 761.)

768,

70 mw SD ¥% 530508008,

When a storm comes, the story ceases.

A sudden stop to anything.

769. Aozmeo XnBoxnm, oo Y oo,

Three bgshels of grain for twelve bushels of birds.

770

oo

R

on 23‘0_‘%, X508 0G DOOIWI”.

If youhide the grinding stone will the daughter’s marriage

be stopped ?

A round grinding stone or pestle is used in marriage ceremonies.

A trifling hindrance put in a man’s way will not divert him from his

purpose.

T11. X0 ) Bog B0e3ABL.

Bullets floating, Bendu sinking.

Bendw is the Aschynomene Indica from which pith hats, models, &e, are

made.

The order of nature reversed.

* El abad de Bamba, lo que no puede comer, dalo por su alma,

(139 )

60@@’5@’1%{50@%’.

772

KRG s ¥ODSLp, XoAR'y) T RDTL.

The bite of the temple-snake, the goring of the sacred cow.

An injury is none the less, though it be inflicted by a relation or

friend.

773

X&007A o8 HF DoXxn H&,SESHm,

To him who swallows the temple, the lingam in it is a

sugar-plum.

( See Nos, 447, 684, 1008. )

174

ST Xosr 9B, 50D T e,

If the temple bell be lost what does it matter to the priest-

ling ?

A hireling cares not for the property of his master.

775

NG 55-8)1) Do K)éééb)o.

Like a temple coming and falling on you.

(See No. 730.)

An unexpected calamity.

776

2@6&3 Foy) BoY) 000,

A squint eye is better than a blind eye.

( See Nos. 312, 314, 1906. )

Of two evils choose the least.

11t

RE ¥y So-fFc IFDH TODIT S¥ .

It matters not whether the blind eye is open or shut.

A useless man’s absence is as good as his presence.

718

Kode Koo, 8% $0gH S s0BoT) %o

He is cleaning the teeth of a blind horse.

Unprofitable employment.

He is teaching a pig to play on a flute.

( 140 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

779, %G B HIS L.

Like the blind jackal falling into the snare.

780

KRG SO0 SESIUL RGN TSA N 90T, S088 oI

oo §Ee~ vy S,

‘When she said “ I salute you, O blind father-in-law !”” he re-

plied ¢ Is this the commencement of strife? O adulterous

daughter-in-law

.

199

¢ See No. 72 )

Let him that has a glass skull not take to stone throwing. (lwlian.)*

781

G Top TRy B BELp.

Like a blind bullock going into a field of millet.

Not able to get much out of it.

782

&émﬁ&amm BoXTYH oo,

Can a blind man discern the colour of pure gold?

An uneducated man cannot judge of the attainments of the learned

A4 blind man is no judge of colours. (ltalian.)t

A4 pebble and a diamond are alike to a blind man.

783

X IR 20 TH_BoDSA.

The egg made faces at the chicken.

( See No. 790.)

Mocking and mimicking a superior.

784

Ro£3350 355"’25% Kootroe OO 0B, P° DDOSTonTT BIH

TEOACY T° KXo SoOSH 9F) S,

When Gutala Poli was told to amend her ways, she said

she would rather break off the match.

Obstinate behaviour.

Stubborn conduct.

* Chi ha testa di vetro non faccia a’ sassi,

T Il cieco non dee giudicar dei eolori.

( 141 )

eﬂo@@’sé"i%-ﬁo@é’.

785

ASEERC z)"’a%ag o8 EX, S8R0 '&)""5%35 =8

@*gg o“ag {Sa—o_:s;a&»

He does not know the way the pumpkin goes, but troubles

" himself to find the way the mustard seed goes.

( See No. 741.)

786

?@i;_f%& T ToN éoﬁo, 85 e~y BOR %43 B

@vw&ﬁéo.

When the thief who stole the pumpkin was spoken of, he

felt his shoulders.

Thinking some mark might have been left.

(See No. 1467. )

A guilty conscience meeds mo accuser.

He that has a muckle nose thinks ilka ane is speaking 0't. (Scotch.)

787

mﬁe‘gg 1;652)533 ST ©d 5.

The pumpkins have become rotten, the mustard plants have

spread.

Said when the base and wicked rise in power and the great and good

disappear.

788

RBVoE Aoz 85 WD $0d 808 Keox) I,

The Guruvinda seed knows its redness, but not the blackness

of its lower part.

(See No. 179.—For Guruvinda see No, 723.)

A man values himself highly, but does not know his own defects.

No one sees his own faults. (German.)*

789

RHHH BoXTSTo00 Vi,

To put Pangandmams on your Guru.

“To outwit him.

Panganamam is a very large Namam, the sectarial mark worn on the

forehead by Vaishnavas.

% Niemand sieht seine eigene Fehler,

( 142 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

790

HHH NooDS %’a“:pgc‘&.

A disciple greater than his Guru.

( See No. 783. )

Said of an insolent fellow.

791

RBHE™ Kogeres,

May a man fight with his Guru ?

792

RXF) airvéa m-vzf'cﬁ&o, XEI™E DoOX T,

You should not transgress the commandment of your Guru,

nor swallow a crowbar.

The first is as bad for you as the second.

793

RIS REXonT® TEs™ B 5 ok,

Although the horse be blind, he won’t eat less corn.

Supporting a useless person.

A bad horse eats as much as a good 0me. (Danish.)*

d

794.

KB WYTEAY KHosy Bx§ PY ¥,

In addition to the horse’s death, a fanam [ must be paid ]

for digging a pit [ to bury it in ].

S

( For Fanam see No, 615.)

Loss upon loss.

After one loss come many. (French.)t

795

KBS0 85 Y 0T 2B0800.

How can a dog which has eaten a horse live ?

796

RIEH ST HF) 3 2od BE T°B BNOATEL.

The Reddi fed his dog like a horse, and barked himself.

he

To pay a servant extravagantly and do his work yourself.

* En ond Hest aeder saa meget som en god,

+ Aprés perdre perd on bien.

( 143 )

58850

¥

T

07, ™o

?D§ m/"\eli? BS THITI.

Mubt one teach a horse to eat boiled gram ?

( See No. 935.)

Teach your grandmother to suck eggs

798

SR & r

PHoo TR DDHET0sn0BAD, IR Foz

To,0¥R) 88 DBy T

If the horse has a tail, it drives away its own flies; does it

drive away the flies from all the horses in the stable ?

( See No. 445.)

Said when a selfish person is exalted

An ill man in office is a mischief to the public

799

%" B8 '5‘53655533 B0, Proad HP oS 5%35%()

P Bl d b

While the idol in the temple was in want of Naivédyam,

the priest cried for Pulihora

( See Nos. 227, 989, 1781, 1798.—For Naivedyam see No. 3.)

Pulihora is a more expensive offering prepared with acid

800

RB{ KoTH_30, O SHoWRT) 0

The owl took to its nest, the grandmother took to

her bed

§

801

28 0 KIH) TUOH)

A humpbacked man with convulsions

( See Nos. 1755, 1830.)

§

802

XDy BT DEe X0 T Benird

The humpback alone knows how he can lie comfortably

( See No. 1419.)

Every man kens best where his own shoe pinches. (Scotch.)

( 144 )

TELUGU PROVERBS,

803, XyS & B0 BRF X% Xrwsd & wdHITd Do

?6%313.

Like taking an owl with you to the ceremony of entering a

a new house.

( See Nos. 310, 1459, )

Grihapravésa is a ceremony only to be performed at an auspicious hour

omen.

and in the absence of every bad omen. The owl is a peculiaﬂy bad

Keeping company with your ill-wishers.

804

o § 5w éiéj S0 IoHT,

Will a cut-throat forget his knife ?

805.

N i asgg S e §’°5&é®w.

Like buying leather from a shoemaker,

Purchasing at unreasonable prices. The shoemaker buys hig leather to

make up, not to retail to others.

806

R TTovd) FTRITHY, AT TV 84

E“’&&Ri& Bo.

There is no person who has not struck a herdsman, or abused

a shepherd.

Despised people.

807.

w08 0Dy BRI %)g Rodypen.

What does the barren woman know of the pains of child-

birth ?

808 R"‘c%m‘séo D0 KT D WD

‘What does the barren woman know of the pleasure of

vhav~

ing children?

He who has no children knows not what is love. (Halian, )*

. # Chi non ha figliuoli, non sa che cosa sia amore,

19

( 145 )

60@6’8@_%%0@)%/.

809. ATEE™ A a%oc%j, R B0 e?*e)oée TGy

‘When the owner cried for the cow [ he had lost,] the shoe-

maker cried for the hide.

( See Nos. 930, 1452.)

It is an iUl wind that blows nobody good.

810

NCEXT® AROTE wéém

After shaving, all that is left is the top-lock.

To sponge on another until he has nothing left.

After shaving there is nothing to shear, (lulian.)*

811

D KB R""g@omc%"'é ORENPLE

If the sheep gets fat, it is for the benefit of the shepherd.

If the servant does in a huff more work than he is told, it is for the

benefit of his master.

The term translated gets fat also signifies * be-

comes proud.”

812.

SRR L N D)

The sheep only trusts him who cuts its throat.

The simple and unwary only trust their deceivers.

813

ATped 8w 98, » B0 8Fowe ST,

When the man who ate sheep went, a man who ate buffa-

los came.

Parting with one rascal and getting a greater scoundrel in his place.

814, A" Boo* S e AS 0.

Like a wolf rushing in among sheep.

Easy prey.

# Dopo il radere non ci & pid che tosare.

( 146 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

81

(38

~

R G §(°a§_oa_é oW WD, ERAF BN

The shepherd’s Kévadi neither rises nor sinks.

Because he does not swing his pots on each end.

( For Kdvadi see No. 568. )

The fortunes of a sheep-farmer are subject to sudden reverses.

Applied to a precarious mode of living.

har—1

816. R‘”gm%o@

o

oé} '@gwaoa.

The morning dawns before the shepherds’ marriage is begun.

They have so many disputes that nothing can be settled.

B17. NioX8s5® Dodsochd T.%%:sggo.

Like mixing unripe tamarinds with G6gu greens.

Gogu or Gongura is the Hibiscus Cannabinus.

A combination of evil persons.

818. A°D8 Y, WoXE T HoH DY

St

Too big for a clout, too small for a body-cloth.

Neither one thing nor the other.

Too little and too much spoils everything. (Danish.)*

Not too little, mot too much. (German.)t

819. A%D B0 TSHE SoXe DooEH.

M. Clout—Ragamyfﬁn is the robbers’ master.

( See No. 9.)

He that has nothing is frighted at nothing.

There is no stripping o naked man. (German.)t

* Tor meget og for lidt fordaerver alting.

+ Nicht zu wenig, nicht zu viel.

I Einen Nackten kann man nicht auszichen,

( 147 )

eﬁo@@’sgi%ﬁo@g.

820

A8 Q83 g‘na%;g $08 R°EO ToxH.

Why an axe for that which can be done with a fillip of the

nail?

( See Nos, 615, 889, 1439. )

Unnecessary labour.

821

A% BT DoF oo, 0oz D

&

¢

S Ry,

Lime put on a wall, money given to a harlot.

No return.

4

822

Ao

OJ%))\J—°, Enie!

od

eI

Dl e

A slap in the face for knocking one’s head against the wall.

( See Nos. 828, 966. )

Mz'sfortunes seldom come alone.

823

RS Qoo B0 DEAHINSTE HIE FIQYI.

'Will the chunam on the wall be fit for betel leaf?

A little fine chunam ( lime ) is commonly eaten with betel.

Said of a man who does not serve his friends.

824

K% Hot DFEH (TISH I

If there is a wall you can draw on it.

825

AMBo¥oT AT Roodh.

There are more small sacks than big ones.

826

A58 Ho®, §o%o8 Ty

When it is as small as a finger nail, he makes a mountain

of it.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill,

( 148 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

8217.

ARCEAL P

Like a jackal at a tomb.

A tantalizing position, as he cannot get into it.

Like a cat round hot milk,

828.

R"Giih‘b/o%go Sons 87 e,

A blow with a pestle on a whitlow.

( See Nos. 822, 966. )

829.

A oH §°3 BOPOO WOHE0 3%26%30.

Like killing cows and giving away sandals [ made of the

hide. ]

( See No, 576, )

Steal the goose, and give the giblets in alms.

830

Mydo $of Fprs § wutod,

A barren buffalo is the emblem of Mah& Lakshmi, in a

village where there are no cows.

(See Nos, 1412, 1413.)

Mah4 Lakshmi is the goddess of fortune.

The one-eyed is a king in the land of the blind,

831.

i

SHToBE RJo.

[ Shaving ] a bald head, to [ propitiate ] the village goddess

No other will submit to the ignominy.

832.

7 %0 B Eeny).

Work without pay.

Work not paid for is ill done.

1

Work done expects money. (Portuguese.)*

* Obra feita dinheiro espera,

(149 )

o7t g

8

$o

g‘

S0 &)

550

i@

833. 30¢r-¥HA8 iy

¥o '—‘a’dﬁgaﬁ"soao%%\go

Like attempting to teach Ghantdkarna the Ashtékshari.

Ghangékarga ( Bell-eared) is the name of an attendant on éiva.

Ashgakshari is a sacred formula used in the worship of Vishnu, composed,

as the word denotes, of eight syllables ( %0 BB T TOAHTTOOD. )

.

834. wzsoé/a,eo;) zg—ca:o%ég%go SRSt gl STl oSH

He speaks so as [to cause one] to let the child drop from

the arms and fall.

(See Nos. 4,5, 839.)

A deceiver.

4 honey tongue, a heart of gall.

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails,

835. Woy® osn¥en T8I

Looking for bones in a woman’s breast.

( See No. 2123.)

A niinute investigation.

Q) S5 o

836.}5%’2,‘7?" K8t o¥onishmT ©o,

CITVEAXTONTE" DoOX VTSNS VIS0 T Héd.

“Sit properly Mr. Washerman” said one, “ Mr. Toddy-drawer,

do you hear Mr. Barber’s joke 7’ said the other.

Chaffing between Satanis, who are Vaishnava converts from all castes.

( 150 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

837

FEH_STFH 7B, SoRATEYH AT

For beauty, a camel ; for singing, an ass.

838

B8_oren Botrme, WY otr~wr ©o, %8 oo 8o

e, BY Botrid, VAHFE T Bh Botr=xd OIH He.

When [the guest] was asked whether he would take

biscuits, or cold breakfast, he replied that he would take

both, and hot breakfast too with the good man of the

house.

Applied to an ill mémnered glutton.

The first cut, and all the loaf besides.

839. ¥H Y P8 B95 Do,

Poison covered with sugar.

(See Nos, 4, 5, 834.)

A flattering speech is honied poisomn. ( Latin.)*

Sugared words generally prove bilter. (Spanish.)t

840. -25-6’31526 TS Ten TPond $°Rs00 B,

The milk given by the streaked goat which is dead filled

the lost pot with a piece out.

( See Nos. 841, 1631.)

841, WRYTD ¥ogH 0.

A dead man’s eyes are very broad.

(See Nos, 840, 1631.)

Lavishing praises on the dead which were not bestowed on the living

* Mellitum venenum, blanda oratio,

1 Palabras azucaradas por mas son ainargas,

( 151 )

80@&5’8@550@5.

842.

1‘5-831):6‘5"?3 '?oo(@)% 55-&132605 ¥y 3%0.

Any quantity of presents must suffice at a dead man’s

marriage.

When a marriage takes place, presents of cloths are sent to the bride and

bridegroom by their

relations.

Return gifts of about equal value are

made shortly after the marriage.

Should the bridegroom, however, die

during the ceremonies, no presents are returned, and no complaints are

therefore made regarding the value of those received.

843.

-5%;?3""’3‘" @@% @o'ﬁ; 0 Té:)_‘:té?é&%go.

If you live until I die, T’ll get you mariried.

A jocular saying.

844,

FHIOE T BooTd 2ol

The sea to a desperate man is as [ shallow water only up to]

his knees.

Men in despair fear nothing.

Despair gibes courage to a coward,

845.

BES DHI® @O T 0T, WED® TS BIHOACD

Doy ‘éé)or&) T K.

‘When asked whether he could read and write, he said, “1

can’t read. or write, but I can tear.”

846.

BVES "53, PP, P8 JPonwd.

When set to read, the [ little ] sense he had left him.

( See Nos. 482, 681, 1567, )

Making bad worse.

John has been to school to learn to be a fool, ( French.)*

* Jean a étudié pour étre béte,

( 152 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

847, HWAJISTY FI7) TFOTUR S0,

A washerman is better than an educated person.

The washerman, though illiterate, invariably distinguishes the clothes

belonging to different people by putting certain marks on them, but many

of the educated cannot discern between good and evil.

848.

TERD ﬁwmmm, ‘écﬁﬂ””g?oagb é’@asgmem.

He reads the Ramayana, and knocks down temples.

( See No. 941.)

Much religion, but no goodness.

849.

B S owobs BeH, Boxy W HoTE Hes.

There is no learning in my house, nor performance of

Sandhya in my family.

Said by an uneducated and irreligious Brahman.

850

FRY oS Foscd oo,

The best part of the cold food is the pickle.

851

WK BN Dok o¥D IS,

The wife who has eaten breakfast [ at home ] does not think

of her husband’s hunger.

Little knows the fat sow what the lean one means,

The full belly does not believe in hunger, (ltalian.)*

852, 18 BWETE @ 7REE0 Hoxy,

O Brahman! if you have brought food, eat it.

Said to a selfish man who bores others by talking everlastingly

of his own concerns.

* Corpo satollo non crede al digjuno,

( 153 )

60@6’8@':%{50@%’.

853. ¥ ¥ ond® WeriHe§™d TX IBK.

Even cold water should be drunk slowly.

( See No. 177. )

There is a pun here on the word iscenﬁﬁoe*@"fo which also means

¢ having cooled.”

Nothing should be done hastily.

Good and quickly seldom meet.

Haste trips up its own heels.

8

()

4

B[OK08E HoXo¥ &-o%%) ?.f)"’%w‘i):ééégo.

Like making holes in the pots in a water-shed.

the

ik

The water-shed in India corresponds to

drinking-fountain

Europe.

A despicable trick.

855

3950883 HoKeesS 'O‘°§.£? '3%’26%0.

Like throwing stones at the pots in a water-shed.

( See No. 854.)

856

{5336 sS-Qh 353008 ?S'°w§§o§v°253~%30.

Coming to beg buttermilk and hiding the cup.

( See Nos. 20, 1608, 1792.)

Pride with poverty.

Pride and poverty are ill met yet often together.

857

BT Dowd D HH I B

‘When cheap it comes to the bazar.

( See No. 25 )

( 154 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

858

BS5E Boerw¥RoR8

TOE £,

Cheapness causes extravagance.

4 good bargain is a pick purse

What is not needed is dear at o farthing. (Latin. ) *

859

TIED WY O 350 o, T DK IRYSH.

Saying she would die ( kill herself) she made a great break-

fast and had a fine sleep.

A trick to get a good meal, as she said it was to be her last.

860.

T o, & 5B,

When one says “cha” (and ), he cannot answer “tu” (but).

( See No, 616.)

861

¥ o OT™, FHoXo© 3537°3%0.

A washerwoman of a mother-in-law, a barber of a father-

in-law.

A man abusing his wife’s parents.

862

oD PIRH MoXomom JE Oy .

Like the barber’s giving a written divorcement to the

washerwoman’s wife.

863.

D% DOAD WEB0S ©onI® FoXF I B =,

Although the mat be torn, will there not be found in it as

much as a school boy’s mat?

Cadary is a very small square mat.

Every thing can be brought to some account.

Nothing so bad as not to be good for something.,

* Quod non opus est, asse carum est,

( 155

@o@@*@f%ﬁo@g.

864

T TEOROMHH woBoby KHFes TI HN .

If you have not quite clothes enough, there are plenty at the

washerman’s.

Alluding to the habit which obtains among the natives of India of hiring

other people’s clothes from the washermen.

865

oY

3

8

TESE $00%B 70T FEF Hood

A thatched hut opposite a Court-house, is used up for bonds.

Bonds were formerly always written on Palmyra leaves, such as are

used for thatching.

866

TOR® WONE0, NOWRWC IXX.

He would neither die nor give up his bed.

867

D TeSSN, R8T @8¥IS{.

He will neither allow me to die nor to live.

Perpetual worrying.

868

PP BB w0, wopmrold BA.

He won’t fast unless told that his life is in danger.

869

TP 535)) WY IHowe.

Does death come more than once ?

870

TP BB ¥Ry STHTonsLp.

Escaping death, but losing an eye.

871

Do WD, Vod Heodd woIH.

The tamarind may be dried, but it loses not its acidity.

Retaining vigour of mind though weakened in body.

( 156 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

872.

DoT® DABS oY)

The growth of the tamarind and the burgrass.

The tamarind grows slowly, the Clzigirinta(Panicum Verticillatum)

shoots up very rapidly and soon withers.

( See No. 873.)

®

Slow and sure.

873,

8D o 835?5550.

Grass-like prosperity.

{ See Nos, 210, 341. )

( For Chikilinta see Chigirinte in No, 872.)

874.

AL %?\@o——‘agéaoéé/m&, —o?)(%)’ ‘5%6_807563 5000,

It is better to go and mock another, than to whine when you

are caught.

87

D,

DTGH DTEH Vo, FoTSH $ow D O 40

One cried out “ Fire! Tire!” and another “ Now’s the time!

-

Now’s the time!”’

The cry of Dvédrapidi robbers on a certain occasion when they had set

fire to a village, which they had long been unable to plunder on account

of the wariness of the inhabitants.

876.

DE DBA0D L8 HoHTVI TP D3 7400, DIDE

PR FoHTH 0F) Kb,

“If Chitta is kind, if Svati shows favor, and if Vidakha does

not blow too much, I will produce a Putti [ of corn]to a

Visam [ of land ]” said [ the field ].

Chitta and Svatz are the 14th and 15th lunar mansions,u‘in which rain

is expected.

Visakha is the 16th lunar mansion in which high winds are

common.—Putti is a corn measure of 5001bs.

Visam is the fraction I%

-

1

—here the 16th part of a Gunta, a Jand measure equal to

4 0

of an acre.

Calm weather in June scts corn in tune.

A shower in July, wken the corn begins to fill,

Is worth a plough of oxen, and all belongs there till,

Dry Auwgust and warm doth harvest no harm.

(157 )

Boéﬁ’séﬁj{so@é’.

SR -&gcﬁn BPHIR~E, P& T[Iypodes.

He has a mind to worship Siva, but his thoughts are on his

shoes (left outside the temple ).

878‘35‘58—@@&3 BAY, DEDITTH OBPE BRB00B.

If China Péri’s marriage-cord be broken, Peda Péri’s will

be broken at the same time.

The Tadu is the cord tied round a bride’s neck.

To it is attached the

gold Taliboftu, answering to the wedding ring.

When a woman becomes

a widow the cord is broken.

Said by one fellow wife to the other.

Both in the same boat.

879. DNH- Do¥, IXY_ Ao¥, BoD WY, BAB Y .

The younger sister is a parrot, the elder sister is a rattle;

when you look at them they are like stars; when

angry they are like dogs.

880. DF) T sosonT®, BE ¥IST §TH STH.

7

Though the snake be small, you must hit him :With a

big stick.

881, DX Fw~ T°FB, DET° TS B, DA THB, Dok HEXSS.

The ornament must be one Chinnam or less in weight, of

pure gold, and must go round the neck.

A Chinnam is a weight equal to the ninth part of a pagoda ( No. »614 ¥

Wishing to get a good thing and to pay little for it.

8892. Do¥ & mém;’o 0K 350955 805255,

A parrot likes to be petted itself, but not to see others petted.

Applied to a selfish person.

( 158 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

883, No¥ aﬁooéﬁb_?é & TG0 @?S&é@w.

Like a Donda fruit in a parrot’s beak

The reverse of No. 574 q. v

“

884.

Do I8V, D0 IHewBoos.

‘When the “tin” goes, household broils disappear.

Chilumu is properly rust on other metals than iron; it is a slang term

for money.

885.

D) T &b,

The name of a hole is a hole.

Said of persons contradicting each other, though really driving at

the same end.

886

DFE® BTG 3500,

A brilliant gem in the darkness.

(See No. 645, )

A bright exception among a bad lot.

8817.

é90.

émasé”g& m&mﬁ@) ¥ e3s

(9V]

A silk tassel to a broom.

f

( See No. 1628.)

The grand appearance of a worthless person.

4 leaden sword in an ivory scabbard.

888

DY FEIS Fyoresae Fowin, KE FHEEH Heod B,

Look at the finery of the well dressed and the strut of the

poorly dressed woman.

(159 )

§°

o)

¥,

@o@eﬁ‘”ﬁ

>0

&

889, D 2433 5“@6 BXoen.

A white louse with the staggers.

( See Nos. 615, 820, 1439. }

The Hindus’ cure for the staggers is branding the flanks and legs with a

ploughshare.

H

Applied to measures quite out of proportion to the mnecessities of

the case.

890, DY Ro7BoTLTEIE Ky HoT® Woo¥eFonisiy.

By the time he had finished equipping himself, the whole

town was plundered.

( See No, 2069, )

Procrastination on the part of a boaster to conceal his cowardice

or ignorance.

891, LMD WESD, 0woB3FWOT® HSHRB HEPETIY T,

‘When he paid a visit to his relations, they all'oaught hold of

him like devils.

To get something out of him.

892, Wiy~ WooWadoXFo, FHH BAHHoXPo.

The eaves are all in good order, and there is a joyful song in

the court.

Expressive of prosperity.

893, HDTE 50, FOITH BoR0& ok,

What he saw was a snake, that which bit him was a

mango stone.

After seeing the snake, he had trodden on a split mango stone which

nipped his toe.

Flabbergasted with fright.

( 160 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

894, WooNT age 0¥ s, 35“’%’:6@8(3? X 0¥ 50,

Every thing that is seen [is subjected to the payment of]

duty ; and every thing that is rotten [is thrown away

in the ] mud.

Excessive demands.

f

805, B FooEAT KoEn TEB ©owsd.

As he looked and looked the horse turned out a donkey.

( See No. 1030.)

By close inspection the true state is known.

0

896, WXk WoTe¥, ATEBS] HodETH, .

To look at, it is like a musk rat, but to dig into walls it is

like a bandicoot.

f

Insignificant in appearance, but having the power of doing much

harm.

Little enemies and little wounds are not to be despised, (German.)®

897. WooE Wy, Do . BT Ve,

i

No relation to visit or god to worship.

( See No. 1289.)

Utterly destitute.

898, HoZaTE wiren, ¥jod §Ier.

If you visit them they are relatives, if you invite them to

ch

visit you they are angry.

* Kleine Feinde und kleine Wunden sind nicht zu verachten.

( 161 )

60@6”3@fi§ﬁoéjé’,

899, 5o~ SEANS 08 %ﬁéw"ifﬁo%)o.

What is Friday to visitors ?

If a married woman goes away from a house on Friday, the Hindus say

that the goddess of fortune quits the house with her.

The above is an

excuse made by a casual visitor, who wished to get away.

Lame excuses.

900. Boww~ Fouxwr B, sopxo [oor §UESLp $noT”

95K 5o @%w S,

If T lose my brass pot and bell metal dish, can I not beat

you by getting others made of earth ?

A determined man will not be discouraged by difficulties.

901. ?3%30 o3 SoXD8 5oO0 o SoXa.

If a tree won’t bend when it is young, will it bend when it is

full grown?

If a man is not humble in his youth, will he grow meek in his

old age ?

Bend the iree while it is young. (ltalian.)*

The old branch breaks if bent. ( Danish. )t

¢ Bow down his neck while ke is young.”

Ecclesiasticus xxx. 12.

902, T(ﬁéégoé*"g Hons —@mﬁéwzs&é@”'

Cutting a tree and letting it fall on one’s self.

]

Bringihg trouble on one’s own head.

The fool kunts for misfortune. (French.)i

¥ Piega ’albero quando & giovane.

T Gammel Green bryder naar den skal boies,

I Le fou cherche son malheur.

( 162 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

903.

BEp Ve TOOOIH VY 08 20Bew HiPpHomy .

‘When the tree is about to perish, it brings forth blasted fruit.

Applied to the first signs of the coming ruin of a bad man.

Coming events cast their shadows before them.

904.

har—]

o)

83

Ve

eJ

S osH §Q§§3 Sf)“"o':ivg'cé"’.

Will he who planted the tree not water it?

(See No, 1473.)

Will God not support the creatures of his hand ?

Said by a man who has lost his means of support.

God never sends mouihs but he sends meat.

90

J,

B B00T, Sbéoo 3007 OF) ¢,

Like asking whether the tree was first or the seed.

N

{ Bee No. 2113.)

A problem that cannot be solved.

Ask which was born first, the hen or the egg. (latan.)*

906

By 0D /T 3V

Making a man mount a tree and then taking away the

ladder.

Treachery. Breach of faith.

907

Bhp T Ty Towse STANG F0).

How far can you push a man up a tree ?

How long is a man to be assisted ?

* Domandar chi nacque prima, L novo o la gallina,

(163 )

@o@@*@jﬁo@§

908, BAT 0NN DYIoerds FRYDons SPHPH o VI,

Like offering a dead cow to an outcast Brahman.

Knock a man down, and kick him for falling.

Him that falls all the world run over, (German.)*

All bite the bitten dog. (Portuguese.)t

909, BE R JoB0D ow0e38 '55?)55%&537\"’3, '—Z'SE)’)@ 0200838 "éf)‘jif)

SOt AS)

When you are ruined, you may go to your friend’s house,

but not to your sister’s.

Friends are better in adversity than relations who envied you

in prosperity.

Friends are the nearest relations.

Relationship gives rise fto envy. (Latin.)f

910. BHET > GBI, HY 23T Fo© TSN VI

9 Hé.

Tt is Abbadu who will be ruined, bring me another handful

[ of money,] I will give it in alms.

( See Nos. 3, 1396, 1560. )

Abbadu is a familiar term applied to a lad.

Hens are ay free o’ horse corn. (Scotch.)

911. ﬁg HO8 o sHoTero.

Will a field of withered corn require three watcher’s sheds?

To drive off the birds.

( See No, 912.)

* Wer da fallt, ither ihm laufen alle Welt,

t Ao cao mordido, todos o mordem,

+ Cognatio movet invidiam,

( 164 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

912. ﬁé S8 o003 55@@ o X e,

What! Offering the house-rice to a spoilt field ?

(See No. 9l11,)

Pongali is a preparation of rice offered to the fields after the harvest

In this case the crop had failed and the offering had to be made from the

old store.

It was therefore a needless ceremony.

913

BEo8 T[ITH FPHIFIY BT I TH.

Besides Siva, there is no other who is as good as his word.

gl

914

RS w%, ¥3s ﬁé K)@X)go.

Il

Advice given [ will be forgotten ]; and stale food tied up [in a

bundle ] will not keep.

Advice whispered in the ear is worth a jeer.

915

%‘oﬁoygo@ Ben.

A scorpion under a shoe.

il

A ruffian under restraint.

916

753?.60336& 5}""@@53“&' étéoyc& NS RTRION ‘&)Q‘§35533

Lies are better than backbiting.

917,

Biyen STHETH) T8 STEHoT® & end” Fyuiin

e?rs‘i/)o_o?é&&.

To a man who wears sandals the whole earth seems to be

covered with leather.

A man in comfortable circumstances does not realize the wants of

others.

(

165 )

80@@*&}-&50@&

918,

TR A8 B FYITB, aF-a¥owT [ Iz,

When the slanderer has no shame should not the hearer at

least use discrimination ?

Should he not swallow it cum grano salis?

Though the speaker be o fool let the hearer be wise. (Spavish.)*

Hear the other side, and believe little. (ltalian. )t

FEovery man’s tale is gude i1l anither's be tauld, (Scotch.)

919,

Vowg W) OFodesn ORI .

Pointing with the hand, and being called a luckless fellow,

( For Avalakshanam see No, 142.)

Indiscreetly accusing a person openly of something which you are

not able to prove.

A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.

Hear, see, and say nothing, if you wish to live in peace. (Italian,)i

920.

BESHT° JBEY), JHTFH> $TY).

Ruin not others, lest thou be ruined thyself; run not, lest

thou fall.

He falls into the pit who lcads another into if, (Spanish.)s

921.

BTHT® BY B0 ’i)%ga&/)ao"éo EPI”.

If you ask the sugar-cane to give you molasses will it do so ?

Strong measures must be used with stubborn folk.

922.

BHH BFTH KO ons§ B~

Is hire to be paid for eating sugar-cane ?

* Aunque el decidor sea loco, el escuchador sea cuerdo,

1 0di P’altra parte, e credi poco.

+0di, vedi, e taci, se vuoi viver in pace,

§ Cae en la cueva el que otro & ella lleva,

( 166 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

093, THH B3 ga:b %ge@"s HIHOB LY.

Because the sugar-cane is sweet are you to chew it with the

roots ?

( See No. 280. )

Said of a greedy, grasping person.

Milk the cow, but don’t pull off the udder. (Dutch.)*

Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.

Give a clown your finger and he will take your whole hand.

924, BHH So¥FTB DY Teowe.

Though the sugar-cane is crooked, will it lose its sweetness ?

( See Nos. 259, 371, 515, 571, 573, 632, 1475, 1494.)

Good blood camrnot lie. (French.)t

925. BHY do% WO TP ¥ ¥ Fonmiy.

Getting into a pet with the tank, he would not wash his feet

in it.

( 8ece No. 83.)

When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

926. TO Ty Kxoold THTH PN .

The Setti is here to test the genuineness.

( See No. 958.)

A fool travelling with a éet_;pi [ merchant ] was plundered.

On the

robbers’ questioning the genuineness of the coin, the man referred to hig

rich friend who had up to that time escaped their observation.

To injure a friend unwittingly, from stupidity.

* Men moet de koe wel melken maar de spenen niet aftrekken,

T Bon sang ne peut mentir.

( 167 )

eﬂo@@’eé"sjﬁo@éﬂ

-

921

=43

o)

&

Q

Sre Do B 0o, BYHo T I°

BRR® BTA T K.

When the deaf old lady was asked to bring the well-rope,

she replied “I have never seen earrings in all my life.”

( See Nos. 928, 929, 2050. )

Applied to a stupid person not doing what he is told.

928

BN T8 Fopxn FoB, ©8 FTE¥EEH D oG T°Bo

&3 "é"’&SRY"&&éJ.

When a horn was sounded in the ears of a deaf man, he

said “to bite that is more than your fathers before you

could do.”

( See Nos. 927, 929, 2050. )

Applied to a stubborn person.

929

BHS VP&~ ©oo, EPHo JHKH~ Vo,

When they call out “Deaf man! Deaf man!” he answers

“[ I’ve got ] Bran, Bran!”

( See Nos. 927, 928, 2050.)

The jingle of the Telugu words is similar to that of the English

equivalents.

930

BN X}’anoﬁii%éﬁ 08 FYVITR, 5‘18?,26@%%6 ©08

$08 5.5,

The lady who found the ear-ornament was as glad as the

lady who lost it was sorry.

( See Nos, 809, 1452.)

Tll-luck is good for something. (French.)*

¥ A quelque chose malheur est bon,

( 168 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

931. N Hoervoe By ETT O™

Are you eating bitter or cutting down trees ?

Said of anything easy, or profitable.

932

BP0l FTKYATSE WajpBoos.

The stubble tells the produce of the field.

(See No, 1760, )

A slight acquaintance suffices to tell what a man is made of.

933

Do HBs Do oy _A8 2.

Can the waste land be taken out of the ﬁeld?

You must take the fat with the lean.

934

B 7EsD 5 B <xnﬂb§“5i

I have given the field and the sickle into your hands,

To hand anything over entirely to another.

To give another full

powers,

)

935

=5 %g%§>cxnwé"ﬁ§b NG

Must you teach a young fish to swim ?

( See Nos. 797, 1041. )

Don’t teach fish to swim. (French.)*

936.

VUK VT Ho&ATH, D oo soP T St

3P ©Fy by

While the cotton crop was still in the field, he said ¢ Three

cubits [ of the cloth] for P6li and six for me.”

(See Nos, 204, 526, 1470, 1471.)

Pjli is a female name and here represents a cousin.

Sune enough to cry “ chick’”’ when it's out of the shell. (scotch.)

* Il ne faut pas enseigner les poissons & nager,

22

( 169 )

eso@e?";@fi%w:so@é’.

937. WIS TNS0 TG STOHH.

Sin is removed by confession.

Confession of a fault makes half amends.

4 sin confessed is half forgiven. (ltalian.)*

938

. BOETH) T8 TRETR) 08 SHFITS.

O Mahadéva! what a man does, that does he in full receive.

( See Nos. 287, 964, 987. )

939

FHE DX TOHT, ST ooz Aren.

A man living in poor style, attacked by king’s diseases.

A poor man having to meet great expenses quite beyond his means—

The cure of the disease alluded to costs much money.

940

. BRY ToHT 0, WERD 8dIrew, 1RWoEH §hren.

He gives himself the airs of a great man, but begs for

alms, and is angry if he gets none.

941

. WD IS Frozen, TN Lwgren.

His employment is the worship of Siva, but his words are lies.

( See No. 848.)

A hypocrite.

Much -praying, but no piety.

Beads about the neck and the devil in the heart.

¥

942, DX F0NH DI Dew, 5B SoH Fodes.

A louse in the clothes is a sign of coming household broils, a

louse in the head is a sign of coming poverty.

* Peccato confessato & mezzo perdonato.

{ 170 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

e

943, zo7"d8 Den PEB, F~B8 PHB.

If children are born to a Jangam they are only an annoyance

to the village.

Because they will add to the number of beggars.

The Jangams are

the Vira S,a,ivas or followers of the Hindu reformer Basava.

Beggars breed, and rich men feed.

944

X ROBAS @gm% 808587;’»0853%6.

What is the use of the sacred thread to a well known

Brahman ?

That which is well known need not be published,

945

w%‘xm@* DS,

A grasshopper eating the seed in the drilling machine.

Premature ruin.

946

BOHBD FoTE STH WIH5w BeH.

As long as fortune favours you, you have nothing to fear.

9417

arbé’éé“é 208, éﬁ@ﬁaoé“é 3T OT 0.

Wisdom according to your birth, religious observances

according to your caste,

v

948

230 SO Q))O;ﬁb‘"g 3900 B&H

55

A staff a cubic long in a house a span wide.

An impossibility.

(171

Boéﬁwjﬁogg.

949. RBA7eY) BT To®, 00038 P VoI

The hireling has become the master of the house.

Applied to a forward person, who does not know his place.

950. E50BD SIS, §PK50TY &7F.

[ Where ] the servant [is] without pay the master [qmust be ]

without anger.

951. SFsso Wi Bbom & Fen Bo¥eo ToRITER .

“I’ll watch the sheep without wages,” said the wolf.

A man offering to serve without pay for the sake of dishonest gains.

952. #xy Yo, ST AP,

Dead while living, living while dead.

A bad man is, in the estimate of his fellow men, as little valued as if he

were dead, but the good man’s deeds live after he himself has left the

world.

“ The memory of the just is blessed.”” Proverbs x. 7.

953. £55F)3» owIAD JTAAB, FTYIE Thdo S CHs.

‘What does a fine ruby suffer by being set in brass?

The disgrace of putting a talented man in a mean situation attaches to

the employer not to the employé,

954, S8 SR TOWHET0H: wE B TOOSS.

When two Jogis jostled against each other ashes fell

[ from their bodies ].

Nothing is to be got out of the quarrels of the poor.

955. @R, ©BBYE, SKoY.

The stain of plantain [can never be effaced], the grum-

bling of cousins never ceases.

(172 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

&

956

%wz) 01)55‘3?333%‘& 30 s &ogb_tﬁgo.

The man that did not pay his fare, got into the boat first

9517

c‘sfa)%)‘egfb 5°D8 X508 89 %,

A harlot is as a mother to a man without money.

Something bgyond the reach of a man’s means.

958

EToXOT Boeg) PR, TOHI VYT H).

The banker is in the thicket, you may get him to test the

coin.

( See No, 926. )

3]

959

oo FRSEYP-

As the Tangédu blossoms.

( See No. 1882.)

Tangedu is the Cassia Auriculata.

960

Sobre 55)"08 7@@533%6 “e3‘°é3t.6§3 N 550,

A vicious horse requires a comb made of Palmyra qud.

Full of splinters.

961

Bod T[S MHoxn§ WD VoXOIE ToF Sy,

Will you drown yourself in the well because your father

dug it?

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962

F0wY OAHIOTSN.

The scrupulosity of a Saiva priest.

The Tambalas are a class of Stdra priests who wear the sacred thread,

and endeavour to observe Brahminical customs,

Applied to foolish scruplgs.

963

Bon® BF STLITENRATY, X STLS T DT X,

A Tambali prates, but does ﬁot listen to what others say.

964

BE),-¥ Soossoen Jovd To¥, X Fosho 5:&_53%0%3 BV

If you expect much fruit from few offerings will it be

obtained?

(See Nos. 287, 938, Y87. )

965

ém@ KW%{DW @”5;&9)53’08

B

That makebate Brahm4 has made a pretty match of it!

Said by one of an unhappy pair.

966

SROS T8 S$X0e0008.

A wounded foot is always striking against something.

( See Nos. 822, 828.)

967

S o588 DX Ko, @;:5_36526& ERCOESASNOI S

033-831326 S0,

Like Désari, like beads; like the bringing forth of the mother,

is the match made by the father.

Said by a miserable daughter, who had been married to a bad husband

968

HEESD ooooé(g“% &‘s/b_ &Tazsggo.

As a dog enters into a house with an open door.

Applied to property not watched.

( 174 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

969

éax\ag@@* No80¥ @X@fgia&.

He cuts a [man’s] throat with a wet cloth.

Smooth words, but hidden malice.

They scratch you with one hand and strike yow with the other. (Latin.)*

N

970

BHRIIN°Y XA T ¥8e, BREA™D '530?_)(6&3

A man will not build a hut until he has been drenched, nor

stoop until he has hit his head.

g%

3895 %8 DAIsLy.

‘When the cot was wet, it became tight.

The cots used by the poorest classes are plaited with the fibres of the

Cannabis Sativa which shrink when wet,

A bad man is puffed up when flattered.

972.

R $0)0SHo BoRWe.

Like carrying 30 Tums (750 lbs.) when you’re wet.

973

HeaoHH DPow FHoWsKo 32:6%33.

Like going to Macavaram round about by Tanuku.

To do things in a roundabout way.

974

égéa&» g ?%‘50_(3@"’26&&)@.

Buying a Taddinam.

( See No. 1151—For Taddinem See No, 271.)

Bringing difficulties upon one’s own head.

* Alterd manu scabunt, alterd feriunt,

. 778 )

@o@@ﬁﬁjﬁo@/s’.

975

Bs5¥0%) B580%), SHo¥odh IIH F8Do.

The smell of a man is pleasant to himself, but the smell of

others is disgusting.

People do not find fault with their own actions.

976

ES ¥ODo owo,Pitxsn, IS0 @*gmaégaﬁo

A man’s having is the wealth of Indra, his not having is the

poverty of the world.

In prosperity a maﬁ thinks himself the wealthiest of all, and in adver-

sity the poorest.

Ui

&S '§‘°§(5)$6 20T TN BINTTE) 8

He brought fetters for his own legs.

He brings o staff to brak his ain head. (Scotch.)

978

I5H. 0 IR EPHheo §)oo, s¥E3 [IH STROWH ).

If you have even a Tavva (1 1b.) of bran of your own, you

can eat it when you are hungry-

(See No. 983.)

Store 1s no sore.

999

BTH T°8 X0,

[ He called ] the woman whom he could not get [as a wife ]

a harlot.

Sour grapes as the for said when he could not reach them.

What you can’t have, abuse, (llian,)*

* Quel che non puoi aver, biasima,

(176 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

980.

B5% 5o 75"’?’85*” HoRBIDo B ¥OSS0e.

What does it matter whether the kingdom he has not pos-

session of prospers or decays?

981.

OZH By SR Tomn PF08 T JPPyo ).

When [the priest] applies [ the law ] to himself he screens

himself [from its penalty]; but in laying down [the

law ] for others he is a beauty.®

Justice, but not in my own house. (Spanish.)t

No one likes justice brought home to his own door. (itlian.)t

982.

SO 05 Fysn, Doxeo BF DS,

To give that in charity which a man himself needs to

receive from others is like trading after the loss of one’s

principal.

983.

85 §T0RE P WS 85 Faods HES Dz $28 53D,

The money tied up in your skirt and the child you have

begotten will be of use to you.

( See No, 978.)

984,

35 Bowl TeoBooxsd HRB D WIST ¥OsvwEBSHL.

To save her own hand from being burnt, she stirred up the

food with the hand of her fellow wife’s child.

Cat’s paw.

To draw the snake out of the hole with another’s hand. (Spanish.)§

* Morton (" Bengali and Sanscrit Proverbs ) thus renders a Bengali epigram—

¢ Said @ clown to @ Brakmin, ¢ Sir, tell me, I pray

For crushing a spider what fine must I pay ?’

¢ Why friend,’ he replied, ’tis a grievous offence,

And demands an atonement of serious expence.’—

¢ Indeed— then alas, with deep sorrow I’m filled ;

Your son, Sir, a poor little spider has killed.”—

¢ Qut, fool,” cries the Brahmin, in anger—° away !

For killing a spider there’s nothing to pay P’ ?

+ Justicia, mas no por mi casa.

1 A nessuno piace la giustizia & casa sua.

§ Con agena mano sacar la culebra del horado,

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985, B Jeod) B IR0

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83 oo

&, vow séé/zy_@o S Cern o

sﬁ-otigb‘@‘%go,

Having taken his own door and put it on his neighbour’s

house, he spent the whole night in driving away the dogs

Over generous.

Charity begins at kome.

986. 85 8O TrPH¥IY 28 O Y Doen.

The death of amr aunt is better than the death of a

mother.

9817, e‘§zs HE B5STH Hotom) B.

A »man’s shadow remains with himself.

¢ See Nos. 287, 938, 964.)

The fruits of a man’s actions go with him whether good or evil.

988, I F"EAT XoARTPHTooT® I"ER I B0 O

Killing a sacred cow that gores you is not sin.

989. 85 %v IVBE THAD, vom 2y TVTIH THETA.

‘When the legitimate child cried for bran ( the poorest food )

the illegitimate child asked for an ornament:

(See Nos. 227, 799, 1781,-1798, )

An unrea:sona,ble request at an inopportune time.

990. 85 DG WY Po o, F-HX HoHo Foo §FTODT EL.

When his Putti was found to be of short measure, he tested

the Pandum and Para of his neighbour.

Putti, Pandum and Para are measures of capacity.

When a man was found cheating with a false measure, he tried fo

prove that his neighbour’s measures were too large.

(178 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

991

85 2O ¥y ngs 20D oo,

The power of the place is greater than the power of the man.

Every man is powerful in his own house.

Every one is a king in his own house. (Portuguese.)*

992

55 Mo THEPB XoXT T BOSHF .

If not on my posteriors, crawl as far as Kasi (Benares ).

993

S S50 DBoH, TITH FEH Do,

His own people will pull him into the depth, his enemies will

pull him to the bank.

( See No, 989, )

Even an enemy is to be preferred to a relative in a time of danger.

994

B85 w8 SN, PY IB) SHX0.

If virtue fails, honor decreases with it.

995

65"73&'@“’@3 8 Cex @céﬁacmﬁ%%).

The mortar came in the way of the foot which kicked.

A fortunate hindrance in the commission of an act of violence.

996

FSpen B8 ETW Fod, L¥yer B Towm Pt STk

The man who seeks out your faults is a father, but he that

seeks for what is good in you is an envious person.

(See No, 1245, )

You may be more thankful to the fault finder than to the good natured.

997

EXP B T FBe3ST K.

There is not a blameless man in the world.

( See No. 222.)

?‘here’s nane without a faut. (Scotch. )

Lifeless, féultless.

* Cada hum em sua casa he Rei,

( 179.)

@o@@’s&jéeso@s“.

998

B DI BI BRI, FP2) Koo~ DS B0,

God knows right and wrong; the Brahman knows D4l and

rice.

( For Dédl see No, 183, )

999

S08 §78Q.

A brand under one’s head.

( See Nos. 1002, 1368, )

A dangerous companion.

1000. SOH DoDS 8z SH.

There is no sentence beyond the head.

Do your worst, you can but cut my head off.

1001, S0 §7°3 $00X8 B, "EE DY @ .

Though you cut off your head and place it before him he -

would call it magie.

Incredulity.

1002. SoXE 808 Fs%n.

A snake under the pillow.

(See Nos. 999, 1368,)

1003. S0 SEIS HPH AOR BYxBaw.

When the head has been wet, the shaving must be completed.

When a man has commenced a business he must finish it himself,

1004, o 0050 KK AN

The life in'a man’s head went into his tail.

Applied to strenuous exertions made to accomplish a difficult task.

(180 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1005, Soen 3 %Hoond Jodew B ser.

Their heads are clean shaven, but are their thoughts clean

also ?

( See Vémana Book III, 375.)

1006. S~ §7v° B ¥F, 0¥, sopso T 0.

A story without head or tail, a child without nose or face.

( See Nos. 157, 1785.)

A story without o head. (Greek.)*

1007. S8 ¥X Sos™ dHdoos.

A Talari’s hate ends with one’s head.

Talar: is a village watchman.

1008. JenoxHen Do m°D8 @5056?@)0 OS¢ ST,

Cakes are trifles to a man that swallows doors.

(See Nos. 447, 684, 773.)

1009. 89 ©owm® THESVE FOx{.

Unless the child cries, even the mother will not give it suck.

Nothing is got without asking.

Lose nothing for asking.

Asking costs little. (Italian.)t

1010. 89 ¥eom) WoeiHa0, ROFEH DY) B,

The mother will look at his belly the wife at his back.

The mother will look to see how her son fares, the wife to see what her

husband has brought home for her.

Come but come stooping.

x "Axépanos uvlos.

1 I1 domandar costa poco.

(181 )

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1011, 89 ¥es)o™ S5 S00H BSTFoTIT, Fopd” HES

SRS SHDHTIS.

Before he entered his mother’s womb he was the prince of

devils ; after he was born into the world he became the

god of death.

Said of a exceedingly wicked and relentlessly cruel man.

1012. 898 T°dod T AYHI™.

Will he who is disliked by his mother, be liked by his nurse ?

( See No. 1027.)

1013, DB K DRI SKH FRHED 0% 8Ty SRYSE.

Like a man who neglects his mother coming with a bold

face to settle a dispute between others.

Shamefacedness.

1014. éga §TH T SV,

Throw scarlet water over your mother.

( See No. 145.)

1015. éé@)g SRS %D'g", 000838 BRS KodD.

A child worthy of its mother, a Pandili fit for the house.

( See Nos. 176, 185, 1019, 1977—For Pandili see No. 61.)

1016. é(@)?(o&sﬁo S)(@)ﬁ?(o&fm ) BT~ 8503, X 085350

@?5&‘6?".

Evil may be predicted to the mother or to the child, but will

any haym come to the midwife ?

(182)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1017. 89 HIFB Fod 2ToE” WaoEm.

‘When the mother dies, the father is equal to an uncle.

He is not so affectionate as before,

1018. S ¥R Feo) K, é@&&?ﬁ_’i SR

When the mother dies, a man’s gluttony is seen; when the

head is dirty, [ a woman’s ] top-knot is large [ and untidy ].

As long as the mother lives her son’s greediness is concealed.

1019. 39 Te0 20% IJyBow) we.

Will the child (daughter) fail to follow in its mother’s

track ?

( See Nos. 176, 185, 1015, 1977, )

She hath a mark after her mother.

As the old cock crows, so crows the young.

“ As is the mother so is her daughter.”’

Ezekiel xvi. 44.

1020. 80 T[Ho¥IY 238D THT Hoow,

The ears of the aunt are better than those of the mother,

They are better supplied with ornaments.

To neglect one having great claims, for another whose claims are

inferior.

1021, 89 BPHo HFToHeo HoEXo¥d, TR 7;53;3;6 Sroves

POrawd S-satetol

His mother’s ear-ornaments went to pay fines, and his

wife’s necklace of beads to pay harlots.

(183 )

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1022. 30 VYoo BoDT D @8 S0¥IEY TVHO0 BoEw)¥ &5 &350,

The man who tears [the ornaments out of ] his mother’s

ears, will not care a rush for the ears of his great-grand-

mother.

1023. 397 SoxEsH0, FISTIT S0k,

Partiality belongs to a mother and to the earth.

A mother is partial to some of her children, and the earth is unequal in its

favors, bringing forth more for one than for another.

1024, 89 BIX0, Bod FISw.

A mother is a divinity, a father a treasure.

1025. 39D H~D 2 FAED FoD wT,F DB

Look at the mother before you take the daughter; see how

much milk the buffalo gives before you buy her.

1026, 8D DB HoSHosd I TXETEY.

Will you boast of your mother’s family before your maternal

uncle?

1027. O 589 2O T8 §EH.

Will not the nurse hate the child which is hated by its

mother ?

( See No. 1012.)

1028, 8D B2 2p PP T K.

A motherless child is like a curry without onions.

(184 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1029, 85 Bodor— 5653‘386&70.

Should a man strut who lives on bran?

1030. 8557 S8 B30 Deodory &

By digging and digging the truth is discovered.

( See No. 895.)

1031, 32 R SR 4.

He dug and threw [the earth] on his own head

1032, T°XREQ 29 #°Y &N K.

The cat which could not drink, upset the pot.

1033. T°XHTB X8 TH, o ©&¥d.

Not a morsel to eat, but Atakali for his head.

( See Nos. 520, 1728.)

Atakali is an expensive preparation used for cleansing the head.

1034, T°7RD 85133_0&% Xoez‘;ooo, Y OT® Wi @{Eo%@o

He smokes half a farthing’s worth of Ganjdyi, and fouls the

whole house with spittle.

Ganjay: ( Hind. Gangha ) is the hemp plant ( Cannabis Sativa ) the leaves

or young leaf-buds of which are bruised and smoked to produce intoxica-

tion.

In its liquid form it is called Biang.—A Dammidi is the twelfth of

an ana ( anna ).

Great injury caused by a little evil.

1035. &~ = 58 ST TIDSA.

The monkey ruined himself, and all the forest after him.

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( 185 )

eso@)eﬁ@_é;ﬁo@é’.

1036, T WHpTH HoTP BEHHI™.

'Will hares be frightened by the rustling of palmyra leaves ?

10387. ©~¢&3 :33@’8 ,a’r,g; Koo8i5¢0.

Like the sun setting in a palmyra grove.

Left in great difficulty.

1038. T°8 SHH TXHd '%%5%30.

Like sliding on a palmyra beam, against the grain.

The bark of the Palmyra ( See No. 290 ) is scaly and rugged.

Injuring one’s self by perverse conduct.

1039, T NI Mowg HreEn)IHR 6.

Like ordering the well to be filled up when the rope was

found too short.

1040. T T o), 0TT® XTE TSI,

How far can you help the man who is climbing up a

palmyra tree?

(See No 907.)

A ciumsy person must be helped to the end.

1041, BBH XX DEF S

Musﬁ you teach your grandfather how to cough ?

( See Nos, 797, 935.)

1042. BT THRY o) Pasd NI DY IS,

If TatAchéri’s brand misses your shoulder, yow’ll catch it on

the back.

If a man

T4tAchari was a wandering priest who branded his converts.

slipped away his shoulder, the seal caught him in the back.

Not being able to evade something disagreeable.

(186 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1043. T°B° R0FHTOD” 907, TUESEIHT WY OTY

&éd

When the grandfather was asked whether he would like to

be mairied, he said, “* Who will give me [a daughter, ]

my boy 7’

1044. ©°8° $ToT°08 B

£0

€l

D,

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O grandfather! Sankrénti [ has arrived ] catch it! cateh it!

Sankranti is the transit of the sun from Sagittarius to Capricornus, when

the Hindus celebrate the Pongal feast.—This is chaff ; old people observe

the feast very scrupulously.

1045. T°88 SHH BTH, D O°R8 ¥ HoddY.

He has not even bran to eat, but he wants a pig every week.

1046. B0 TOX0s By, oW How P Ren.

He lives in a pit, but dreams of castles.

His ideas are far above his position.

1047. B2HBIS T FHYHS™, QWIS Fo 55387,

The sin which a man commits éoes with his body, the sin

which his mother commits goes with the earth.

This is interpreted to mean that if a man commits the sin of adultery, his

crime may be expiated by a punishment equal to loss of life, but if a

woman is guilty of the same offence, it clings to her descendants as long

as the world endures.

1048. T°% BB HoW8 so~m Y.

The hare he caught had only three legs.

( See No. 1676, )

Said of a pertinaceous person.

(187)

@o@@*ﬁjmo@é’

1049. B°% $8 §°38 e ?ogg.

The hen he has caught has four legs.

Exaggeration.

AUl his geese are swans.

1050. T°5H 2D0DS ?f)“"‘eége)o S5 TS ﬁoé%gé@m.

Like the ram reared by one’s self being killed by one’s own

hand.

1051. T°H88 858 S0 ¥ Bo.

When there is no room for him to pass himself, he hangs a

big drum round his neck.

Said of a man who tries to provide for another, when he has diffi-

culty in managing for himself.

1052. T30 DORY I$H O ‘mwm@%@@m.

You should look what you can swallow, and what can

swallow you.

(See No. 617,)

Look before you leap.

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1053. @°50° A°Y o%g)q SO RV

Is a cat to come as well as himgel{?

Said when a man who is already a burden upon others, brings

some one else with him.

Amongst the Hindus a cat is an evil

omen.,

1054, B8 S¥ HIDT SPHaoo XY STHI.

He calls himself a man, and the bran he eats, bread.

A vulgar person taking airs.

(188 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1055. B°% o9 TR T o) OMETE L.

After sneezing he blessed himself saying “May you live a

hundred years!”’

( See No, 1251.)

A joke.

The blessing ought to come from another.

1056. T 0¥¢E3 éé’)_‘—é Qc_a_ssaaoé’és’ SONSH.

‘When he planned one thing, God planned another.

Man proposes, God disposes.

1057. B Qo AT §rogs.

A mortar is a [sure] check to a runaway cow.

When tied to its neck.

Applied to measures which to check the progress of crime.

1058. T BESH S0Ae3 B0 Woud® BILI B,

What he has planted although it be Strychnine he must

cherish.

Mushini Mokka is the Strychnos Nux-Vomica.

A patron must not forsake his dependent under any circumstances.

1059, B°5 & zS”’?O aogos@ HES,

When about to go off herself, [ she ordered ] the white ox [ to

be fed with ] rice washings.

Applied to the absurdity of a person troubling himself with aflairs in

which he has no longer any interest.

1060, ©°5°3 HRXBK0E, DWROW DB o0 &,

After being refused butter-milk, when he went himself, he

ordered his servant to write for curds.

After being refused a trifling request, to demand authoritatively some-

thing much greater.

(189 )

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&

1061. T °sHTOKHS™ b@ égc%o%):é%go.

Like a drop of water on a lotus leaf.

A very unsettled state

1062. 9D Ty TOWHH THOBH TOI%.

Patience will save you and your neighbour.

1063. _@‘”f.iéﬁ &5 ﬁo@ EO Do {So%‘%.

The Palmyra trees have teats on their heads, the goats have

teats ( wattles ) on their necks.

( See No. 731.)

The Hindus call the flower stalk ( spadix ) of the Palmyra a teat.

Useless appendages.

1064. ’e?"f?ozb“’é/w“’a ¥Q8(s0 8708, I3 DBX0 é\"’oé.'

Part [ of the book ] is the poetry of Tallapadkavéru, the rest is

his own rubbish.

Said of a man who has spoilt the good work of another.

1065. TP S D oo IR D%

A man that kicks the heads of people who kick the tops of

Palmyra trees.

More wicked than the other.

1066. D°H50ITH Kozf, TS0OASH XoX.

He thinks the woman he loves to be Rambha and the water

he bathes in, the Ganges.

Rambhé is the most beautiful of all the Apsarases or courtezans of Svarga,

the Hindu elysium.

( 190 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1067. B0 ¥XoBww, BSFIB oo Sm.

If I eat I ean’t move, if I don’t eat I can’t stir.

1068. 8oHmd HD BOsHH, BABTD 5% BOHS,

Without eating you can’t tell the taste; without going down

[ into the water ] you can’t know the depth.

The proof of a pudding is in the eating,

1069. 8od8 Tt~ T .

He’s not worth his food, and is a bufden on the earth.

( See No. 1386.)

He is not worth his salt.

1070. 8048 Borw, $I8 FFovw.

He is a Timma Rézu (monkey-king ) at eating; and a Péta

Rézu (buffalo-king ) at work.

( See Nos. 73, 518, 1381, 1385. )

As greedy as a monkey and as lazy as a buffalo.

Like the smith’s dog, that sleeps at the sound of the hammer, and wakes at

the crashing of the teeth.

He eats till he sweats, and works ti1l ke freezes.

1071, HoAk8 55‘1‘531)3“"53*3 @'gvzséﬁ O‘ST‘D‘)W&‘!’.

Have you come to eat or to visit the shrine ?

1072. 88 WSTa~ Ted, 80D (@ B8wara Bis.

No man has ever died from cursing, or lived from blessing

No one dies of threats. (Duich.)*

* Van dreigen sterft man neit,

(191)

@o@@*wjﬁo@g.

1073. 8B w08 I8, B0 o FED.

The abuse which is heaped on me goes to the winds, but the

food which I eat goes within.

( See No, 397, )

A mean sycophant.

7t

1074. @%}37?"853“6“ e§“’§oo g

68

I am not abusing you, my good son of a slut.

1075, BS HBAS

ok

s

£3350 @gﬂ& ﬁ@a?&‘b.

The body accustomed to sumptuous living was distressed

for want of food.

Applied to a man whose malpractices have been put a stop to, but

who is eagerly seeking an opportunity of renewing them.

1076. &%) %¥_ 82 98, ¥y HH_H 8 T

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‘When the dog which had eaten [ the food ] ran off, he caught

hold of another dog and broke its leg.

Making the innocent suffer for the guilty.

1077, &%) 00083 T a0 THOW T RNT® 0T, JBA0ES NEE

B0t~ T° T K.

When a man was asked why he was counting the rafters of

the house in which he had been well treated, he replied,

“ Would they allow me to do it in the next house 7’

( See Nos. 267, 636, 665, 1078, 1079, 1850. )

Gross ingratitude.

I taught you to swim, and now you’d drown me.

(192 )

TEPUGU PROVERBS.

1078. ) 0003 ToAren R DU,

A man that counts the rafters of his benefactor’s house.

A story is told of a man who counted the rafters, &e., of a house in order

that he might take possession of it and found his claim to it on this know-

ledge.

Hence the term is applied to a person basely attempting to swindle

another, who had befriended him, out of his property.

( See Nos. 267, 636, 665, 1077, 1079, 1850. )

All’s lost that’s put into a riven dish.

1079. &) oo 7@%5@0'{?%‘538)0‘6“’ o, DS SRVIIN TR

A STASTS) @E""&cﬁéa.

When asked, “ Why are you digging [ for treasure] in the

house where you have eaten?”’ he replied, “What do I

know of a house where I have not eaten ?’

-

{ See Nos. 267, 636, 665, 1077, 1078, 1850.)

Do good to a knave and pray God he requite thee not. (Danish.)*

1080. 8% T°% HP) IV, SO DGR HFSOL.

He that ate prospered, and he that prospered became a Ma-

héaraja.

1081"8-@65& w088 BoHRT™ O .

To a set of monkey-like scamps tasteless broth and plain

rice [ should be served ].

1082, 8200 @220, @IrR B0 T,

He makes Timmi into Brahmi and Brahmi into Timmi.

(See No. 1215.)

Timmsi is a familiar name for a she-monkey ; Brahmi ( in the Proverb

incorrectly Brakmi) is a name of Saraswati, wife of Brahma.

He calls evil good, and good evil.

* Gidr vel imod en Skalk, og bed til Gud han lénner dig ikke,

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1083, Bo{A BA{A™ TN, SCOXT SoooXm 88X Sw.

The more you praotise the better you will sing; the more

you groan the more will your illness increase.

1084. @dﬁ_gﬁ) 878 X Savex, é/gaé% 3H0LHVI™ FS) T.

Are there sweet diseases, and delicious medicines?

1085. 85X SHBAK Tooow B HOAS Tl FroIHosy.

The feet which are wont to wander, and the mouth which

is accustomed to abuse, will never be quiet.

1086. BTSH8 A~ é?oefé/ TO8 .

Will a Mussulman become a Déasari by going to Tirapati?

( See No. 609.—For Ddsar: see No, 111.)

Tirapati ( prop. Tirupati) is a sacred hill about 80 miles from Madras.

1087, 8538 65007\'@&“’%55@.

Like the Tirapati barber.

( See No. 683.)

Has it all his own way. Pilgrims visiting the place have to get their

heads shaved, and as one man has the entire monopoly he keeps them

waiting for hours, taking payment in advance and shaving a little bit of

one man’s head and then a little bit of another, to prevent them from

going away.

Applied to a person selfishly taking work out of others’ hands

which he is unable to complete himself.

1088. B8P HPXH I I8

23

85 BB 73‘?26%})

Like coming to .beg buttermilk,

and bargaining for thq

milehk buffalo.

Pretended wealth.

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TELUGU PROVERBS. ’

1089, doz IEFo° JBFo, Boe JETH [E T,

Sesamum seed always takes away sin, [give them ] a hand-

ful a head.

Tila is the Sesamum Indicum.

A jocose proverb, half Sanscrit, half Telugu.

1090. SRH T°GH .

Is the gourd too heavy for the creeper?

Applied to having a large family to support.

1091, 8R H8p§T0, 78 ©oT F¥OITLY.

When the creeper was pulled the whole bush shook.

Injury to the head of the house reaches to all the members.

1092. & ST A oero.

The man with itch scratches himself.

( See No. 327.)

Let him that itches scratch ﬁimsclf. ( French.)*

1093, 80083252 @mgé Sox TOSSL.

‘When the man received a blow on his back, he cried out

that he had lost his teeth.

(See No. 1766.)

Applied to inappropriate actions or words.

1094, B0 Bozo ®o, EHT 0w T 0w W) EP.

When the drum sounded “tudum, tudum” a man called out

“ durdyi, durdyi.”

Tudum is the (onomatopoetic ) name of a kind of drum ( Tom-tom ).

Durdyi is a form of adjuration in the name of Government.

( See No. 40, )

* Qui se sent galeux, se gratte,

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BesH

1095, BoKyy

7R,

FTRAD

The beauty of his slobberings, not of his mantras.

1096, HoT IShgnty. oL Hors.

If your nose won’t stand sneezing how long will it last?

(Sec No, 1138.)

1097. ém_ai éagﬁoa;_ BRI,

A sneeze warns you as a younger brother.

On the commencement of an undertaking, if any one sneezes it is con-

sidered‘a bad omen.

1098. Ho¥¥ %08 oo &53%?(.

The butter-milk of a Mussulman mendicant is Toddy.

Applied to pretended sanctity.

1099. So¥¥en R g IH¥)_BSH T

‘When a Mussulman raid is expected is one [ afraid of ] facing

Venus ?

Are omens observed in times of danger ?

Necessity has no law, (Latin.)*

1100. Bos¥en BD o STHoTH SANFIORSTR,

In a village where there are no Mussulmans, the cotton

cleaner is Saiyid Miyén.

( See Nos. 830, 1412, 1413.)

He is made much of.—The Saiyids are the high-born descendants of

Husain, grandson of Muhammad. Miyan is a title. The cotton cleaners are

¢ mongrel Mussulmans.” ( Brown ).

* Necessitas non habet legem,

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TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1101. Hood §°ee™ YR BT B0, o&ag%ag 9AHE™

D0 T Ko,

When a man was asked why he spat on the Tulasi-Kéta,

he replied that he thought it was an altar.

The irreverent answer of a sacrilegious sceptic, an altar being still more

sacred.—Tulas? is the holy basil ( Ocimum Sacrum ).

Tulasi-Kota is the

Telugu name for the altar-like bed in which it is grown, in the inner yard

of a Hindu house,

1102, ood S50 Xozon oo :—;mé’)&;sgo.

Like a hemp plant growing in a Tulasi garden.

( For Ganjdyi see No: 1034. )

A black sheep in the family.

1108. aéo;e’g 533?3 A3 B BA.

A frisky bullock carries a good load.

A spirited man works well.

1104, o B S-S VHOK)BE ThiHsn S Toeo¥en

9 ooy

While he was winnowing one Tim of rice, the rats devoured

five Tums.

( See Nos. 619, 1794. )

Thm is the Indian bushel.

1105, Sycassn FoWF, HS Fyeessoo.

A straw as Mount Méru, Mount Méru as a straw.

The slightest favour done to a good man is gratefully acknowledged, but a

bad man forgets the greatest benefits.

(BT )

Bo@eﬁ"s?e_%ﬁo@é’.

1106. Bhod wossn Bard Boo 28T 6P oxip.

I have determined on being liberal, bring a handful of grain.

( For ﬁl_Zu see No, 82.)

1107. BRoDS =8 “@‘gﬁ o X 50.

The man who is determined [ to worship ] uses his ladle as

a lingam.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

The will is everything. (lwlian.)*

The will is the soul of the work. (German.)i

1108, BRoD BIYH Fowod BOD 8 5 TH.

There is no greater folly than turning back after having once

ventured to run the risk.

( See No. 1890.)

Turning back after putting one’s hand to the plough.

Fortune lost, nothing lost ; courage lost, much lost ; honour lost, more lost ; soul lost,

all lost. (Dutch.)t

1109. B8 TR0 ©E.

Liberality leads to Indra’s heaven.

1110, BIPFT0D FroTow BXTH DT, BHoEr FHeuHos aX

';O“’&O‘SJ’S“’.

If you get any thing eat it O Jaganndyaka! if you don’t

get any thing do without it O Jagannayaka!

Jaganniyaka is the idol at Jagannétha, in Orissa.

* La volonta é tutto.

1 Der Wille ist des Werkes Seele.

1t Goed verloren, niet verloren ; moed verloren, veel verloren ; eer verloren, meer verloren ; ziel verloren, al verloren.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

111, Bgo ~°8 @?.653*726533’@0 SRS

Like licking the ladle when you’re hungry.

1112, B Thd @0, FTANY THE ©F P

One said “ Where’s the ladle 7

the other said “ Where’s

the stick ?”?

Two lazy fellows.

1113, B Hodkn® Too§ TooNEi ¢

Burning his hand when he had a ladle.

To stir the rice with.

1114. B d°3 &/naca%%o& TPoNS BR.

Like the oilmonger’s stone seat.

Of permanent utility.

1115, SO 8K 8, s8¥O ¥, .

Little sense, great appetite.

Eating one’s senses away.

1116. 808 BOZ wrosxd WHiy.

Although he knew the pit well, he fell into it.

1117. 393 $85%

&

53053, BOR K0DES.

Before you know it, it’s hard ; when you know if, it’s easy.

(See No. 94, )

Every thing is easy when you know it.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil, (Dutch)*

* Alle beginselen zijn zwaar, zei de dief, en voor de eerste maal stal hij een aanbeeld,

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@o@é’s@j{so@&

1118. B0 BX DT,

Your sluggishness is equal to a full fathom.

The word Bara properly signifies the length of the arms extended as

when a man stretches himself.

1119. BSA~E8 Thdooe By &K K.

What is the roughness of the ear to the man who gets grain

for nothin.g 1

(Sce No. 1482.)

1120, B8 XZ,5», SoRs »bE.

A horse for nothing, a Tangédu switch.

Tangédu is the Cassia Auriculata.—< When you ride gratis you use

your cudgel well.”’

( Brown’s Tel. Dicty. )

j101 7= S DS 5.

Property got for nothing is Bira peel.

Bira Kaya is the Luffa Foetida.

1122, B )¢ TOHPH ©onsiy.

Born to a scorpion and becoming a black ant.

An unworthy scion of a noble stock.

1123, Dok %géssojg, @g)qa-ogow 06T RSN,

When the scorpion was given power, it continued stinging

until the morning.

( See No. 1540.)

Applied to the abuse of authority by evil persons.

1124, BenH THSH OFTESy [ITOH.

‘Who did evil to the scorpion ?

Thoroughly bad by nature injuring others without provocation.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1125. BIS*® §708, Isnos™ HAX.

The sting among the scorpions, the hood among the snakes.

The worst among the bad.

1126, SToXoF) ®0¥8 Josooes Bog) O

Like a man waking up the sleeping custom house officer to

help him to put down his load.

A ¢ green trick.”

1127. S”0EH B> &

The bear is witness for the bloodsucker or

The hedge is witness for the bloodsucker.

( For Tonda see No. 1128.)

According to the first interpretation, a ‘band of Mahomedan freebooters,

when seeking on one occasion to discover treasure which had been buried

by the inhabitants of a plundered village, having perceived first a chameleon

nodding on certain spots and afterwards a bear sniffing in the same places,

spent much labour in digging up the earth, but all in vain.—The applica-

tion is that natural habits are not to be taken notice of.

According to others, the hedge where the chameleon lives should be

questioned as to the latter’s veracity and character,—the application being

that the evidence of one man should be corroborated by that of another.

Ask my chum if I am a thief. (ualian.)*

1128. & 7°0& 5089 @“02685835@0 @ooozsgb)o.

The Tonda grew old, and became an Usaravilli.

Tonda is a bloodsucker ( chameleon ) which when old is called Usaravilli.

Vice growing with age.

1129. 707 @mﬁo@;@& X oo B Ten DEX TCEDTOXH.

Ninety-nine persons joined together [ attacked a man, but

only ] succeeded in scratching his skin.

A cowardly mob.

¥ Domanda al mio caro se sono ladro,

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1130. 878 _Fsxy 7%, 0 P Fwese.

The woman who couldn’t pound, put water into the condi-

ments.

She was too lazy to pound the condiments and therefore .pﬁrposely

spoilt them.

1151, é‘”’efo_oéﬁ 9530 THEB = ¥ Do,

If a slut be inspired by the Deity, can one escape saluting

her?

Respect must be paid to those in power, however low their origin.

1132, 87°F 878 8 Irsooos SO,

He sprang up like a serpent when its tail is trodden on.

Applied to a sudden burst of anger in any one on his evil ways

being exposed.

1133. &9 @”Sﬁ:sﬁ STagtxe TBO 038 Fonssts.

A stupid woman going to the marriage of her husband’s bro-

ther’s wife’s sister.

Doing useless things.

1134. €7 5% ¥&A 35 HXT mren.

The water which remains in greens after they have been

washed is sufficient to boil them in.

&S

1185, HoXsHky T HITHY @0, - Fod B I8 8

SSUAN &’)“’ﬁm&‘é &,

When the Stdra saluted the Brahman, the latter in return

asked him to pay an old debt due by his father.

Rudeness in return for civility.

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TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1136. XoX¥H HoIrowwers, ERTEH Kovor T Tom

T

Rupees to meet the exorbitant demands of Government, and

vegetables for the annual ceremony of a deceased relative

are never wanting.

Foolishly giving aid in matters which bring no personal profit.

1137, Soxe™8 98, Toey™ x¥e.

If you go to the wars, it will be one out of two.

Either victory or defeat.

1138. BAB DoxD 0% BT DeoHT".

Will the nose that can’t stand a cough bear a sneeze?

( See Nos. 468, 1096, 1324, )

1139, XA88 20D T°K6 D ¥y ST OfH L

Beckoning to a religious mendicant and then telling him

that one of his eyes is hollow.

Leading a person to suppose you wish to confér a benefit on him,

and then insulting him.

1140. 83 ©F, ¥,

Grief for an adopted son.

Slight grief.

1141, BoHXo Bk Ko D5Er, 5o 53 §rsSps Ho

232 Foomrses.

When the kind husband went to the wars, he hung the

mortar round his wife’s neck.

( See No. 368. )

Rolu is a large heavy mortar used for pounding rice in.

Said ironically of a bad husband cruel to the last.

( 203 )

Bo@@’sé“’gjiﬁo@é/.

1142, 50 &350, B8 H30,508008.

When your favor answers my call with a Darr-rr my head

will ache with a Curr-rr.

Darr is a whirring sound ; Curr is applied to acute or burning pain,

Said by a man to another in whose friendship he puts no faith.

1143. 86%8‘@ ¥0i38 Do Aoz HoORS.

In the eye of a devil, parched grain is evil.

1144. Sosgao TR DE @,ITT™.

‘When the devil attacks will the child live ?

Said of a meddling fool.

1145. SOHFI0O 80008 %3% @éoéﬁa“’

Could a child live in front of devils?

1146. &8

&5

o

H Fo ¥EXI'B, &K% @78 Nowd SQYFA.

When the poor man was about to anoint his head, it began

to hail.

Difficulties always attend an unfortunate person.

He who is born to misfortune stumbles as ke goes, and though he fall on his back

will fracture his nose, (German.)*

1147. ¥0°§ F ¥SEE.

A Poppy seed in the ocean.

( Corrupted from the Hindustani ).

4 drep in the ocean.

# Wer Ungliick soll haben, der stolpert im Grase, fillt auf den Riicken und bricht seine Nase,

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1148. ¥ ool S 6K ¥83.

For the ten gifts, [ 1 give you] a bundle of greens.

( See.No. 1321.)

/

The Dasa Dindlu ( ten gifts to Brahmans) are as follows :—

AR I el NN R R M NAS e

TUHR 00N e 8] BET S, 88Tl

A cow; land; sesamum seed; gold; ghee; cloth; grain; molasses;

silver ; and salt.

Cheating the Brahmans.

1149. X Dol T8 HSFen HeP8TR) .

The devils caught him in the place he went to hide in.

One i1l colls another, (ltalian,)*

1150, T°55» ©on & 0x(BaH, KosX 900 B LK V.

As for charity, I can’t give; as for fines, I can pay.

Said by a quarrelsome ruffian.

1151. ©°80 D7ThY TRAFIH §7D BT &y

Buying and bringing a suit which was going along the road.

Buying the right to carry on a heavy law suit from a stranger.,

( See No, 974, )

1152, %8 &%y KoXksnd™ 8.

The crime of a Désari is excused with an apology.

( For Ddsari see No, 111.)

11538. ©°%8 &P m;’& S0 T,

For the song of a Désari an alms is the pasrment.

ATl that his singing is worth.

Small payment for bad work.

* Un mal chiama I’otro,

( 205 )

80@&&3{50@?.

1154. ©°58 CRSE —r;)a{asﬁrog;sﬁ Y.

The troubles of a Dasari are known only to Perumal.

(For Perumdl see No. 761.)

1155. 8T BOXHD® @0, B00&D FBETE wIY Kb,

When a mendicant was asked whether he was a Dasari or a

Jangam (i. e. a follower of Vishnu or S’iva) he replied

“ Oh that depends on the next village!”

A time server.

)

1156. T2 §7%F o0 T Xooovisy OO,

A man with money is a king though he be the son of a

slave girl.

1157: '51233 BE0E BowXowe.

I have saved [ money ] live separate with me, husband.

Said by a wife to her husband to induce him to quit his father’s house.

After he had yielded to her importunity and left his father’s house, he

enquired the amount of her savings when she replied ¢ I have saved

myself for you.”

1158. &%) B2 Baewsone HF) 8.

A government which affords no protection.

1159. 8%, D oxofd® He{ew TUHTSn BII.

In a neglected house, devils take up their abode.

1160. 8%, 89 =708 THE B .

Geod is the help of the helpless.

God is where He was,

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1161. 8X%e0 $8B, BFow BHI°.

If you fear, will the pain be less?

Fd

1162. &5X0&5:50 BB%@%O&@ €3 S50R0).

Daily danger of death, but duration of life a thousand years.

Snakes are believed to live 1000 years if they do not meet with a violent

death.

Applied to a man always in danger of losing his situation.

1163. 8555 6330%3)85?0 @gm‘“&éﬂ cS“’oP\@zééé%o.

Trusting to the “lucky day’ the thief let the dawn overtake

B

him.

Taking advantage of liberty.

1164. 8248 808 835%.

A lamp under a torch.

One insignificant before the other.

1165. 88 835 X IR

Like a niche with the lamp taken out of it.

The reality wanting.

1166, S5 3»noa e’ ?"gé/%ga °08 é/?{)gn&ivté&éaw.

Like saying “O naked man! cover him lying at your feet.”

1167, So oo e 5§8§ AEX o008 351531) fzaéég &95%?\?6%30.

Like one naked man asking another naked man for a cloth.

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1168. 8355 mg 808 -DHYES.

It is always dark underneath a lamp.

Roguery hides under the yudgment seat.

1169. 8350 HoXEmd W _Eps” JoIsh.

Put all things in order while the lamp is yet burning.

( See Nos. 77, 507, 508. )

Make good use of your opportunities.

1170. 58 TH BTC0S 850 ERAT

Like the ox being away when wanted for the plough.

Absent when most wanted.

1171, S5 $YB, §owR¥ FodFH.

When the field was sown without being ploughed it yielded

without being reaped.

i. e. it yielded nothing.

If you neglect the use of the right means you must expect poor results.

1172, &%) 98B0 005 K0D, SEH ¥ Dososdi 0.

‘When one said “The male buffalo has calved’” the other

replied “ Then tie up the calf.”

( See No, 390.)

11%8. 853269\&3"53 5o S, BosHs B 6@@@’55511.

When [wanted for] ploughing it goes among the calves;

when grazing it goes with the cows.

( See Nos. 73, 518, 1070, 1381, 1385. )

The best at eating, the worst at working.

( 208 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1174, X TooEH BF Bo~podSLp.

Like pointing out antelope to ploughers.

Diverting the attention of people from their work.

1175, Hay TOA®, Iy H0oTw, VB §EFs, OB

The stock of the millet is as large as you can embrace ; the

ear is a cubitin length ; when you pluck the corn out it

is a double handful ; when you blow all goes.

Great show but no reality.

1176. $3008 BI85 FHok FoIFH.

Shun a Wicked man.

1177, &8 HRDSL &_@5;6’5 B,

Is it that the calf has sucked, or that [ the milk ] has fallen

into the pail ?

In either way beneficial.

1178. &5°% HEAIAD, 8F) BH.

Unless the calf sucks, the cow will not let milk into her

udder.

1179. 55°580 & HwH Fa.

Where there is no calf, the milk is got with pain.

1180. &S

T

HoRE™ Kooz OBDIEH L.

Nl

Like blaming the post when the calf or the she buffalo

bellowed.

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&

¥.

1181, 888 §ToFen: %), $AB8 B T Koz,

Mountains are smooth at a distance, but rugged when near.

'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,

And robes the mountain in its azure hue.

Campbell.

1182. 'Ezaz)& 850‘&383533 TH8 ©9%endBood.

A devil even takes fright at a blow.

Strong measures will set things to right.

1183. BHAMIAD BDoWHa™.

God will give, but will He put the food in your mouth ?

God kelps those who help themselves.

1184, BHAS 0 T dovE HSH Foid FoIwa.

I adjure you by God to show me favor.

Attempting to obtain a person’s favor by force.

1185. BHE D0G8E WoXHT DKT.

At the marriage ceremony of a god all are rulers

Where there is no head, every one does what he likes

1186. B ITVNT® Foard STDox.

Although God grant a boon, yet the priest will not grant it.

1187. 87oX¥H TS ESAN 3.

The thief does not eare if the corn be not guite ripe.

( See No. 1189, )

A man is not particular about that which does not belong to him.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1188. SToX¥% Hend) B &8 Twwome

He opens the door for the robber and then awakes his master.

A double dealing rascal.

1189, 8 oX% zs”’agasfa% 300,

A thief is content with what he gets.

{ See No. 1187.)

1190. 8”oX OF) Sorow ©oo, ¥BWZ/oron ©IY E.

When one cried out “I have got the thief” the other said

“«Take care! he’ll bite.”

A cowardly fellow.

1191. 570X Towng T ODLT, VITEKY TYIEyH VY ood

?6%30.

The thief’s hand that was kept began to shake when the

dark night of the new moon came.

The time it had been accustomed to steal.

1192. 8~oXS" Kome BIDQ3$ Bowd I

The devil follows close on the thief.

To urge him on.

1193. S”oXaH Bew 563563,

Like a robber stung by a scorpion.

A man does not cry out when he suffers from his own folly.

1194. 870X HEoDT F OB Y Hod DEZoTE N

He that created a knave will not fail to create a dupe.

A fool only is cheated.

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1195. 87oXo 898 THES o,

A robber’s mother fears to weep.

When her son is caught.

A person will suffer rather than criminate or bring shame upon

himself.

1196. &oXen §‘°%§26 efsfib 535500 % é@é’b_en BHbAED.

The dogs barked six months after the robbery.

1197. 870X 8705 A% Sh BYs w8 ¥

It matters not which ford was crossed by the stolen ox.

When one suffers a loss the cause matters little.

1198. 870X T°88) HOWSw é%:sg%».

Putting your bed in the yard of a thief’s house.

To watch his doings.

Outwitting‘a crafty man.

1199. & o X573 ’%oo(@:’aﬁo BDoPpaso S0 DI,

A thief’s wife is always a widow.

She is a‘lways in danger of becoming one.

1200. &o7r° $HI ..

A thief is but a man.

1201. 80Re 7B sHoXwo &T8RSA.

When he went to steal, he only got an earthen dish.

Disappointment in evil designs.

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TELUGU PROV:ERBS.

1202, 8”F RUEMH S"oXwo §7ens™d I8, Ao A3 3, i

OL%‘ onI&.

After the whole of the cattle had been stolen from the shed,

the barren buflalo became as valuable as Maha Lakshmi

(the goddess of fortune ).

1203. 8780 00oDNS 0¥ T 658’3. SSSLANIIAON Roew.

The share given by the earth is better than that given by

the government.

Free lands are better when fertile, than shares of grain allotted by

government.

1204. 8788 ﬁ”{x_n%& 70X VPHT T .

Does a man become a thief by finding property ?

1205, cS"séeT’é Qﬁ—v&%oa‘% éS""wo?)eJo @;5&%33.

Sitting in the middle of the road and being abused by every

passer by.

1206. ?5"’36?.@-05% SBYYTE I

Like a pickpocket of Dvarapudi.

Dvérapidi is a notorious village in the Godavery District.

&

1207. S350 28,

The coriander-seed caste.

Said of Komatis ( No. 712) because treating a Komati roughly is the

only way of dealing with him, as rubbing the coriander-seed before it is

sown is the only way of making it sprout.

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60@&5’6?’3_%50@3’.

1208. 8_5_52‘@86’5 E”oRDOBFIE~ TR ES T HoD

SoXE§7Y

oo,

[ The thief] going to rob in Dharmapuri went crouching from

Dhéarwada ( Dharwar ).

(See Nos. 461, 1696. )

1209. ToHTOR8 FEsn B, % Foi3§ W .

There is no justice in oppression, and no sight in a blind

eye.

1210, B0y T°58, S5%onme TS,

You must get a hero or a beggar [ for a husband ].

1211. E&gmém Do, THOWFT B 5H0d,.

A king without courage, a minister without judgment.

1212, 5508 S orcHeassn, Sotxn &Hod.

Useless reading, like the blazing of millet stalks.

.

1218, S6R FoXeo HH TBET e HrEHIsd VIR EL.

“ When the Nangi ate up the brinjals, the calf ate up the

cocoanuts” said he.

( For Vanga see No. 97.)

A certain Stdra named Vénu before going on a pilgrimage delivered

over charge of his brinjal garden to a Komati called Kustumbha.

‘When

he returned and applied for his garden his friend told him that the Nangi

had eaten up all the brinjals.

Vénu knew that no such animal existed,

but remained quiet and waited his opportunity to pay off the Komati.

Shortly afterwards Kustumbha required a man to watch his cocoanuf

The éﬁdra sold all the cocoa-

garden and ehgaged Vépu for this work.

nuts and appropriated the proceeds.

On being questioned by the Kémati,

Vénu told him that the calf had eaten all the cocoanuts.

¢ How is that P’

¢« How could it reach them ?”’

asked Kustumbha,

¢« Oh” replied Vénu

¢ When the Nangi ate the brinjals could not the calf eat the cocoanuts?’’

The Komati, knowing his own dishonesty, could give no answer.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1214, ol :655305” DOX RN WO, HA,S TWikew é/ai)_‘_(gg) ) Seo.

“ Swallow without chewing, Nangi.”—¢ The boiled fish are

biting me” she replied.

(See Nos. 150,483, 1829, 2034.)

Nangi is a name given to a woman who is never at a loss for an excuse

however paltry.

1215. 508 o0 Fod, Ho8 ®oT Fod.

If he says it’s Siva’s bull, it is Siva’s bull; if he saysits a

pig, it is a pig.

( See No. 1082.)

Said of the power of a great and unjust man.

1216. $0D LT FA50.

What the priest gives is sacred.

1217, 508, Jow?, THOTSH™, BYo 20, THT B Vw008,

If you meet a Nambi, a Tambali, a cobra da capello, or a

hare, it will be worse for you.

( For Nambi see No, 274 and for Tambali see No. 178. )

1218, 08 ©08 T° 0B’ ThRo BH-HIHN Barsod, D Rog 8

R RSB T VISR $HESHIHTY B,

“O Nambi! Nambi! what assistance will you render at my

marriage 7’ said one. “I will help you by my absence,”

replied the priest.

Meeting a Nambz is an ill omen.

( See No. 1217.)

Negative advantages,

( 215)

eﬂo@e’i"sé“’i%{so@é’.

1219. §%_ AR 20 0%H &5 DI

The jackal howls and brings evil upon its whelps.

1220, 5%,_ 2P0l TSE HokA® $iy Boovsn VIW TTHE

S

Although I was as cunning as a fox, I was deceived by

a tortoise.

A man sat on the back of a tortoise not knowing what it was, and

sank with it.

1221, S8 % ®0~DS FTYT BLTE.

Every one who sees a jackal hunts it.

1222, ?Sé/b_ oS /o8 ?S’"é/b_ §Y°ggo§wé&ééﬁo.

After the jackal had departed, the hole lamented and wept.

Great sorrow in a household.

1223. 5% _ Y, _&, BIO"E DY _%.

Where is the jackal ? where is heaven?

What prospect has the jackal of entering heaven?

A hopeless idea.

1224. §%_. ToT 0H Ie0Fs0.

Like the effect of the Cassia fruit on a jackal.

Rila is the Cassia ( Cathartocarpus ) Fiétula.

1225, $5, 00 TEKD 7Y _or> T THEXD DRI P T

Are there holes unknown to jackals, or anthills to snakes ?

( 216 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1226. 550 HE Soc3ASL.

Like a basket boat sinking as it reached the middle of the

river.

A break down half way, in any business.

1227. 3&30F,%) ToH8 TrEHRTORE0 TN,

A man who has become a Désari in middle age, is not punc-

tual in his duties.

( For Désari see No, 111.)

Business habits must be learnt in youth.

1228. $&303,9 98, ST 0D—8 P

A fortune obtained in middle age is like a boil on the sinews.

It spoils a man.

1229, SESTY OMH Tk [y o II.

A lady who can’t walk must have carriages on all sides.

Said of a lazy woman.

%)

1280. & §°8 &”o¥,

o

?“é HEHH0.

As you walk you widen the path, as you put [earth] you

raise the ledge.

Donka is a path between two fields.

Kuduru is a ledge made with

earth round a mortar in which grain ‘is pounded.

1281, 88X 0y IF¥TPS, SHIFH VHod) I¥TPs.

Common oysters are in one spot, and pearl oysters in another.

( See Nos, 739, 1668, 1698, 1846, 1969, )

28

(217 )

60@&5"8’@5%0@&

1232, S5 B SHTX0, 3y B0 THREHH 9T S,

He said “I don’t know myéelf, how ean I know you?”’

Said of a supercilious fellow.

1233, $He K50 U8RI S,

A. cocoanut which cannot be chewed.

(See Nos.-253,.737, 1729,-1757..)

A difficult business.

1234, 5o DOORATB, HVH DX $EB.

When he went to pray, the mosque fell on his neck.

The management of the mosque was foereced wpon him.

1235. 26;33_%@ TUHTY Yo, J° oSTredy '—iﬁz?s?é&ggo.

When a man expressed his trust in Rdmanna, the latter

promised to make him as great a man as himself.

Ramanna was really a beggar though pretending to be a great man.

1236. 5§99 THIRTB, HOD 20FLBS.

I trusted it and put it to soak, it became acid and began to

ferment.

Misplaced confidence.

1237. 850 BD Tren¥ TPooRs dpeen.

The tongue without nerves goes all ways.

When the conscience is dead, moral restraint disappears.

1238, S%Y ¥ob N & T ESIONINGH

By the look of a man’s eye, granite will be broker,

The power of an evil eye.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1289, SOoFFH DHITFSom i 8.

It is like the cooking of Nala and Bhima

Said ironieally to a bad cook.

1240. 9D X8y HoTwRE i,

Beating a bedstead on account of the bugs

( RNee Nos. 256, 1940, )

1241. :sgaia Do~ Wod FBIYP.

Like a cart running over Nalléru.

Nallery is the Vitis ( Cissus ) Quadrangularis.

1242. S0 FBogr gE 00X T8,

Of the days of Nawéb Sa’adat-ullah Khan’s grandmother.

As old as the hills,

1243. ?6@“’0‘5339 K)‘”g" BsvoT o ¥ire JHPHE™ FHoX B,

You must keep a Nawdyati lad and a bundle of betel leaves

wet

Nawayati is a sect of Muhammadans ( See the “ Qanoon-e-Islam’ page

12 et seq. j.—Water is thrown on betel leaves by the bazar-men to keep

them fresh and to prevént their being blown away.

1244, SODTJET?) DOATE a0,

He who swallows is better off than he who chews.

He gets along at a greater pace.

( See No, 1885.)

Said of an energetic man.

(219 )

80@&)"’3@’8_5%0@%’.

1245. 558 DHI S BE By, ToES TR @I By,

He who speaks to make you laugh, speaks to your ruin ; he

who speaks to make you weep, speaks to your profit.

A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile.

1246. S FTXTWR SoxHBow), 8.

The field of young millet which is laughed at will be fruitful.

Hindu cultivators assemble round a field which is in want of rain

and laugh at it, taunting it with its unfruitfulness.

By this means they

believe that rain is brought down.

1247. 5355~ BB $TT°S SABF.

Laughing, you reviled, and you have fallen into hell!

1248. §3)§ TreoXowro FXTD.

Silly laughter produces much harm.

Laughter is the hiccup of a fool.

1249, 3 SEToD THE) BOXTCY SHT.

A laughing woman and a crying man should not be trusted.

1250. T°0 VT, SHE &

Great in name, but little to look at.

( See Nos. 230, 240, 276, 613, 1542, 1796. )

The words of this proverb are Hindust4ni.

1251. 7\')"’:;6 SHBYHT, T S8 RXGIHT.

Let me have long life! let me have health!

( See No. 1253. )

A selfish man blessing himself.

Priests bless themselves first. (German.)*

* Pfaffen segnen sich zuerst,

( 220 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1252. 7°% $8F°, I° TA Do HEES.

Am I to be examined, or is my copper pot ?

Said by an ignorant Vaidika who with great; pretentions to learning

knew nothing, and wished his pot to be examined instead of himself.

1253. I°K~ I° 20 0 FoBoxh SR, T IREIS e?’sé/aSoo

S 6358,

As for me and my children, let our age be a hundred years ;

as for my husband, let him take his chance in the world.

( See Nos. 1251, 1313,)

The prayer of a wife who did not love her lord.

1254. oK~ 3%V, TH I SESAEANN AR B S pelast

I am not ashamed, the Amévéasya which is coming to-morrow

is not ashamed.

1255. 3°§°G 0% BYITE, SThow Bo wHsom 8.

If it were not for my cock and chafing-dish, how would the

world go round ?

.

(See No. 750. )

A story is told of an old woman who fancied that the crowing of her

cock woke the whole village, and that all the inhabitants were dependent

on her for fire.

Daylight will come, though the cock do not crow. (Danish, )*

1256. °Xs9 éaa;seé)m.

The last day of the marriage over.

Or, according to some,

The great day of the marriage has come.

Nagavalli is the concluding ceremony at a Hindu’s marriage.

Dulness after gaity, or festivity at its height.

* Det bliver vel Dag om end Hanen ei galer,

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g

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80@85"8

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=

1257. TJ"XSS?O 50%&053533.

Squabbling on the fourth day of the marriage.

( For Négavalli see No. 1256.)

Any disputes with regard to the presents, &c., are brought forward on

the fourth day; until then no one can open his mouth.

Forgetting many past benefits on account of one slight fault.

1258. 3° Wowl —sog@a, 5 :égj’ mggoow‘.

My hand is aching, beat with your hand upon your mouth.

Mourning by proxy.

1259. 3 VY oG, Py G,

The pill in my hand, [ will take you on] a pilgrimage to

Vaikuntha ( Vishnu's heaven ).

( See No. 478.)

Said jokingly to a gquack.

Bleed him, and purge kim; if ke dies, bury him. (Spanish.)*

1260. Toa—% Y oo BED, $OIS X WK oo 28D

When the jackals slid on his delicacy, the dogs pulled out

his grey beard.

Said of a hoary old humbug.

1261. T ¥Sne0 ¥ snen, FE3E TS0 Divex.

Plays are unreal, your wit is your beauty.

1262. To5% B TOERIH IR° TUHX Qona.

A kingdom without a ruler becomes disorganized in all ways

* Sangrarle y purgarle ; si se muriere, enterrarle,

( 222 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS,

1263. Tvo°88 B3 2ip TXoF ew.

Pine away day by day, Nagambhotlu.

Said to a hypocritical Brahman, who was neglected when his tricks

became known.

1264. 37> oo 0 TOFRE §7BD YT HNS.

All kinds of savours run over my tongue, [ and taste] just

as if a firebrand was put on it.

Said by a man to a wretched cook.

1265. 5° :.6@@"@"’ a@&m M° Sohty Angudit Fensosy

My chastity is known to my first husband.

Said by a widow who had passed herself off as a maid, and married again.

$366. > K)?.ﬁoy ¥FOs0Tm B Hodr~0.

I will eat as much of the rice as my Dal has been mixed

with.

( For .D(ﬁ see No. 183.)

Said by the greater of two men who, when travelling together, had mixed

their food, the big man having brought d4l and the other rice.

Applied to a grasping, selfish man.

1267. ™ T X8 oy,

My foot is my safety.

The diseiples of a Guru on commencing to eross a river said ¢ May the

holiness of our master’s feet preserve us !’

After they had crossed it in

safety the self righteous Guru believing that his presence had preserved

them, stepped into the water saying “My foot is my safety’”’ and was

carried away by the stream, and drowned.

1268. P° 35000858 DRy X oz,

‘What is a big pot of gruel to me ?

Said by a glulton,

(223)

§YS

Siy

ﬁo@é’.

1269. ™ onot3d TR ¥, 298 T KON T,

&

I am the head of my house, I order you to put a Panganamam

on the pat’s face.

(For Pangandmam see No. 789.)

The folly of a mean man in power.

1270. 705° 0T DHH Byeo BY.

O Tongue! Tongue! don’t bring strokes on my back.

-~

The tongue talks at the head’s cost.

Let not the tongue utter what the head must pay JSor. (Spanish. )*

1271, ,’J‘i?f“s’gﬁ -83;5&@"’% Soen.

Of all times, childhood is the best, or

Of all sects, the little sect is the best.

Nadu signifies a sect, it also means time.

When App4ji the minister

was asked by the king which sect was superior to the others, he cleverly

evaded the question, by making a pun on the word.

1272. 3° Bew HIPFTR T° FFY AN .

Have you poked my eye with my own finger?

To confute a man’s reasoning with his own arguments.

1273. 7> 8B¥~) o 38 s, 0¥ 3BF¥TY T° B TS0

My sister's fortune is greater than mine, and my fortune is

areater than my sister’s.

One no better off than the other.

* No diga la lengua por do pague la cabeza,

( 224 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1274, Do o0& S s ¥ .

A full pot will not spill.

( See Nos. 454, 502.)

True learning is humble,

Empty vessels give the greatest sound.

Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy

1275. RSE B Do,

If you tell the truth [it causes] annoyance.

( See Ncs. 320, 321, )

Truth is bitter food. (Danish.)*

1276. D250 JoFE~E B0,

Truth will be known in time.

Truth is the daughter of time.

1277. DY is?aj)a-oa% 653%1)3?&) S,

Who are the mourners over people that die every day?

Those who always say their death is near.

Said of a man continually requiring to be corrected in his work.

12178. 3@3’3"”5%35&'”8’3& "63?.’)55%5%&)7\"’@, 3&)&@"’?6&'&"’8%& BEK55H.

You can wake a person who is asleep, but not one who is

awake.

b

None so deaf as those who won’t kear,

None so blind as those who won’t see.

¥ Sandhed er en suur Kost,

29

(225 )

SP

X o

¥

© 0%

o

12»'79. ?Dé)?{)‘sooo?é VAL ’é“’géﬁ Bao%b_m’%gm.

Like falling at the feet of a sleeping man.

Useless endeavours at a wrong time.

1280. dF) My B 8P,

Yesterday there was a heap [of cut corn], to-day there is

Allu [ thrashed 1.

( For zll\{gu see No. 82,)

Sudden advancement, speedy progress.

Yesterday a cowherd, to-day a cavalier, (Spanish.)*

1281. 50‘5303:& BE0LIND™.

Will white ants attack fire?

1282. AKpKe DI Ko HoTE T 0.

The friendship existing between fire and water.

They agree like cats and dogs.

1283, D%y §°YB Tom VPR, P YT Tosm OYHI™.

If you cut fire it will be divided, but if you cut water will

it divide ?

( See Nos. 469, 194%. )

Inseparable friendship.

They are finger and thumb.

1284, Jdy mgmé Bon§ T 0.

Don’t touch fire, and your hand won’t be burnt.

-

( See Nos. 148, 336.)

Don’t play with the bear if you don’t want to be bit, (ltalian.)t

* Ayer vaquero, hoy caballero.

f Non ischerzar coll’orso, se non vuoi esser morso,

( 226 )

TELUGU PROVERBS

1285. d¥yo WP DY W,

A bowl of water to a bowl of fire.

An answer to a threat.

1286. dpen ST FepSTO POy k.

He has fire in his skirt.

1287. D53 DTS4

Like watering a lime tree.

1288. ;‘\)Ug)?(vgb% D), @@’“7@5% SELY)

Sleep to an unfortunate man, hunger to a poor man.

Over sleeping is considered by Hindus to be a sign of misfortune, and

hunger a sign of poverty.

1289, Do Sz B8 §7Ko BH.

No shade to stand under, or branch to clutch.

Helpless and forlorn.

|

1290. DOWOETSH 2 788D, KW oXTHH VWPE &7HKH

@5&&.

If you get a place to stand in, you will soon be able to get

room to sit in.

Give me a seat, and I will make myself room to lie down. (Spanish.)*

1291. DPH®H ¥PT Dy IR0,

Fire covered with embers.

Said of a very learned and humble man.

* Dame donde me asiente, que yo me haré donde me acueste.

&

60@95*‘9@_%—350@%’.

1292, KD%@“’Q;SSN e doX FoIs, TK&?Q) TOTC )0 HB80

7 B &965@‘);3533 Xo.

He ought to have died on the day of betrothal, it is my good

fortune that he has lived until the fourth day of the

marriage.

Said ironically by a girl who had been married to an old man who died

before the completion of the ceremonies.

1293, dX. DF Fen, HoZ Mo Moo Ten.

His religious rites go to the water, and his Mantras to the

Pariahs.

Said of a great formalist.

Most of the religious rites of the Brahmans are performed with water.

The sacred formulas ( Mantras) ought according to the ééstras to be

pronounced in a low voice, inaudible to the people.

1294, 5 OITNE o HD BovT 0.

‘When teeth grow in the palm of your hand, I’ll listen to you.

1295. D% T8 ToH DS ¥30WIH FemH iy

Sing something that you don’t know and that I cannot bear

to hear.

Asking something which is impossible.

1296. D% °°08, B D308, PO S0 TS BpsoT .

Tell me something that you never knew, that I never heard,

and that never existed in the world.

1297. DH XY Kokxo, D 2wzl I¥ Fodsw.

A bhow to you, a bow to your food.

Said when offered bad food.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1298. B~ T T, 8788 So@mren Famini iy

You and I don’t like each other; let us throw the mortar over

each other’s heads instead of rice.

( For Rélu see No. 1141.)

Said by one of an ill matched pair at their marriage.— Talabralu is the

rice poured over the head of the bride and bridegroom.

1299, DB T°D $5vé T Heoo.

An unjust word is the throwing of a stone.

1300. DB wo §°8Fw) D

An unjust man is worse than a monkey.

Tl D onns

i

g

8C§) T RS,

Did the sun rise on your forehead only?

Are you the greatest in the world ?

\[

1302. d HBoBeso FHART, I° PWHreo Hyeo HHoo k.

Ruin take your ten fanams, put my one fanam in héaps.

The words Pattu panam and Oru panam are Tamil.

Said by a Telugu man, ignorant of Tamil, who was owed one fanam,

and owed ten.

303, 5 '%’aoﬁ ot Yaud @26&85 oD T '—Ebocf% W08 ¥

=

E"’&c‘ﬁéa.

Your marriage is rubbish, come to my marriage and betel.

(229 )

80@6’6?4;%{50@%’.

1304. D B0 D WY _FBR0H, ¥EYoH DTFEPET S5 K.

If you refuse to admit me to the entertainment given in your

house for the poor, I will come to dinner in a rich dress.

( See Nos. 1060, 1993. )

Said by a poor woman to a rich man.—At many Brahminical cere-

monies gifts and food are distributed to the wives of the Vaidikas while

a superior entertainment is provided for those of the Laukikas of the

Niyydgi class.

Forcing oneself upon another.

1305. d Hn TEIB HOIAD, D P¥ 0 FEToxng.

If there are no alms for me, never mind, but tie up your‘ dog

( See No. 311.)

Said by a beggar.

1306. D o&sH BowY @ooag, T RPT Bong TPTR0.

Take away your left hand, I will use my sinister hand

( See No. 295.)

As broad as long.

1307. DH DH Ho¥S IHdow) .

Water runs towards water.

Men haste to help those of their own caste, &c.

1308. DX D B0, s TYH BEORL.

Water finds the low ground, God knows the truth.

( See Nos, 1401, 1910. )

1309. ¥® f’bg&ﬁ Sﬂ'g_é%, TR SEHH TP 8.

When the jade went to the well, the water was too low

Said of a lazy person glad of any excuse to get off work.

( 230 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1810. T dMen 288D, WAIST Boxeo @B,

Lime trees lived in the water, acacia trees lived in the

jungle.

( For Tumma see No. 369.)

Very common.

1811, §>g‘§3 302 ¥ $3:5¢30-

Tying up water in a bundle.

He draws water with a sieve.

1312. DY) TEID D o) HISFT .

If you won’t do it, your father will.

i. e. a better person.

1313. DY WS &~ BeH, B YW 8 o

The day of your death has not come, nor the day of my

mourning.

( See No. 1253.)

Said by a wife who hated her husband.

1814. DY B ¥ Doy FFIem.

If you were to die, would the whole earth be bones?

( See No, 1337. )

1315, DY DRIV WD VFHoweo BWIR0W 4.

Though you don’t give alms, point out a house where they do.

1316. D) BFoXH IR, BH FYoXH THBTY K.

If you pour for one thing, I drink for another.

A woman poured out stale rice-water to make a man eat less solid food

afterwards.

The drink however has the property of increasing the

appetite.

Diamond cut diamond,

( 231 )

@o@@*wjﬁogé’.

1317. D F% WepwoXes TOX, T Voo BH 0T Xb.

May your Sakus become stones! Give me four Békus.

Said by a greedy Telugu man at an entertainment given by a Canarese

gentleman.

The servant handed round the dishes a second time with the

usual enquiry ¢ 8dku?’’ (enough?) Some of the guests would reply

¢ Béku’ ( wanted ) and help themselves moderately.

The Telugu man

not understanding Canarese, cried out *“ None of your Sakus, give me some

of your Békus.”’

1318. 002§ @o‘fo%a?’sfg, Koo Bowen BII8.

‘When they began to dig a well, a devil came out.

Applied to a sudden and heavy misfortune,

1319. HJH o &Fnrcen.

A hundred diseases to the Sesamum.

Nuvvu is the Sesamum Indicum.

The Sesamum crops are peculiarly

liable to attacks of sap worm, blight, &e.

1320. HPHJeoo~ SR S¥E, wPoF I B,

Oil seed and oil are one, the oil-crusher is another.

( For Nuwvvu see No, 1319, )

Joining to oppose- a common enemy.

1391, 5838 O, §°838 ATHSTY.

Instead of a hundred [cloths] a bit of thread; instead of

a crore [ of cows ] a cow’s tail.

( See No.j1148.)

1822, 358 ¥{Ho msném; Erte S

Ts the sea near to a frog in a well ?

Applied to a clumsy fellow

(232 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1323, 5B RS TR TU THENTE, FTOTH TGO DR

78 &8 “&@bmwm.

The man who lost the oil eried, and the cocoanut man cried

bitterly.

A bullock laden with pots of oil belonging to one man and unpeeléd

cocoanuts belonging to another rolled over.

The pots broke, but the

cocoanuts were none the worse.

The first man cried quietly, but the

gecond was loud in his lamentations.

Making a fuss about ndthing.

1824, 578 %o "é;sgaé TR HBOTHH.

Can she drink [ medicine ] who could not bear to grind it?

( See Nos. 468, 1138.)

1325. 3% é’(g)jeﬁc% o, I¥ 0N JOD IS,

You should save another even by telling a hundred lies.

1826. 5% T HoST ¥ §[o oo BAOFX 02,

Among a hundred crows, what could a single cuckoo do ?

What can one good man do among so many bad men ?

18927, 355 mmm S¥ Sos® ks,

of

One act of adultery does away with a hundred meritorious

deeds.

1828, M08 Mojwrom SKow ¥ Wi MBS Bk

Like a hundred blind men falling into a well.

An ignorant assemblage.

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1829. 55°%95008 Eoooc?oﬁé\?ow“o&(g? PR eay Y R""ca.‘;% RBaH

Fen Y BY FPonoTe.

A hundred fingerless people together could not milk a

barren buffalo.

A thing in every way impossible.

1330, F~%H Soben I¥ ToIH oo U

A hundred words are not equal to one writing.

1831, 5O o0,

A thread joined in weaving.

No strength.

1332. BB oob% Ho¥HAATLY.

Like demanding duty for a bundle carried on the head.

1333, 3:HO ¥obr DH TOD Heorrnd8d Sz,

If the peacock shed tears, will the hunter’s heart be moved ?

(See No. 383.)

1834. B HT"HE ag R8T SA .

He walks thirty miles in a month, as fast as a round plate

1

can be thrown.

1335. Bo B 5 ©onTI° T w 000& HLPHT) 4.

Never mind though you be a seven months’ child, be born

in a king’s house.

( 284 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1336. B0 D8 SOOI

A thread to the new moon.

When Hindus see the new moon, théy unravel a thread from one of their

garments and offer it, asking for a new cloth.

1337. =& 15__?3 T5E38 Tok.

If you die to-day, to-morrow will be two.

i. e. the second day, on which milk will be poured on his bones, accord-

ing to custom, after his body has been burnt,

( See No. 1314.)

1838, SFA 3 T @"S@a)(e%.

What does a weaver want with a young monkey ?

( See Nos. 308, 732, 1360, 1363, 1498, )

The monkey would do much mischief.

Imprudent association with bad people.

1339, BB%0% BoBY IPHoE YOS T,

A man that puts the pot of ghi on the floor, and the empty

pot in the sling.

( For Utti see No. 304. )

The eye is blind if the mind is absent. (ltalian.)*

i

1340. BOX~ITE wowd D[S N8,

Mounting a ladder with a jar of ghi in one’s arms.

1341, 38 DssocH FeEHY0.

te

Like a tasteless cucumber.

( See Nos, 230, 240, 276, 613, 1250, 1542, 1796. )

Néti brrakaya is the ghi cucumber.

Grand in name but not worth anything.

m

¥ (ieco ¢ I’occhio, se ’animo & distratto.

(285 )

¥

& 58850

1342, BsH HLFIB DO Doz D IO 0o, dY HLY

Ne D sds

NOT R )0 V) &

When a wife said “If T had not been born, you would not

have had a wife,” the husband replied “If you had not

been born, I should have marned your mother.”

i. e. a better woman

1343, S0 DD 0 ::-%«mg)

Rising off the ground and fencing in the air

If you loose your footing you will loose your power

( Brown’s Tel

Dict )

1344, [odeo

88 @m0 8X)Y)

The writing written on the forehead never fails

Hindus believe that their fate is mysteriously written by the Creator’s

hand in the sutures of the skull

1345. 3838 =BE oRd B

No pollution is caused by the hand being put in the mouth

Engili literally means saliva

Said by a careless Brahman

1346, Jooé3 sﬁ;&@"’ge}o o500 Dt

Would the pearls fall out of your mouth

If you were to speak

(236 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS

-

(¥,

)

53T,

1347. S’Sé?mgo Xo®

[ By ] a slip of the mouth, a bundle of food on the back.

He

In Ujjayini ( Ougein ) there lived a merchant called Diptimanta.

went to Jangala to trade.

There he met another merchant named Vivéka-

manta who on one occasion said to him ¢ Tell me a story that isnot known

in the world, that has not come to your ears, and that I have not heard.”

After being twitted often by Diptimanta on account of his inability to

comply with this unreasonable request, Vivékamanta undertook to per-

form the task, provided Diptimanta should not pronounce his story to be

false, and in the event of his doing so, should pay him 100 pagodas.

Dip-

timanta having agreed, Vivékamanta said “ On one occasion my great

grand-father Vanikpati when going to trade in another country met your

great grand-father Prithikpati and they entered into partnership.

Shortly

afterwards they reached a spot where grew a large and beautiful Banyan

tree near which was a tank.

Liking the place, they agreed that Vanikpati

should remain there and sell the goods which Prithikpati would send him

from another country.

This was carried on for some time and afterwards

when they met and compared their accounts, it was found that Prithikpati

was in Vanikpati’s debt 100 pagodas.

For long I have sought you,’”” added

Vivékamanta, ¢ and now I beg you will pay me the balance due.”’

Dipti-

manta being unable to deny the truth of the story lest he should incur the

forfeit, was compelled to pay the 100 pagodas, and beg his way to his own

country, carrying what food was given to him in a bundle on his back.

Some people who met him enquired what bundle he was carrying, to which

he replied * By a slip of the mouth, have I been reduced to carry a

bundle of food on my back.”

The evil consequences of an idle word.

1348, S’SQ“S BSRoW TOXEH.

Even a mustard seed cannot be hidden in his mouth.

A gossipping fellow who repeats all he hears.

1349. B0 ©0WWY Hod, [owd el 0.

Your mouth is like a sweet plum and your hand is like a

thorn-bush.

( See Nos. 658, 1711, 1936, )

Ambalam is the Spondias Mangifera ; Balusu is the Canthium Parviflorum.

You speak sweetly with your mouth, but you give nothing with your

hand.

Fair words don’t fill the pocket. (German,)®

* Schéne Worte fiillen den Sack nicht,

( 237 )

eso@@f*@fi%ﬁo@)é’.

1350. BoH FOAD @ Bov@ .

If he has a mouth he will live.

The son of the minister of a king of Ayodhya ( Oudh) was caught

stealing the king’s flowers.—As he was being taken to the palace, his

father called out * It is of no consequence, if he has a mouth he will live’’

The son took the hint, ate up the flowers, denied the offence, and was

believed by the king, who punished his accusers.

( See Telugu Selections,

36th story. )

1351, B0 §78F AP wo5Esm.

‘When the mouth gets fat, it is made to salivate.

A man suffers for his arrogance.

13852. 3% HoDXow B Fed Ho8.

If your words are good, the world will be good to you.

1353. S ﬁrvggva&&-v o, Dok amé’zra@: oty 8.

Speaking with the mouth but mocking with the forehead.

Insincerity.

1354, 8% soD BooX, T BOR TOX.

If you shut up her mouth she remains like a dumb woman,

if you let her open her mouth she’s a vixen.

1355. I I V8 BTIY Ferd Dok,

‘What does a just man care for the favor of the priest?

ol

o

1356. SoroBPHoo Hoio §FF ST 00 ot TR, onE T

) S¥ Tew BoodTEL.

“The five PAndavas they Say are three like the legs of a bed,

but there are only two,” said he, showing one finger.

Said of a stupid accountant.

( 238)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1357, SouPFo HowePo.

Five good things, five bad things.

Differently interpreted to mean five good and five bad qualities ; the five

senses applied to good and to bad uses, &ec.

1358, WomeoXsnes DB SHI 0w I,

If the almanacks are lost, do the stars go also?

Can the original source not be applied to, when that derived from it

has been lost ?

1859. SoweAy 653@588530853 @b&éégo

Standing in the middle of five fires.

An act of penance.

Said of a person being unable to extricate himself from a difficult

position in which he is surrounded by his enemies.

1360. $oBToT® I .

‘What has a beggar to do with the price of cotton?

1361. BoXX o HFo FHF), HoEXTH OHI» FHY,

DOSEX ﬁ)ﬁ"’&c}ﬁ) 5&3%?{ é/&)?é)

The day before the festival, there is a scarcity of cloth ; on

the festival day, a scarcity of food ; and on the day after

the festival, a scarcity of buttermilk.

1862. 50 28 ﬁmegf :og_gg,go.

The fruit slipped, and fell into the milk.

( See Nos. 195, 1425, 1430, 1886. )

Happy go lucky.

( 239 )

60@&5"8 é‘fg_zv:so@b

1363. $0B8 TooT® IPNH Aod.

‘What can a pig do with a rose water bottle'?

Ginfi’,z" is a narrow mouthed vessel used for rose water.

1364. %082 $08H, 08D Hodd FIw .

He can make a common pig into Siva’s bull, and Siva’s bull

into a common pig.

( See Nos. 1082, 1215. )

Ability in argumentation.

1365, 089 $& HWHYT HW® ownwy I& @88 TWe B,

No men die from the falling of a Pandili; no men live after

the falling of a house.

(For Pandili see No. 61.)

1366. Koo BT WEFHD, Too BI) THoTUX .

Though he eat ten Tums of food he will say he is starving ;

and though he eat five Tims, he will say it is a fast.

( For Té#mu see No, 619, )

1367, ?éé/zy_‘c@oc& R0 T OB,

Why do you increase the sore in my side?

A sword by the side [ on a bed ].

( See Nos. 999, 1002. )

1369. ¥X&3 Sovew $I8 Jew, oo e DEPH Tew.

Talking in the day time spoils one’s business ; talking in the

night time spoils ene’s sleep.

( 240 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1370. $Xo0 ¥R B8 T, oo

e

B, XD ATS0H BH.

—)

If he dies in the day, there is no rice to put in his mouth ;

if he dies in the night, there is no oil for a lamp.

Rice is put into the mouth of the dead at the funeral ceremony.

Said of a miserably poor person.

1371, $XBgr DT FIT0, SRBD 8X B,

Like a weaver saying in the evening to his wife ¢ woman

during the day I have woven two yards, if you bring a

lamp now I’ll undo it all again.”

Said of an idle fellow.

BT DA D0l 58 5)%3‘*’13@\3 Foom® FPonS RO,

If alms are given ten times in an enemy’s house, so much

the better.

1373. S8 A& FR R0 HozBow) .

Put green grass [ between two rivals], and it will blaze up.

1374, $Q) BOXT O Ao¥S Hgkp.

Like an unripe wood apple sticking in one’s throat.

Distress caused by continual worrying.

1375. ¥HSX0 ¥ FITB0° B0, T° KK, 88 DI T

B0 T B,

A burglar being asked why he was house-breaking in the

day time, replied “ What do you know of my necessities?”

Distress tempts to crime,

31

(241 )

60®W@ﬁo®§

1376. K)&JK)K@Q WoF),_e0 'J)“’c%%z:&&:

In the full light of day, he makes the stars appear.

Professing to do wonders.

Applied to a great cheat.

. 1377, 38358 Qo8 755 7D 00X Ty T

What I am clinging to is a Tamarind bough, not a Mulaga.

The tamarind wood is pliable, but the Mulaga ( Hyperanthera Moringa )

is brittle.

Said by a parasite of his staunch protector.

1378. H&HE> §T8e B, TH0LORY VoK.

If there be a rainbow in the west, all the dry tanks will be

filled.

1379. $&8F5» X8 8Ae

080

%

One cold in the head is as bad as ten diseases.

1380. $HoH0 TOKST0, DHoPHo aHoss.

A house full of young girls, and a fire of little twigs.

Difficult to manage.

1381. $8Romen Botrm® ISVY VoD SFE VIY XL, XoF

é/gbom“’ WIFTY) Voo Fewwe T S,

When Basavanna was asked if he would eat cotton seed, he

said ¢ Ahﬁ”; when Basavanna was asked whether he

would have on the pack saddle he said “ Uht.”

( See Nos. 73, 518, 1070, 1385. )

Basavanna is the name of a bull sacred to éiva.

Bullocks are often

familiarly called by this name. Ahé is an exclamation signifying consent.

Uné signifies refusal.

( 242 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1382, $85088 83 =g ogS” Bvi.

With many people death is equal to marriage.

Applied to an honorable death in a good cause.

1383. $a&H08SE BEITD TOSK.

A snake falling among a lot of people will not die.

A bad man often escapes through the difference of opinion among

others as to his guilt, as a snake does through the Hindu’s super-

stitious dread of killing it.

1384. é&w%&v 'éjo S¥TPon ®ond® SXoTo.

If you throw ten stones, will not one hit?

( See No. 107. )

1385, ¥9 ©@o® I° PP FEAK0S, FravsHo T P 7oA

00

If you talk of work, my body becomes heavy; if you talk of

dinner, my body swells [ with delight ].

( See Nos. 73, 518, 1070, 1381.)

The trade of thick-headed ]V[ic’:kael: eating, drinking, and idling. ( Dutch.)*

1386, 0 VoL 000838 &T0X, Ny onS{ATTE BI

BTy &N

A man who does not work robs the house, a man who pays

no taxes robs the government.

el

( See No. 1069. )

1

* Dat is het ambacht van dikken Michiel : drinken, eten, en wandelen,

( 243 )

efo@e)"ggej-ﬁo@é/.

1387. FYVY FHOTer Thde BT B0, HoT iy Tpen

DD o T Ee.

When they asked what idle Papa Rézu was about, they

were told that he was carving lines on a hare’s horn.

( See Nos. 319, 1388, 1389. )

1388, $2BD HoXO 20 o RTBAD EL.

The barber without work shaved the cat’s head.

( See Nos. 319, 1387, 1389.)

A man pretending to be fully employed.

1389. $QTR MoF¥H 8D Iren 2BISHL.

The jade who had nothing to do milked the cat.

( See Nos, 319, 1387, 1388.)

1390. S0 SIHE HEY Ty DI sopahy Bowdd

R Héo.

If there is no Brahman within a hundred miles, I’ll conduct

the sacrifice.

An ignorant professor gets on well in the absence of the learned.

1391. wﬁo)?ﬁ&mo'éo DE BNE YowR° ‘éé’oﬁg S S.

When we hear of D4l and rice we should run for it, even

though it be hundred miles off.

( For Ddl see No. 183.)

Said of a greedy Brahman.

( 244 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1392, $558° %8 ¥uTeoo Boh, HwH BoxHH wAS T,

If one gets a few mouthfuls of rice with Dél, why should

To throw

one want vegetables dressed with acid?

among the ashes?

Said by an epicure.

1393, X900 o0& PHPOD KT Hiy oo

Is there a marriage without DAal, or a vegetable dressed with-

out salt?

(See No. 2075. )

Said to a great friend whose presence at an entertainment isindis-

pensable.

1894, Son¥sn STV t.ﬁtf_% 55%55:@

e

A man without money is chaste.

1895, Sowdg e, HE HE AP FE

Will an accusation [ be forgotten ], will water which falls

in a banked field escape ?

f

{ See No, 1928.)

Throw much diré, and some will stick.

An ill wound may be cured, but not an ¢ll name.

1396. SEE RS B IS .

)

The property of others is as sweet as molasses.

{ See Nos. 3, 910, 1560, )

Being liberal at others’ expence.

To cut large shives of another man’s loaf,

( 245 )

&so@@fﬁwjfso@g.

1397. SPHRBPE™ Jrew TARYDY, doiHod DY TXEIH Foow.

It’s better to stand and drink water, than to run and drink

milk.

A comfortable berth with a moderate salary, is better than a bad

situation with a larger income.

1398. é&)ﬁéa‘%%& éa-v_é S8R 38 5.

The man that runs away, is inferior to the man who follows

him

1399. SHDDY HHF) TS

Give honor, get honor.

1400. $0¥d T8 %8 FoImrogr- Rox B

The people of ten villages cannot overcome men who won’t

open their mouths.

1401, S50 Hod T AP denvd.

Water lies in the low ground.

( See No. 1308, )

Truth will out at last.

1402. 3509 8§73 cox{D §7HE IIT00T® §Ty oI .

As impossible asthat a Komati who would not give away

a bit of turmeric should allow his whole store to be

plundered.

-

-

1403. SHF 2L

el

o)

o

¢3

O

38 2

9

—lD)

e

(;i?;é/ =o%

¢

Je)

2N

i

FOISSINES 335%}&.

When turmeric was rubbed on her feet and a mark put on

her forehead and she was invited to the marriage feast

she would not go, but afterwards she went with a

broken pot to beg for broth.

Suffering by pride.

( 246 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1404. $HQE KB R SPX$nH BYSEY.

He aimed at the bird and shot the deer.

He fired at the pigeon and he killed the crow.

1405, FroXHo T $oTEgRn SHEREWHe T Hom KT H $8.

The wealth gained by the PAndavas was only sufficient for

the funerals of the Duryddhanas ( Kauravas).

( See No. 146, )

I11 use of well gotten gains.

1406. rFoa°é3 =0 65@?"’5_3%.

The war horn of the Pakalapéti family.

Said of a loquacious person.

1407, 75083 20XPHET™ B, VOXTTH0E3 SO o0 S B,

There is no relation like your turband, there is no scamp

equal to your jacket.

A turband can be tied so as to hide all holes, which is not the case with

the jacket; the turband is therefore likened to a trustworthy friend, and

the jacket to an unfaithful fellow.

1408. T°¢3Q5-8 Xoﬂ”;ﬁﬁéﬁ o830 XN ST 55,

The goddess GrangAnamma who presides over the burial

ground, thinks of nothing but eating [ the corpses ].

Entirely given to the selfish pursuit of one object.

1409. 9t» ¥OAD K838 ™K.

If you get work, will food be wanting ?

1410. Fe» BB TAYE0 FOoXoW0.

If you are industrious, you will become rich.

( 247 )

eﬁo@@’s

§%°8¥50.8%

)

s

1411, 8073

SO0 z\-ox‘b‘oéoccé o008,

Sing again what you have sung, O Désari with dirty teeth.

Said to an ignorant imposter.

Give the piper a penny, and two pence to leave off.

1412. e B8 w,_ Fors,

A jackal is the watchman of a ruined Village.

( See Nos. 830, 1413.)

Applied to a person who gets on well with his work when there is no

one to question him.

1413. e 08 Doy §%% FSooe.

In a ruined village, the leg of a bed is Péta Razu.

( See Nos, 830, 1412. )

Péta Rézu is a rustic deity.

1414. 325 5= T RABD0 B, 7% FH D08 ot wIn B,

He said “ in this ruined village there is no one to praise me,

so I praise myself.”

Your trumpeter’s dead, and so you trumpet yourself.

1415. 385008500555 X ow Wé&ooc‘é TO%o ?902)?6%30.

Like the old widows assembling to break the marriage cord

of a new widow.

A gang of rascals conspiring to ruin a new comer, who they fear will

be in their way.

1416. FEES097D Ho.

A Dbit of straw in sherbet.

( 248 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1417, R0 TO3H §T5ET[oss oo¥ ’%’agioé.

A bramble is neither large enough to bite nor to place on a

dish.

( See No. 339.)

Papata is the Pavetta Indica.

A quantity quite inadequate to one’s wants.

S

1418, 37 ¥y SHoTeey,

o/

&0 K‘F’;:S%J SCoXoFen.

The riches of a sinner go to strangers ; the riches of a traitor

go to thieves.

1419. :)ﬂ»m-g-oe;ci; D0 BHOY.

The snake only knows where it’s feet are.

( See No. 802.)

The Hindus believe that a snake has feet, though they are invisible.

A man knows his own business best.

1420, °%0% Fre0R €.

Feeding a snake with milk.

( See Nos. 636, 665, 1432. )

Showing kindness to an ungrateful person.

1421, 350 s HAX HX.

The snake is your relation, and it’s hood your enemy.

Being on friendly terms with members of a family though on bad terms

with the head of the house.

1422. 508" TOpo, ¥BST Fmipo.

Friendship with a snake, fencing with a sword.

32

( 249 )

eﬁo@eﬁ@fﬁﬁo@g.

1423, S0 TSN, wd B JIEXISLE.

He won’t allow the snake to die, and he won’t allow the

stick to be broken.

( See No. 43.)

Applied to a trimmer.

1424, F5008° DooX FWHYWACY, FTEH0ST BooX KeE.

You may walk among snakes, but keep clear of Vaishnava

priests.

1425, F0HTI0ST Tong HOLSL.

Like the ghi falling into the milk pudding.

( See Nos. 195, 1362, 1430, 1886, )

When a pot of ghi slipped from a woman’s hand, it fortunately fell

into a pudding.

He is like a cat, ke always falls on his feet.

1426, I BTy, SIOR BB S08w8.

You must look for a thing in the place where you lost it.

Seek redress from the person who has injured you.

1427. 3B D Ty DR,

A man who hears the noise of a creeping ant.

As wary as a blind horse.

He is so wary that ke sleeps like a hare with his eyes open

1428. 0¥ 51‘1)1) 3500088 zsv{bﬁééga.

Begging for milk and hiding his cup.

(See Nos. 20, 856, 1608, 1792.)

Poverty and pride.

( 250 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1429. :ﬁ*owgg s&w@ﬁn 00 Ry FenXodo.

Does every thing that comes from milk possess good qua-

lities?

Good qualities are not always possessed by people of high birth.

1430. "0 HoWn~8 PHOIKY

Like sugar dropped into milk.

( See Nos. 195, 1362, 1425, 1886. )

1431, J~0&0 WET° Prow Q) WorEI”.

Are we to look at milk or at the pot?

The pot is only valued for the milk in it.

The jewel is not to be valued for the cabinet.

1432. S0t

RO Breatos NS E L 850,

Although you feed a snake with milk, it will not refrain

from biting you.

( See Nos, 267, 636, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1420, 1850, )

1433. 3~ H&D §7Fy M{I .

He sucked the milk, and struck the breast.

(See Nos. 1077, 1078, 1079. )

1484. 35 K% DS 5@:6&?3‘0.

Can rotten food ever be made sweet ?

Past reformation.

1435. 208 "M B doodo Kook BYE, sEDEITS

(Sl aYefate! K)%&Séa.

When they made an image of an Ada Bidda of flour and

put it on a seat, it shook itself about [in threatening

postures ] and gave itself great airs.

.zfqla Bidda (literally ¢ a female child”’) is the familiar name for a

husband’s sister, who manages her brother’s household in the absence of her

mother.

(251)

80@@’8?1%{50

&

5.

1436. 203 oS ° AR 903,

The cake will be as much as the flour.

Payment in proportion to work.

Results according to labor.

1437. 208 P> TS ";’ao(é) SR

Can there be a marriage without flour and a procession ?

( See Nos, 1393, 2075. )

Indispensable accompaniments.

14388. 20357 F08F Ho.

A fruit ripened after being plucked.

Said of a precocious youth.

1439. a%e(gmas @:.6—63 1550,

il

Attacking a sparrow with a Brahmastra.

( For Brakmastra see No. 1638.—See Nos, 615, 820, 889. )

He takes a spear to kill a fly.

1440. 23HYO0LOTY R0 THoS DY S Hood.

How long does a gypsy’s marriage take ? how long does an

entertainment last ?

Applied to the grandeur of arrogant people.

1441, 283 70T K8 IR0

A little bird with a great cry.

A little man sometimes casts a long shadow. (French.)*

A litéle dog, a cow without horns, and a short man are generally proud. (Danish.)t

* Un petit homme projette parfois une grande ombre.

T Stakket Hund, kuldet Ko, og liden Mand ere gierne hov modige.

(252 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1442. 2¢ 2¢ %O 2D Boysiy.

Like the cat settling the dispute between two birds.

By eating them both up ( See Telugu Panchatantra, page 94.)

1443, 25580 :,—353) 985 B %@ ?9%5%33.

He went to Pithdpuram, and brought a little potful of water.

( See No, 1667,)

1444, 25/08> DSTRSH F¥T 5H0F300.

[ He has] one Mantra for the thunderbolt and for the rice.

Hindus

believe

that

repetition

of the

ten

names

of Arjuna

@Céms P e s 888 ElEata iy

%)z‘;e?’g(s DBSH3 é/aaés ‘éé&a—v-& B¥oRIH8 |l

drives away thunderbolts.

An ignorant Brahman is said to have repeat-

ed this S16ka when receiving a dish of raw rice.

Applied to impostors.

1445. 288

i

B ooy TPAT HHH BRAYSLY.

He bartered a milch she buffalo for a goring he buffalo.

ey

Go

3309

1446. 580G, ROT 0 &;665@) TOXH, BSESToH Do

on

Your paternal uncle’s wife is not your maternal aunt; your

maternal uncle’s wife is not your paternal aunt.

1447. 288 20820% é§oz§_3?‘g’§

A cowardly soldier is stopped by a sneeze.

A sneeze is congidered a bad omen among the Hindus.

Ready for any excuse.

( 258 )

@o@@’s @jﬁo@g.

1448, 2030 Voo BJHD IH_ UK.

Attending a feast to which you are not invited, a fast you

are not asked to observe.

(For Pérantam see No, 68.)

Fidders’ dogs an’ flees come to a feast unca’d. (Scotch.)

1449, 293 DARD V"D S @ ©

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If I invite him and he is too proud to come, it will be all

right ; but if he does come, how shall I manage it?

Said by a poor man who was obliged to show hospitality which he could

i1l afford.

1450. 305°8 THhDo TOHRH Howeo B

What does a young crow know about the blow of a pellet ?

Inexperience.

1451. %3))‘9700‘53@&1‘ ;Saé3§”8%2§<r° SO,

Children and the legs of a stool do not feel the cold.

To a child all weather is cold.

1452, dOX0OTE VK TodD, ToBI 0 TR ToGyId,

When the father eried for his child, the sexton cried for his

money.

(See Nos. 809, 930. )

Crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.

1453. 20 308 AD HS-Fo FoT T,

Pinching the child while swinging the cradle.

Done by a lazy fellow who wanted to make it appear that the child did

not like him.

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PROVERBS.

1454. é’;e‘%"éﬁ Q))O%)S"‘S w8 yéa&@mﬁégﬁx

Like a grandfather groping for the children in a house where

there are none.

1455. 89 oz FRDH®, PY_ 2w Fox§iHiw.

The cat wishes to see your eyes out, and the dog wishes

to see you have children.

Both will then be well fed.

1456. 29 Foxgo SHooRo8TR Fren TUOBY THIFHC THXED

&Joi&é“?ﬁ&éé%o.

Like a cat shutting her eyes, and fancying that no one could

see her drinking the milk.

A man fancying that he is unseen when committing some crime.

The forest has ears, the field has eyes. (German, )*

2457 2)?05 TOAEISN Ba>é>§s<> @%K)oé/@sim.

Sport to the cat, death to the rat.

What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse. (German. )}

What is play to the strong s death to the weak. ( Danish. ) 1

1458. 298 5"’@@5@ R0 T §g§‘$, R0~ o ?mgs =

Wﬁ&&b.

When they tied a waist cord of prawns round the cat’

s loing

it went a little way and then ate up the whole.

Want of appreciation of honors conferred.

* Der Wald hat Ohren, das Feld hat Augen,

T Der Katzen Scherz, der Mause Tod,

1 Staerke Mands Spil er kranke Mands Déd,

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1459. 2@)@0 {Soé/'?’véé,bwé“@ %OC@ E’)?ﬁ?ﬁé@).

Groing to a marriage with a catunder your arm.

( See Nos. 310, 803.)

The cat is a bad omen.

Transgressing the rules of society.

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1460. 29D Hods FHXo JB, By B FRE

You take the sin of killing the cat, I'll take the sin of

eating your molasses.

Said by a stingy Kémati to a Brahman priest to whom he had presented

tha cheapest possible offering that would expiate the sin he had committed

by killing a cat, viz., a little image of a cat made of molasses, which he

afterwards was greedy enough to take back again and swallow,

350508,

1461. 29 @&

22

Kill a cat, kill a Brahman.

Doing harm to a cat is considered as sinful as injuring a Brahman,

1462. 2D T FTeis, 28 3 B,

Q.

A cat [is as sacred as] a Brahman, and the stool (used for

prayers, &c. ) is as sacred as his wife.

1463. S5

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S5 Sondso.

Enmity between the posteriors' and the seat.

1464. ST00850 aoaisg)%:sis% 56 Bond DHEPSTR BEXS0ISH.

The lady who lent a woman a silk cloth, must walk after

her with a stool.

If you lend any thing good to a careless person you must take measures

to prevent his spoiling it, as the silk cloth would have been spoiled

had the woman sat upon the ground.

( 256 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS,

1465. S5:50XH T[S 28,

Carrying a corpse in procession.

( See No. 2052. )

A vain ceremony

1466. HOX K ‘éogﬂ’:&;&n.

Like the Pungantru state.

Punganiiru is in the North Arcot District.

No government.

1467. HWYTSH 70X ©o, Pan IAD BooWHETIT K.

When the robber of the water melon was spoken of, he felt

his shoulders.

( See No. 786. )

Guilty conscience.

1468. ‘@73)1)?6 DoBSTe 00T, 75 0PN T8 &oX¥ ).

Though the pepper be worm eaten, it will weigh as much as

the millet.

A brave spirit under adverse circumstances.

1469. DS DoSE §75E.

To be born is but for death.

1470. HED DLH Frveo ¥k,

Tying beads round an unborn child.

( See Nos. 204, 526, 936, 1471. )

Don’t reckon your egys before they are laid. (latian. )*

1471, DD %);@256 2 P T

He gives a name to an unborn child.

(Sce Nos. 204, 526, 936, 1470. )

To celebrate the triumph before the victory. (Latin )t

* Far conta dell’ uovo non ancor nato,

T Ante victoriam canere triumaphum,

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es o@e?’sé"s_@ois o@é/.

1479, z@gg Do Bew sﬁgm, m?@&o&g My oy,

If one is stung by a scorpion on an ant hill has it the venom

of the snake-god "

Putta is a white ant hill, where snakes are found.

Applied to a person supposing himself to have been injured through

the malice of an enemy.

1473, HEBoDdTHw Fd T

Would your Maker feed you with grass?

( See No. 904.)

The Creator provides suitable food for all his creatures ; the benefactors

of others need not therefore be proud.

1474, DES TLX00D DITET BT

Has PulligAdu been my husband ever since I was born ?

Applied to ungrateful servants or dependants.

1475, HEITE 208 HEFoS D .

The faggots of the funeral pile alone remove the [evil]

qualities with which a man is born.

(See Nos. 259, 871, 515, 571, 573, 632, 924, 71494. )

What belongs to nature lasts to the grave. (Italian.)*

1476. HBS o0 2035 HED, O BHOAS THE\TE.

When the children cried for food, the grandmother cried

for a husband.

Wishing for something quite unsuitable to one’s age.

* Chi I’ha per natura, fin alla fossa dura,

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TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1477, HBS oo TH HPO[pe dfargm a0

After living for so many years the man performed a

sacrifice.

Good luck comes at last.

Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate.,

Fortune is like the market, where if you bide your time, the price will fall

1478. HET =08 é@im, DY T8 o).

The younger brother of him who is born, the elder brother

of him who is about to be born.

Said jokingly of a dwarf.

1479. t@%gowa%awm "EPT SO 5%3‘%

The natural colour will remain, but will the artificial colour

stand ?

False pretensions.

1480. HHPES0us0 [FEoWE™Y ITTeET° ©oH B ©okntd

N 008 ©oerds.

Although a man besmear himself with a Putti of castor

oil and roll [ among the grain] only what sticks, will

stick to him, what does not, won't.

( See No. 1720.)

A Putti is 500 Ibs.

A man can only obtain that which his destiny has prepared for him.

Every man hath his lot.

No butter will stick to his bread.

( 259 )

eﬁo@é"’s wjﬁo@)éf.

1481, Drgso YR, DD T

A bushelful of good works, and a dishful of worms.

A great show of piety, but the prospect of future punishment for evil

deeds.

1482. {8 ‘@%c%jg, DIWNOWHD ToET=GFE.

When a man was given a Putti of corn he complained of

short measure.

(For Puitti see No. 1480—see No. 1119, )

Look not a gift horse in the mouth. (Latin.)*

1483, HTFIE Y OFF D BoNAEET T30 VIO 30

Like a beggar who said “O charitable lady, give me food

like that which you give to your husband.”

An absurd request.

1484, HB,ET Beodome, FBo,ER BHoBOT®, DHOD HAHY

B0 BHoBoT®, INBT H8oHOT”.

Shall I torment you as a son? shall 1 torment you as an

enemy ? shall T torment you as a nameless devil ? or sh all

1 torment you as a husband ?

1485, DKo 330 B0BTEY.

Like squeezing an empty civet bag.

You cannot get blood out of a stone.

* Noli equi dentes ingpicere donati,

( 260 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1486. H©) BAT® 2080 TBAT® DerseH.

If Pubba bursts forth (in rain) or if obscenity breaks out,

they won’t stop.

Pubba is the eleventh lunar mansion.

If the first of July it be rainy weather,

*Twill rain more or less for four weeks together.

1487. HBYFT Ko §7¢xa.

The child was demon-struck before it was ten days old.

A Hindu infant is not taken out of the house during the mother’s Purudu

or ten days of ceremonial uncleanness after its birth.

During this time the

child is thought to be perfectly safe from the evil spirits, to attacks from

which it is afterwards liable.

1488, D, THE® Foo, VETow BIXT°ATLY.

When a man was dying from diarrheea, some one played

pranks as if possessed by Pdota Réazu.

( For Péta Rézu see No» 1413. )

1489. DX &8 @ga& ERSH

A ladleful of Dal on Pulagam.

For Dal see No. 183— Pulagam is rice mixed with pulse (called in

Hindustani Khichri, )—To add more d4l is considered barbarous.

1490. 5HOE8 Admo.

A ruffian even has his bugbear.

1491. O T8 DIDTLY.

The tiger licked him and left him.

A marvellous escape.

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1492, DOD 2D Y T8 PR L.

The jackal branded himself with spots like a tiger.

Vulgar display.

Apeing one’s superiors.

1493, HO IFH ® X Hinysy.

Like a gadfly on a tiger’s side.

A safe refuge.

1494. ‘@é’)é’)g ‘@@&Eﬁ, éoé/z‘,bg% T;Soé/é’);éo.

A tiger-cub is a tiger-cub, a kid is a kid.

(See Nos. 259, 371, 515, 571, 573, 632, 924, 1475. )

Cat after kind.

1495. DO DooTsoen HEPETY FHSTRo FHeASE.

Taking hold of a tiger’s mustaches and swinging one’s self.

A rash enterprise.

1496. HPS YA @@Qmm $BEHT 5.

As soon as a flower is full blown, it’s fragrance is perceived

A man’s worth is known when he is grown up.

1497. o é“é Do, BHeaQssoo é“’é -@@m

A husband according to the worship [ of the wife], a son

according to the good works [ of the father ].

1498, He¥-TH ST 88 P& FT TooxHI0.

‘What have people buying cooked food, to do with the price

of Puttis [ of grain]?

( For Putti see No. 1480, )

( 262 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1499, ‘@“’éaéﬁvfigz DY BT XD

The cateress has no conscience.

Said of the women who provide meals to travellers, and give them

wretched food.

1500, $o3%H 3008 P $E358.

Worm eaten before blossoming.

( See No. 1487.)

Premature.

Precocious.

1501, $0° Sne3RS H°V8 WOTHo A0 THodv.

When a man plunges into the water does he care for cold or

wind ?

Overwhelmed with grief.

1502. @m:ﬁ%_@;sg).

Like lifting up a string of flowers.

A very easy business.

1503, Fo% XBYS Soxasm.

Like stringing beads.

All in harmony.

1504, oS TR Foo, wuoF_ IS,

Although a man has necklace and earrings is he to sit on

[ another man’s ] shoulder ?

Should a rich man be puffed up with pride?

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1505.

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028 BPTH0®, BY Faeapotsi.

One man said “ Let us go to the marriage,”” the other replied

“ Let us leave the country.”

( See Nos. 111, 232, 435.)

A spirit of contradiction.

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1506. o0& E3 ?f)“’a)%&&p ©OPEITOT°E BOWET Y 4.

Thinking of the good fare at the marriage when suflering

from the effects of it afterwards.

1507, R0g SHoYy s oG ST Mogrs DN FeramBoy 8.

The day after the marriage the goddess of misfortune

appeared in the face of the bridegroom.

The bridegroom looked a poor creature when stripped of all his finery.

1508. %oﬁw&) SEAN %Sécvs)"s SRATOTo.

Are the people coming to the marriage waiting in the back-

yard?

i, e. “ Why such haste ?”’

1509. X 25{573@;51553 5K e B chons;

The buffalo yo . intended to buy has eaten up the vegetables

I intended to plant.

( For Bachehali see No. 510, )

Taunting a man who is always talking but never acts.

1510, &S

e

DHD RSN, DEI00EH Thoo SO

88X 35

A woman who does not give [ alms ] will never give; what

evil has happened to the jade who does give ?

( See Nos. 243, 284.)

Said by a beggar of one from whom he generally received alms.

( 264 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1511, B BotrHred, WD ITWH BK.

If you feed, [people] will eat; but if you abuse none will

bear it.

1512. 2B 08, DY 5% T 535,

If you feast me [I shall consider it] a marriage and if

not, a funeral.

( See Nos, 243, 284. )

Fair and foul words.

1513. ’i)gzsga&sﬁ FRtD THTHO FHD.

She that gives will lose her life, she that advised will lose

[ the advantage of ] her birth.

The story runs thus: In the city of Matipuram, dw‘elt a king named

Nayasili.

He had three wives named Sumédéh, Suvarchald, and Nitimati.

Sumédé}} was blessed with a son; her rival wives, being barren, were less

loved by the king.

This caused them to be jealous of Sumédéah, and

Nitimati counselled Suvarchald to poison the son, saying that afterwards

they would share the king's favor equally with their more fortunate rival,

Suvarchala consulted in the matter with her intimate friend Vichitravati,

the minister’s daughter : Vichitravati after some deliberation replied ¢ She

that gives will lose her life, she that advised will lose her birth”’ (i.e. will

be banished from the king’s presence.) Suvarchald profiting by her friend’s

advice and perceiving the fatal consequences which would follow the com-

mission of the intended crime, desisted from her wicked purpose.

1514. 85 08 Beowdd DB,

The treasure is known to the man who buried itf

1515. 2 388 HEPST &, RO §°88 HOT dassso.

The alms received witness to those who gave; those who

gave not, truly do not receive.

If the charitable become poor, they will not ask for help in vain ; but

the uncharitable will obtain nothing.

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1516. ¢3 STonRIsy §7E Y SO

She that gave neither food nor drink, beat [me] and said

‘“be off.”

‘Said by a beggar.

1517, g HE00, TR0 PRS00,

Entertainments [ bring ] relations, flattery [ brings ] fortune.

( See Nos. 1534, 1557. )

While tke pot boils friendship bloo;rzs. (German. )*

1518, Rgp FBen T I Es00.

‘Will the meat and drink last for ever?

Can one expect to live always on the bounty of others ?

1519, 25 DS SFoR0E T Bihis.

The elder brother-in-law is like a woman.

Said of a stupid clumsy person.

1520, Q0K 00D $, &) R0BH oD 55_33;

A too.th projecting beyond the lip,'a wick too big for the oil

dish

Said of an insolent fellow.

He is on the high ropes.

1521, 285 T°8B, Dxy ToLnBox 8.

If it passes your lips it will go over the Penna river.

( For Penna see No. 1528—See Nos. 47, 525, 685.)

A secret revealed spreads quickly abroad.

Three may keep counsel if two be away,

Two eyes, two ears, only one mouth. (German.)t

* Sjedet der Tepf, so blithet die Freundschaft.

1 Zwei Augen, zwei Ohren, nur ein Mund.

( 266 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1522. DX §T0% od, oY Frans.

The eldest son’s marriage, and the giant’s dinner.

( See Nos. 99, 711.)

A giant had to be supplied with a man daily by the villagers in turn

( See Vikramérka Tales in Telugu Selections Page 41.)

A happy event and a great misfortune coming together.

1523. 23 So IV, AT, o BIPHTTHIR®.

If you can’t get a head for the family get a sheep’s head.

(See Nos. 312, 314, 1906.)

Better than nothing.

When you can’t get bread, oat cakes are not amiss. (Spanish.)*

1524. K DO BHI0Y IYPT°, Foer-Uses 30008 T o,

Though you be pursued by a tiger, you should not pass in

front of the royal court.

(See No. 1525.)

Applied to a tyrannical Government.

1525. 'iog VO DXLOTonD® N 55{5_)(){&)7\‘“’& o8d o0 sy

<Y Senlat

You may face a royal tiger but you should not face a go-

vernment official.

( See No. 1524. )

1526. ——agg@@""’ o, EHST FToXnH.

Disputing with the aged [ is as wrong as ] keeping company

with ghosts.

1527, dF0 HTHBH 1D B0 B,

The sorrow [ you have caused ] to the pious will come upon

you again like a great serpent.

«« His mischicf shall return upon his own head.”’

Psalm vii. 186.

* A mengua de pan, buenas son tortas,

( 267 )

60@@’%"8&{50@3’.

1528. =y 8T, T R,

When we have crossed the Penna we can visit Perumal.

The meaning is ¢ Let us get over the river first and talk of visiting

Perum4l ( Vishnu) afterwards.—The Penna ( Pennar ) falls into the sea

near Nellore.

It is rapid and deep during the monsoon, though its bed is

nearly dry for 5 or 6 months of the year.

1529, D S” SOEREn VYT

Like allotting glebe land in the Penna.

A doubtful benefit.

1530. 2¥¢3 ‘1‘3%30 SH0EHE T,

The tree in the back yard won’t do for medicine.

That which is near is not valued.

Far fetch'd and dear bought is good for ladies.

4 cow from afar gives plenty of milk. (French.)*

1531, HK0e X0y §TETE.

To grow is but to be broken.

Ruin follows speedy exaltation.

Fortune and glass soon break, alas! (Dutch.)t

1532, 28X "%’agxim EnfeSEnSINOR

Your curds take away the respect due to age.

Because they cause eructation.

1533, X Sa ¥OVL.

Like mixing rice in the husk with curds.

1534, % WEET, P W,

Is he a blood relation, or a dinner relation ?

(See Nos. 1517, 1557. )

A table friend is changeable. (French.)y

* Vache de loin a lait assez.

T Geluk en glas breekt even ras,

I Ami de table est variable.

(268 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1535. D% H[H KD oS,

Must the effects of an evil eye be removed from a dunghill ?

A cringing speech.

¢ Should such a worm as I be honored 2’

1536. D&S™ TBAS HIXE.

Like an onion set in cow-dung.

A bad man in like company.

1537. & "2’)7(0@

Poor men’s superciliousness.

1538. DX5°0 §°550 EJE Tew.

When a poor man is angry, he only bursts his own lips.

Anger without power is folly. (German.)*

Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned.

1539. D3 ¥§ 7 0K, T %, B ¥8DHI ¥HI-k.

[ The monkey ] may either kill the louse, or bite off the ear.

( See No. 2009,)

1540, S0P %3?68303, oo BXTI8EA.

When power was given to a louse, it bit all over the head.

( See No. 1123.)

Abuse of authority.

1541, DBots~R8 FDY Wod T ITS Thodo O .

When she came to the marriage feast she began to enquire

how the bridegroom was related to her.

i, e. she was enamoured with him.

Very unseemly behaviour.

* Zorn ohne Macht wird verlacht,

( 269 )

eso@eﬁ‘"é‘”sﬁﬁo@é’.

1542, % Xorwa, TR AR By,

Your name is mother Gangd, but when I want a drink I

find you have no water.

( See Nos. 230, 240, 276, 613, 1250, 1796. )

Where you think there are flitches of bacon there are not even hooks to hang

them omn. (Spanish.)®

1543, 2% t.’)gg)% Do, T RO QoK.

His name is in the palankin, and his legs on the ground.

i. e. he once rode, but now walks.

(See No. 1546.)

1544, DB DL, B By

A great name but the village a heap [ of ruins ].

1545. D D08, LDYIS0 HI°HAC08.

The name is my husband’s, the suffering is my father-in-

law’s.

Said by Sit4 to the Rishis’ wives when they condoled with her on her

husband’s sufferings.

She knew that R4ma’s misfortune was not to be

compared with that of her father-in-law Dasaratha who died of grief,

cursed by the old hermit whose son he had accidentally killed.

( See No. 7.)

The name with one, the reality with another.

1546. 5% 2% D308, PP Fo o308,

His name is borne by the Penna, and his body by the

ground.

(For Penna see No, 1528—-See No. 1543.)

Said of a wretched fellow with a great name.

Fame is a magnifying glass.

* Ad6 pensas que hay tocinos, no hay estacas.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1547. 2% 3T $&80X T D,

Like the ant that crawls below a bird flying above.

It has no chance.

1548. S0 RE0@® IPow Trew.

All that boils over goes to the fire-place.

Said of a silly man puffed up with conceit, whose vanity ruins him.

1549. % 8 o°FH Terasiyp.

Fighting for the fire-dogs.

( See No. 741.)

Pokkati Rallu are three clods of earth, or round stones used as a tem-

porary fire place.

Quarrelling for something of no value.

1550. @wgg&g@m 8y ©B8 P DR Iy,

There is no young corn for those who eat the ears.

1551, F5% L 8D OL%H SHTTSN.

Having eaten a bushel of food, [ he begs] for cakes as it’s

Sunday.

Sunday is a fast day among some sects.

Great greediness.

1552. ™8 X3, heord STER.

Short and strong, tall and weak.

A short man needs no stool to give a great lubber a box on the ear.

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1553. 3’)"’%33 33;565’0‘%: §” ).

The service of Potti Pota Razu.

( See No. 1999. )

A worrying fellow, of whom it is said that when his followers were

behind him, he abused them for treating him as their ( Pariah ) guide;

when they went before him, he accused them of acting as if they were his

superiors ; and when they travelled at each side of his palankin, he repri-

manded them for daring to place themselves on an equality with himself.

8538)0'.

1554. S0 =°R8 HPEe W

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A short man has a Putti of wisdom.

(For Putti see No, 1480, )

1555. gwée, HX HAY WBY.

The joi'nt-husband was neglected and died.

( See No. 331.)

The ass that is common property is always the worst saddled. (French.)*

1556. T §7°8 Frew TASE.

Like cutting the udder, and drinking the milk.

Ruining one’s self by ambition.

1557, SPon§ @8R woFPHoo, ¥ _eo XD ¥y,

If the fire place cries out (i. e. if the wood sings ) relations

[are coming], if the dogs bark a famine [may be

expected ].

( See Nos. 1517, 1534. )

Let us have florins and we shall find cousins. (Ttalian.)t

1558, JronfS™ 29 owoT® DFTET H[ .

The cat in the fireplace is still sleeping.

No preparations for cooking, little prospect therefore of dinner.

* T’Ane du commun est toujours le plus mal baté,

4 Abbiamo pur fiorini che troveremo cugini.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1559. 8.:)"’0335 FtHsHhod, ok 2Ze0 §TE3Ts.

When asked to blow the fire, he broke the pot which was

on it.

T 0 do much harm when asked to do a little favor.

1560. S°BR0&) Ho~ET° T "’&)g '50305.

Look in my neighbour’s house, and see how openhanded

I am!

When I distribute his alms.

(See Nos. 3, 910, 13%. )

It is easy to be gemerous out of another man’s purse, (Danish.)*

Broad thongs are cut from other men’s leather. (Latin. )t

1561. °8R083 Fodosn IS [y,

Quarrelling in one’s neighbour’s house is pleasant to

listen to.

1562. I°HK FHY HoB, Frons™ DI FHHET .

‘When his neighbour prospered he poured water on his own

hearth.

( See Nos. 53, 386.)

An envious act.

To lose one eye that you may deprive another of two. (Spanish.)t

1563. @193 K00 %)dﬁgm ’-3%%’:6%33.

Like trying to get rice by pounding empty husk.

( See No, 1485, )

1564. %o -?5@@ DX ?.SKoéY"g‘éggo.

Like breaking a pot full of areca nuts on a stone slab.

A noisy brawl.

* Det er godt at vere kostfri af en andens Pung,

1 Ex alieno tergore lata secantur lora.

i Quebrarse un ojo para sacar a otro los dos.

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1565, 00780 0.

Like the Boa Constrictor.

( See No. 1615, )

Applied to indolent persons; or to those who, from religious motives,

separate themselves from the world and strive to quench all natural

emoti?ns.

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1566. x}*fémg B8

000.)03

To the men of Potépalli, Dal is the money present.

( For Dal see No. 183.)

Said of very poor Brahmans ready to rush to feasts for the sake only

of the food, although they know that they will not receive a

present in money.

Potepalli literally means ¢ Going-village.”’

1567. VoS ¥ot38 sHoid B, HH I FHee)ETo o d.

When he applied medicine to his bad eye, the sight of the

other eye was lost.

( See Nos. 482, 681, 846.)

1568. FPontD B, @O%& é:%

That which is gone is the scabbard, that Whiéh remains is

the sword.

( See No. 301.)

“ He who is dead is nothing to his successor.”” ( Brown. )

1569. 507D Hisn ST, SHoTHen FK Jod §cw

m@&d).

“ A near relation has come,” said he “stoop and pluck the

betel leaves.”

The owner of the garden unwillingly complied with his relation’s de-

mand to be supplied with betel leaf gratis, and instructed his gardener with

the ambiguous phrase ¢ stoop and pluck,”” which the relation understood to

mean that the order was to be obeyed with alacrity, the object really being

that the worst leaves, which are always nearest the ground, should be

given.

The word translated ¢ near’’ signifies literally ¢ one who goes not.”

Applied to that which is done because politeness requires it, but un-

willingly.

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1570. %070 T I8, TUO°R DoXeo T BUKY).

If you go where you ought not, you will not escape scandal

(See Nos. 148, 336.)

1571, %85 THX~ ToDS Hodere HIY).

[In] a quarrelsome neighbourhood there is no thriving, pots

rubbing together will not last.

1572. T 53, I°B0 ooy,

Strife is loss, friendship is gain.

( See No. 401.)

Where there are friends there s wealth. (Latin.)®

1573. S*OE Towg oY O° DLH.

Péligadu’s hand fell on the hole.

Where the money was kept.

A lucky chance.

1574. %O I H FiXso DIYT VoD, Ho OF SroweE

B0 ISPy IEK~ OF L.

One said to a wife “O Péli, Poli, how long will you enjoy

yourself?” “ Till my mother-in-law comes back from the

Pariah quarter” she replied.

When the cat’s away the mice play.

1575. o 88 IS P oxD, © VT FTEKY I

a’ﬁg asm?%):s&éo.

When a Putti of grain was sold in Polnddu for an areca nut,

she rolled herself on the ground and cried, for she could

not even get that.

(For Puitti see No, 1480, )

Very unfortunate.

* Ubi amici, ibi opes.

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1576. FHOLH 2RI s HR, oweXsS B owo3Tros WQ)

s Rt o$)

- 'When Peddinfyudu died for fame, the members of his house-

hold suffered greatly in dragging away his body.

Peddinayudu here means a Néyudu, ( atitle borne by certain castes )

great both in social position and bodily frame.

1577, &,330ea550 e—‘)mgaﬁn, EACKRY X)zog.

The journey was a sham, but eating (the provisions pre-

pared ) was a reality.

( See No. 448.)

1578. &508 E_’O“’XS&/)JD, EOYeadar) DOCRY, _&i@"% ?_b-oXSm.

Three causes of transient repentance, viz., the pains of tra-

vail, the effects of preaching, and the sight of death.

( See No, 182.)

The chamber of sickness is the chapel of devotion.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.

15;'19.

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Pn B, Bogo I

Is life sweeter than molasses?

Said of a peculiarly timid nervous man.

1580.

St

Freassn Dlondr, SHOEM 5%6_01‘59?"3&5@?&3.

Though you lose your life, you must preserve your honor.

( See No. 1716. )

1581. H88° B8 24TE Trev.

If given with love, a handful is sufficient.

( See No. 76, )

1582. 5830 ¥ 20w X3S R,

Tood given without affection, is as food offered to the dead

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TELUGU PROVERBS,

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1583, worsH) ¥d.

A golden knife.

Said of something of intrinsic value but of no utility.

1584, wO7v8Y) Y.

A golden sparrow.

The Telugu term for the grossbeak ( Loxia Philippina ).

Pretty to look at but of no use.

1585. 207 TPew HH AT X Yoo T,

There is dross in gold, but there is no defect in man

1586. 208 & oXd¥ 5.

Stealing a cart.

Open robbery.

1587. 20T ?.61513 1) S B,

There is no greenness in Bandédu, nor newness in a

daughter-in-law.

( See No. 552.)

Bandédu is the Dodonaea Burmanniana, a light wood that ignites like

touch-wood.

1588, XWX T°Q HoWaHos SN, E‘“é’)sﬁo{&a :Sgg’ééa

55085000,

You may live in the verandah of a hot-tempered man’s house

but you should not dwell in the middle of the house of a

man who conceals his resentment.

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1589. 2§ oo ?mwg)s@w mo%-émeégo.

Like tying bald heads and knees in a knot.

Said of a very cunning person.

1590. 2833y T°RBy Do,

Debts for food and clothing do not remain long unpaid.

1591. @@ on W T, UXWE 30T,

His arrogance is two yards long and his cheroot a cubit long

1592. 2@ o0 TSACT® @0, T N0l HIBO© 9TY Eb.

When a woman said “O conceited brother-in-law,” he

answered “ Well, one eyed sister-in-law.”

1593. ©% Jadw SEFRJoe §TO THT R o) .

Like asking Baré S&hib the astronomer on what day the

feast of Toli Yékadagi would fall.

Asking a man something which he cannot possibly answer.

1594. »3, §"°5_1)6 ®o®, ows, ?m{ixg &9 0850,

‘When one says it is a she-buffalo’s horn, the other says it is

a doe’s.

Foolish argumentation.

1595. 3, 5_359 & Wondd Koood.

‘When the buffalo dies, it comes out how much milk she

gave.

1596. 23, &% I I8 OTpe T°E IFo HoE T,

You should not stay near a young buffalo, or an old creditor.

(278 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1597, oS08 S ) S0,

Forced bathing in Mégha.

The mornings of the month Méagha ( January—February ) are cold.

A disagreeable duty.

1598. woZoBoDd FHAD THE Ky T

Property is the strong man’s not the poor Brahman's.

Might overcomes right.

1599. ©d7 PLP¥ HRFB, T ow WG §TLS3.

You must be born a Balije to toss off Batavia arrack.

Balije is a caste.

1600. 25570 8§70 Bo XOITD) §FTeoog e §Tens KX,

You should not serve a Brahman or a white horse.

There is no end to your labor.

1601. T ETEST SZ°Y, DIITHT® $5° ow083 THA8 Dok 0.

You have fallen like a log, who are you to worship our

household god ?

Barakadi is a long yoke used for training bullocks.

Said to a stranger who, under pretence of worshiping the god, came

for food.

1602. 2°5 3088 @, FFETWH0, B8 won 5w

Your wife’s brother will wish you to live, your paternal

relatives will wish you to die.

When a Hindu dies his widow is supported by her relatives, and his

portion of the famil'y property goes to his relations on the father’s side.

(279 )

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1603. T°m° D P S0oXBISETow @0, Boo

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633539‘)7\5165&3.

L.

‘When his brother-in-law said to him “O brother-in-law!

your wife has become a widow,” he cried bitterly.

Said of a blockhead.

1604. D 08780 Hood SV, SHIKNSTB0 Ko K.

_adgiia

You can see the depth of a well, but not the depth of the

mind.

No one can see into another further than his teeth. ( Danish. )*

1605. B°5 BT~ wdo BBATH S~ $¥ES.

A man that breaks his word and a vagrant are alike.

1606. DEND K838 FRITEHER0DTL.

Saturn prevented the [ eating of ] food got by begging.

1607. DD o BooR DI =08 8%,

The sight of a beggar rouses a poor man’s anger.

(See No. 75.)

Said impertinently by a beggar when he gets nothing.

* 1608. DWTYIH Fowme DOF B)BeH, &HH)3 Fowe 338

T FH) B,

Although he goes to beg his pride is not diminished,

although his cloth has gone the scarf is not removed

from his neck.

( See Nos. 20, 856, 1792.)

There’s nothing agrees worse, than a proud mind and a beggar’s purse.

» Man kan ikke see en Anden lenger end til Tenderne,

( 280 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1609. D& W8 _ox0 I8 Do om0, W8 _oren ooo;&%é'\)

é:)%‘bmééo.

When one said “the child has shrunk up like a Cakkilam”

the child cried out “give me Cakkilams.”

Cakkilamu is

“ a biscuit made of twisted rings of paste without

sugar’’ ( Brown. )

1610. %)gm =Y 50 BooDSE.

Like throwing a child

into a well to find out the depth.

( See Nos. 1,412.)

1611, D THOAT H0E XK.

As the child grows, the pot grows.

i. e. It eats more.

4 growing youth has a wolf in his belly.

1612. D GF 0%, T°F VY STE.

Fondling without a child, a flood without rain.

1613, DX T MHH =88 K.

A poor man is even lower than a beggar.

1614, 2055 X065 %38 FosH.

Like a pig in the mire.

1615. w&&mé/b_&;fm 08350,

A man like an eel.

L)

(See No, 1565. )

Sloth.

Apathy.

1616. 205,% ¥ Koo, 550 ¥ 0.

Every head has its idiosynerasy, and every tongue its taste.

All tastes are tastes. (ltalian. *)

There is no disputing of tastes, appetites, and fancies.

* Tutti i gusti son gusti,

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eﬂo@ei"sé“‘iéiio@é’.

1617. 23 Xobkres™ 08 _ FR03.

Like a dog lying in the warm ashes,

Keeping quiet for a while, but soon returning to mischief.

1618. 200°&KS™® TS w0,

Like pouring out an offering on ashes.

( See Nos. 39, 1619. )

A useless or unprofitable work.

1619. 2o@%S™ X5 5 .

Like sprinkling rose water on ashes.

( See Nos. 39, isls.)

Wanton waste.

1620. Bd%oD BBBoD By D ¥HoXk¥ Boven WCRDTEE.

All her threats ended in making a hole in the molasses pot.

1621. BoH 2TV xd A ?_—5580.

Offering the Molasses G-anésa a bit nipped off his own person.

Said of a stingy man.

1622. 25°0¥ T 2I”o¥T° FOAT @0, €230X¢n—8 QBT T3

TOHVOBY T E.

“Go on with your lies Podliga,” said one, “The Tangutiru

pepper is as big as Palmyra fruit,” he replied.

( See Nos, 423, 584, 841. )

He may lie boldly who comes from afar. (French.)*

* A beau mentir qui vient de loin,

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TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1623. 2708 ¥HepETIH FUH FIpET Tw

Can he who has sewn himselfa quilt, not cover himself with it?

1624, zsm(;g@e)“’s ToHNeny.

A beautiful parrot ( Rdmachiluka ) among coals

A good thing found in a bad place.

1625, 2970 @@Q“é BPROOH ™.

If you burn hair will it become charcoal ?

Vain economy.

1626. 2°en Voo DG Hond 278 BT .

When he has chunam on his thumb, he is upset with conceit.

( See No. 1737, )

Having ‘‘ chunam on the thumb’’ means ability to afford to eat a little

betel nut.

Chunam is rubbed on the leaf with the thumb.

1627, 2°Xo SoFr 7% BeogPr .

There is no love in harlots or whiteness in coals,

1628. & So¥d z&”?cﬁv aso‘goo 85335%-53?6%30.

Like decorating a bald man with a jasmine garland.

Boc.l.du Malle is the Jasminum Sambac.

Something being thrown away upon a person.

1629. $°3 3_@25 BO0TOSSH Wgﬁéan.

Like beating a shaven head with a cocoanut.

As used to be done to a Sannyds? ( religious mendicant) by his disciples

when he was about to die.

1630. °BEOH e aim;)aém.

Training a hornless bullock to gore.

Leading the innocent to vice.

( 283 )

80@&5’894:%1‘50@&

1631, @,3¥0 D BXT oo

The dead infant is always a fine child.

( See Nos. 840, 841.)

Thought more of when dead than when living.

Far folks fare well, and fair children die.

1632. 2,88 oo, wOK~E Y FoXk aS&%)(So

If T live, I can exist on Balusukiira.

Balusukurae is the Canthium Parviflorum.

Preferring hardship to oppression.

¢ Submission to any necessity

however grievous.”

( Elliot. )

What can’t be cured must be endured.

1633. @98 Yok Fren B 7D, WA BIY XoA APFH

O BIET) -

While he lived no milk was given to him, but he was pro-

mised that a sacred cow would be presented [ on his ac-

count ] ’go a Brahman, after his death.

1634. @8_3(3 %)é Q:‘)ooa—é%, TIT WS RVooHH 55(4);?6&&,

If the child is to live, why should there be such an offensive

smell?

Said of a sure sign.

1635. @?_/J_‘géﬁw @%33553?63\& 8@{ BRoev.

Brahma himself becomes enamoured.

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1636. @

é@_‘i BSSHBNH B _T°, B éé’)jg By o

éo*ﬁb_zw

If BrahmA wishes, will there be any lack in the length of

your days? If the husband wishes, will there be any

lack of blows?

( 284 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1637, @Jiz UW‘%FS T REROT™.

Will the writing written by Brahia fail ?

( See No, 1344. )

1638, @yt v D8 B0 e

There is no turning to a Brahmastra.

Brahmastra is the fabulous weapon of BrahmA.

Said of anything which is irresistible.

1639. @500 Boowrsy THHK S0k ForHosy).

A Brahman’s hand and an elephant’s trunk are never quiet

1640. @570 D8 Koz §70E D8 ©FT) DoN.

The prayers due by a Brahman will not remain [ unsaid ],

and the debt due by a Komati will not remain [ unpaid ].

1641, T 53e008™ D), BIos™ .

The youngest among Brahmans, the eldest among fishermen.

Are made drudges,

1642, @3 S52r00d™ Sowee) oo™ g,y ST,

You should not trust a black man among Brahmans, or a

fair man among Pariahs.

P

1643. 'zg_%‘e%fo e 58 Bew.

0

S

Worship without faith is a mere waste of flower

Flowers are used in offerings.

( 285 )

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1644, FEBE Hey 0, TONE TrHGI®.

The city of Bharata, the kingdom of Réma.

(See Nos. 168, 278, 1867.)

Said of any thing neglected, as Rdma’s kingdom was neglected during

his absence by his half brother Bharata.

1645. Foo¥) Dép.

A bear’s hug.

Obstinacy.

1646. FXGS0 Ho, wor % Botroe,

If you are rich, will you eat your gold ?

A man, however rich, can only live by food, like other men.

1647, P850, P00 T, ¥ ¥,

A bad coin is a bad coin, a good coin is a good coin.

Bad is ever bad, good is ever good.

1648. 257008 o TRAHI I, JTAHE S0 000

'130‘505 XoX.

If the king of the earth fails in justice, what can all the

people of the village do?

1649, 75008 =8 Do ©oH, WO ©F) 4.

When one asked “Israin good for the earth?’ another re-

plied “Itis good.”

1650, zuso BIS T°08 LGS D Beo¥, 78 So @8

Fer0br ey

The fun of setting food before a man who hashad his dinner,

or of anointing a shaven head.

( 286 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1651, P*=T°8 SoolH, I T°8 BT

First to dinner, last to bathe.

The first at dinner gets the best of the fare, the last to bathe gets the

best supply of warm water,

1652. 9 205083 oo ¥OAD, TVOTR0N0E ¥ ©XeTE osri.

When a king like Bhoja Rédzu comes, a poet like Kalidasa

will follow.

Bhija Rizu was a king famous for his liberality and for his bountiful

patronage of learning and poetry.

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1653. HoXom=@ od PR, Fmiy Beo BPox 8.

If you dig into the dunghill of a barber you will only find

hair.

Unprofitable labour.

o SH0XDD FHood 6336%6 Tren ¥od358.

The bullock began to limp when it saw the barber.

Who would take out a thorn, &ec.

Malingering.

1655. &50X0 ¥, =¥ é“’g

An old barber and a new washerman.

4An old physician, a young lawyer.

A barber learns to shave by shaving fools.

1656. 50D 708 MoXosn ITH FoHsn B

There is no fear for a good life for forty days.

A strong man can exist without food for that period.

& 287 )

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1657, 00D T°V8 HEH T .

Death is witness to a good man.

A good man’s character is borne testimony to, after his death.

Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.

«« The memory of the just is blessed.”’

Proverbs x. 7.

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Q

330D,

1658. 550D o8 BIoéroi D

To a good man silence is reproof.

1659. Hod =V S|YT® T2 TS,

Alas! has a death warrant come to a good man ?

Regretting the loss of some good man.

1660. S50 =508 558 SHodh.

A word is medicine to the wise.

A word to the wise is sufficient. (Latin.)*

1661. sH00 708 X¥F /oL, HoD R’“aéa% S¥ By

One word to a good man, one stroke to a good bullock.

4 nod for a wise man, and a rod for a fool.

1662, SHod)so TR HQWI e, BESO oLy,

Mallubhotlu to read the prayers, and Ellubhotlu to eat.

It was Ellubhotlu’s part to read the prayers, but as he was an ignorant

man Mallubhotlu officiated for him, while he attended to the eating part

of the ceremony.

1663. soF,50 VY WosRH e WodsH .

For the Sandhy4 without Mantras another pot of water.

A man who pretends to perform the Sandhya without really repeating

the sacred formula, uses twice as much water as is necessary.

* Verbum sat sapienti,

( 288 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1664. &foo@;ﬁﬁ;’\) S00XY 53_6%3530 'o‘°~83:6%3>.

Like covering the body before the midwife.

Hide nothing from thy minister, physician, and lawyer.

1665. aiao@@s@ 53°D08 TUSHO -ovené:;s&w.

Can unripe mangoes be made to drop by magic?

(See Nos. 421, 2023, 2077.)

Said of excessive leniency or ineffective measures.

1666. 008 T, Sow B HFX Do,

If there are more people, the buttermilk will be thinner

i. e. more water will be added.

1667. T3, % Dow H¥_ osn Bk,

Going to Mekka and bringing back dog’s dirt.

( See Nos. 610, 612.)

1668. &538%3 asag%.

A fly to a fly. ( Hind.)

( See Nos, 735, 1231, 1698, 1846, 1969. )

1669. 9 HYyoo ITHow B, HFS oS TaHko.

When there’s a drought in Makha or Pubba, a great famine

will follow.

Makha and Pubba are the 10th and 11th lunar mansions.

1670. sHPS™ ?@g ‘@23?)6’6 Foxnaresn.

Born in Makha, he died in Pubba.

(For Makha and Pubba see No. 1669. )

1671. 9 HOMH D, HIWH D8 ¥, WonT® H0x.

If Makha thunders, even the millet stalks on the coping of

the walls will yield.

i. e. there will be such fine rain,

( For Makha see No. 1669. )

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1672. SHXH afg;)sgim 558 S0 .

Even the goddess of pestilence passes over the woman un-

loved by her husband.

Because her misery cannot be augmented; death would only release

her from her sufferings.

Mari or Mariyamma ( Sans. Mart ) is the fury

supposed to preside over the small-pox and other epidemical diseases.

You cannot damage a wrecked ship. (ltalian.)*

1673. 6&3?2636 SE Trop onbstooe ?{)goc%.

Don’t forget to pick up a stone for each loom.

Said by one of a party of weavers;—until thus betrayed, their sticks

had been mistaken by robbers for matchlocks, and they had been permitted

to proceed with impunity.

1674, 3043 OTF0H ¥y T BATE.

Groing into a river upon a mud horse.

( See No. 631.)

Relying upon a man who pretends to have influence.

1675. ¢ By TEFB HI W

He is like a snake which has eaten earth.

In a stupid state.

The Hindus say that snakes sometimes eat earth, when in want of food.

1676. 543 TFoww~, F G To¥ I

Although it is an earthen one, yet my ox will beat [ the

real ox ].

¢ Bee No. 1048.)

Excessive obstinacy.

1677. &H¢p Do~BI ™ K= B>,

A person gets no answer when he transgresses the bounds of

politeness.

A rude speech gets no reply.

* Non puoi mal fare a nave rotta.

(1290 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1678. soeoen B S HoIP,

Fetters set with gems.

Fetters still.

1679. sH8 BD oo, B T I

A senseless speech, a tuneless song.

1680. 3058 8 3D X8 P .

He is like the cat on the coping.

i. e. lying steadily in wait

Said of a cool, calculating, selfish man.

1681. Soushs BEHSTH 4y, @500 H¥E Bosiy.

The grandson learnt his lesson, and the grandmother’s itching

was taken away.

The grandmother made her grandson write the alphabet on her back.

To kill two birds with one stone.

To bring down two apples with one stick. (Dutch. )

1682. SOHFTBTXD BHoHd HY FooHe.

[ Are we to put] ear ornaments on ears that we have never

heard of?

Said of persons whose pretensions to learning are not acknowledged.

1683. SOSKH IR ToBOHR B, Tooo FES woe Teh.

The mind travels over Mahammeru, but the foot does not

pass over the threshold.

( See No. 1708, )

Meru or Mahammeru is the fabulous mountain on which Brahma is said

to reside attended by Rishis, &ec.

It appears really to be the high land

of Tartary immediately north of the Him4layas.

( Wilson ).

* Twee appelen met éénen stok afwerpen,

( 291 )

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1684. sHSSHH B SHS0.

An unhappy match.

1685. sHVD. TOLnH HoXH BH.

There is no medicine for the bite of a man.

The bite of an enraged man is said to be fatally poisonous.

1686. sHVDE T°¥ 5% asjn)o_ozs&'cv.

Will [ calamity ] come to a tree and not to a man ?

Human beings are more liable to injury than inanimate objects.

1687. SHJXE P B 7@%, STOOSH B B ’@%

A man gets fat by doing nothing, a beast gets fat by eating:

1688. HYA DX YonI®, I DX TOX.

Although the man be poor, his word is not poor.

( See No. 1706. )

Great words with an empty purse.

1689. 23, Q8% To%.

No man is useless.

1690. H&° TRPE 00X B,

There is no medicine for mental affliction.

Gold is no balm to a wounded spirit.

1691. m_g@é DBFE o0, SIOSHR FF HoX a»g 3590580,

Although Cupid himself were the husband of a bad woman,

she would not give up her evil practices.

(292 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1692. B Fon WroKoeipe™ Qﬁgx 5858,

By mistake she poured buttermilk into buttermilk.

Absence of mind, but no harm done.

1693, SHTQE ToHE) S8 FA°, I° Voo FH.

Though the word of Marydda R4manna fail, my blow will

not fail.

Maryada Ramanna ( ¢ the respected Ramanna’ ) was a famous minister,

renowned for his judgment and the wisdom of his decisions.

1694. 0% $oY §I8 ST S 23,

The helpless Sannyési and the jade are a match.

1695. T %53 IS B.

Like a field attacked by worms.

Sudden and overwhelming ruin.

1696. HISrox0s™ TP HLPTED, SIEHITI0S 0D

BPHoo 308" Fons.

[ Having heard that] they bore in Malayalam, she covered

up her ears all the way from Mayavaram.

( See Nos. 461, 1208. )

M4yavaram is near Combaconum,

1697. 559 $8 BTH T°H BRI

Like smearing anything with lamp black and making it

like a rose apple.

Néredu is the Eugenia ( Syzygium ) Jambolana,

Deceit.

(293 )

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1698. 303 g D7, W TF e TN onsiy.

Like a black faced villain joining an oily legged sinner.

( See Nos. 735, 1231, 1668, 1846, 1969. )

Burglars disguise their faces, and lepers oil their sores.

Birds of a feather flock together.

1699. s0FS OFE DX HXOF 8o Foh, A'E wroew B8

TS0 I Seao.

When great men are under the coping, Sarapu! Saragu i

[is said] to those who live under the wall.

é’aran.zu ,Sl'arm.zu here means ‘ you may go, you may go.”’

When a superior is in want, an inferior must expect to be

neglected.

1700. %% o & SEBT00 Foois.

Like the goddess of fortune emigrating.

Said of an avaricious person going to seek for some small gains.

1701, 39°0%50 BobraHd FPTew KDY RoXH Bro§ D

May we hang a string of bones round the neck, saying “ we

eat meat?”’

1702, 55008850 B3P005000 0T,

Flesh increases flesh.

1703. 300 B Bdes, ATH T Broen,

Word upon word spoils speech as weeds spoil water.

( 294 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1704. o0 Fouso, ¥ 2.

Great words, but small measure.

(See Nos. 661, 1708. )

A Manika is a dry measure.

The greatest talkers are always the least doers

1705, 536 652303:6 S Sore. YL

He that breaks his word is a Pariah.

1706, ST XSy B,

He is not wanting in words.

( See No. 1688.)

He ruins himself in promises, and clears himself by giving nothing, (French.ye

1707. Srobo¥h $9, H18 .

He talks like Malli and Works like Yelli.

Mall: and Yell: are women’s names.

The former means ¢again’ the

latter ¢ tomorrow.’

Applied to a man who is great in words, but slow in action.

Say well, and do well end with one letter ;

Say well is good, but do well is better.

1708. S5~ben §%6en TS, TUoo FES wré BeH.

His words leap over forts, his foot does not cross the threshold.

( See Nos. 661, 1683, 1704. )

Great vaunters, little doers. (French.)t

* 11 se ruine & promettre, et s’acquitte & ne rien donner,

+ Grand vanteurs, petits faiseurs.

(295 )

60@&7’5@_%{50@3’.

1709, 530300 Bere0 57 00erAD, STHE3 I FHS Do 0008,

Let us have a talk in my house, and dinner in your’s.

A regular screw.

He is no friend that eats his own by himself and mine with me. (Portuguese.)®

*Tis good feasting in other men’s houses. (ltalian.)t

1710. Sobeo BOYS X5 % Do 2023, P§© @0 IHF

@26&%33.

When “Hiss!”” was said to the dog that had been taught to

speak, “ Hiss!” the dog replied.

The consequence of too much petting or spoiling.

1711, Seben 5o O b, P B3 I B g,

She talks like a mother, but she feeds me like a step mother

( See Nos. 658, 1349, 1936. )

Said of a step mother.

1712. $7°6-8 8 &g);e)o, 38 ¥obd8Xen F)eo¥HsD.

When he talks his words are jasmine, but when he wrangles

they are hornets.

1713. 558X 0w TV I~ oI P 3%, o,

The head and the foot of a cobbler’s bed are alike.

Said of an unprincipled sensualist.

* NaO me pago do amigo, que come 0 seu 86, € 0 meu comigo,

t Le feste sono belle a casa d’altri.

( 296 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1714, 58X 09, ¥oard .

Cobblers say “ Again,” goldsmiths say “ Tomorrow.”

Dilatory in work.

1715, So5SH 8% SETxbo Shoer~ Toxo % ToHEa0, Q)

SOPTUT B8 TR o000 ok,

Madhavabhotlu gets a cold twice a year, and on each occa-

sion 1t lasts six months.

Said of a man always in hot water.

1716. 55°550 ows BIY

N/

89 00EH K0,

‘When honor has gone, why life ?

( See No. 1580. )

Take away my good name, and take away my life.

Either live or die wi’ honour,

1717, 3508 87708 Hoh H%H, ow=RdF HY_ owob PH

E&S}&'&T’ O &by,

“ Holloa Doctor! we don’t want medicine for a cured dis-

ease, there’s a bitch with pups in the house.”

Doing the Doctor, when he called for his fees.

1718. 5570 Fons Ho HY Basiy.

Like irritating a healed sore.

Bringing up old quarrels.

To rip up old sores,

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1719, 0% HooBae, 0000 IBT PoTR) BovTBI.

Will you look to the tree or the devil which has possessed the

tree

You must pay respect even to a low fellow in power, because of his

influence with those in authority.

1720. 355089 ?.605&’\)) 57050 BoXT TR,

The tree’s fruits fall below the tree.

( See No. 1480. )

What is in your lot, that you will have.

Every man kath his own planet,

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1721. x99 ©owd”, $HE 2 VoI, Teo¥H 535S

A cat which kills a ratis a cat, whether it be of wood or

mud.

If the work be well done, never mind the instrument.

1722. o3 D B Hogh 98T FWyH.

Having named the tree, you may sell fruit.

As having been plucked from it.

1723, 5B 205S5WVH w0, DY Dol WeE.

You can milk down a Manika, but you cannot put up a

Chitti.

Minika and Chitti are measures.

One of the former equals 16 of the latter.

(298 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1724. oo X838 e?'szog“’, Shy 2 & 58 &,

Although you may be driven to eat in a Pariah’s house, you

won’t get any DAl there.

( For Ddl see No. 188.)

Undergoing much and yet suffering disappointment.

1725. 70 ‘é@e’i" SHOXT T o0.

The “ Eight prayers” said in a Pariah hamlet.

1726. 500X SHowren,

2°, 50 0%

Ser00.

Nt

Cots for Pariahs, stools for Brahmans.

Caste customs.

1727, 55°0ecH 7088 §PovsH v K%Y

Maldya’s priest is Kolaya.

Malaya means a Pariah ; Kolaya is an imaginary name.

Said contemptuously of a Pariah.

1728, DooX Rookd BeH, Jro DB Ko RoXoR.

Not a grain to eat, but scented oil for his mustaches.

{ See Nos. 520, 1033. )

Love of outward show disproportionate to one’s means.

T119. DoXT°D Y&

A lump that cannot be swallowed.

( See Nos. 253, 737, 1233, 1757.)

A powerful oppressor who cannot be overcome.

( 299 )

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1730. Root3¥Ty e, X8 ¥ay o ¥ B,

There is no greater height than the sky, there is no greater

oppression than that of the palace.

1731. Doose oD oo ® Yo~ 65\%{)2;_5 80 B,

The harlot’s affection is in proportion to the gifts of her

paramour.

1732. RooXor MHOAS O, BXFos By VST HrHoEH.

She who has used paramours, and she who has eaten the

skim of boiled milk will never cease to do so.

Once an use, and ever a custom.

1733, DoiSoR™y & YKo,

The prophecy of Midatambhotlu.

A man is said to have been given that name by a king for guessing that

a grasshopper ( Midata ) was in the king’s hand when the diviners were all

at a loss.

Making one’s fortune by a lucky chance.

1734. AR AVRTASERSTeC P CH

Running on the terrace of a house.

A hasty beginning.

1735. Dodfy DOR Qo B

As if the sky had broken and fallen upon him.

Said of any one sustaining a great shock by suddenly receiving bad news.

Thunder-~struck.

( 300 )

TELUGU PROVERRS,

1736. DO oL, VOO S,

A word to you, a bag to me.

An influential person can by a word do great things for others.

1737. Qoor® ém& oo $2B &og &og ?.S—Ga';;‘c&.

When a grain of rice fell on his foot, he started with conceit.

It is only when a man has plenty to eat that he lets a grain fall.

1738. 33:-07“% 33“’{)5353_—;; Qo 0008 NG TP Eo®, aa—o'gvzgg

DOBETT DO D TP .

“ When will the marriage be in your house, swollen-insteps 7”

said [one woman, ] “ It was all over the day before yes-

terday, swollen-knees” retorted the other.

1739. Do R’“&é}éﬁ o008 P ©ov, Joo @géﬁ o) e

&970“’&(5@.

One said “Here is bran for your cow,” the other replied

“ Here is milk for your child.”

( See No. 663, )

Interchange of kindly acts.

Oné good turn deserves another,

il

1740. Qo~ oxoo¢38 552?&) NABEN owi:)_‘;@, 5 on0é38

PR o

When I come to your house what will you give me? and

when you come to my house what will you bring ?

( 301)

m@@"@f‘jﬁo@g.

1741, 350ER ¥o¥Ts%H VXS TS TI

Do you require a looking glass to see the bracelet on your

wrist ?

( See Nos, 119, 285. )

A thing obvious and plain, requiring no demonstration.

As plain as the nose on a man’s face,

As clear as the sun.

1742, $00% §7% T 8§75, Toer §7:E §7%K.

A widow’s son is a son, a king’s son is a son.

A king’s son and a widow’s son are both greatly indulged.

1743. 30058 20DS DE SnX o 32 aogae‘sfs 55550555,

A child brought up by a widow is like a bullock without a

nose-rope.

1744. 5008 S0P ?3%&, DEE S TP Rgs o,

The widow lost three quarters of a pagoda, the man lost a

quarter of a pagoda.

( See No. 281.)

When a man asked a widow to lend him a pagoda, she said she would

only do so on his paying her twenty-five per cent. discount,

He complied,

but never repaid the principal.

1745. 3S00& Boodfag SSvSoQP&), Qo 'aoooi’ns T

You may become a widow but you should not bring on

yourself dishonor.

( 802 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

2146, hoom BN, asaogow-csv E-RTACH

Neither a widow, nor a married woman.

Said by a man kept in suspense, neither granted

nor refused a request,

and not knowing whether he was to be as fortunate as a married woman

or as unfortunate as a widow.

1747, 00 B0 DTS 28D, DR P s TR0,

If you take fright at a cupful of water, who will bathe with

a boilerful ?

1748, 300 B FT0¥H, $BJHoI 0D,

A drop of buttermilk, the size of a pearl, to a whole pailful

of milk.

( See No. 335.)

4 little leaven leavens a great mass. (French.)*

¢ A4 little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”’

I Corinthians v. 6.

1749. 30058 Foxn, BT Dok.

In front a ditch, behind a mound.

( 8es No, 1751. )

4 precipice ahead, wolves behind. (Latin.)t

To be between the horns of a dilemma.

1750. 30088 HH B 08T HoXX.

The old men’s feast is still to come.

i, e. burial.

Said of greater troubles still to be borne

% Peu de levain aigrit grand’pate.

f A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.

( 303 )

eﬂo@es"éﬁ_sow:so@s’.

1751, 500588 D ACong, e, &8 owg.

If you come on, there’s a pit; if you go back, there’s a well.

( See No. 1749.)

Go forward, and fail; go backward, and mar éll.

1752. 550025 tma%:g SoET Wy, B IF) ToHweed,

SHO STy SEdard ST,

You should not trust a Mutard¢a man going in front of you,

a Boya man going behind you, or a Patriti man going

along side of you.

The Mutardgas are “ a tribe of Hindus, descendants from feudal tenants

who were holders in black mail.”’ (Brown.) The Bdyas are a tribe of hill

men

The Patratis or Patras are a wandering tribe.

Dangerous companions.

1753, 320020 SN VHOFIY, RIY IS §Tsge0 TG,

The horns which came last are sharper than the ears

which came first.

Said of a new comer wishing to usurp authority over his seniors.

1754, 352005 RANNS 3533_"3_3;85, DY ERAN RES.

7

. The first one was a wife, the last one was a widow.

i. e. the first died while her husbhand was alive, the last was degraded to

the position of a widow.

Old things are thought much of, new ones are not valued.

1755, 508,_88 8 e 58 Basoo.

A noseless man with a running,

( See Nos. 801, 1830.)

Worse and worse.

( 304 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1756. 0%, S7Q) Fois® & 0T .

Having entered the nose, he gets into the eye.

A skilful rogue.

1757, 3$0%)_ $4D SBYsso.

A pearl that does not suit the nose.

(See Nos. 253, 737, 1233, 1729, )

1758. 3533562)_95’“3 o Hew 23 OB,

Every finger fits the nose.

1759, 5080, HowssTH TR TS0 Potnw) B.

As long as you have a nose, you will have a running from it.

Continual liability.

1760, Snopso HovD ¥Es%o

If you look at the face, will not the dropsy in the feet be

seen !

( See No, 932.)

The face also shows the swelling.

Said of a man whose stupidity is shown in his face.

In the forchead and the eye, the lecture of the mind doth lie.

The countenance is the index of the mind, (Latin.)*

Ay, B0kt

1761, $0%0 S5°%%) BT0 ocwoédd

RNOTTEN BAEE ETEATD, ‘6%\35&05R’“’%Jw DE Wo¥

§TE 0.

A flickering lamp is unpropitious in a house; a faithless

wife is a shame to her husband ; a crying child is not

fit for the hip.

Hindu women carry children astride on the hip.

The word ,C’anka lite

rally signifies ¢ armpit.”’

* Vultus est index animi,

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i

1762. 3080 XoByoo Sw~e B

Alas! God has collected three of us.

Said by one of a number of helpless people.

1763. ssmn@a &Saaﬂg 35008 TRALSS.

The large pot disappeared in the midst of three.

i. e. it could not possibly be carried off from the midst of a number of

people without some one perceiving it.

1764. sSmc% 300 X EH.

A knot cannot be lengthened a cubit.

1765. 308 8088 é‘o@ s_sj BSY Ho5%.

They won’t fail to rise up when the water reaches their pos-

teriors.

( See No. 970.)

Alluding to a flood.

Said of apathetic persons who won’t move to get

out of danger until they are actually obliged.

1766, 30808 §°8F, 58 Woz B,

‘When hit in the back his teeth fell out.

1767. $0& Sopso B DE, Boxeo B I

A child without face or posteriors, a song without beginning.

1768, 30 ST TS,

An old tree has a firm core.

A brave heart in a weak body.

( 806 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1769. 30820 INT oo FTT ev.

When extreme old age is reached there are three castes.

The distinctive rules of the three castes are no longer observed.

Dotage.

1770, S0B50PT ©0REIB0.

The quinsy in extreme old age.

1771, S0 Sopso XHE D

Is your sweet face like Grarudaséva?

Garudas¢va is the name of a feast held at Conjeveram in honor of Vara-

dardzulu ( Vishnu ) whose vehicle is the man bird ( GaruQa &

Said ironically to an ugly fellow.

1772. SogHen Xo¥oe 308 208 §TET ©Oo®, WoZE BN

’f)zfoéﬁoce@) DoXST PO ﬁ)g RO @?6&%30.

‘When an elderly bridegroom was jokingly asked to say

something funny, he replied “ All the married ladies who

have come to the marriage are my old wives.”

A person making himself ridiculous.

1773, 50357y 88 HeosH S0 BeH, Bod T°OF THr) T

The pedigree of a family numbering three hundred branches

cannot be traced nor can a shoe be made to fit a maimed

foot.

A hopeless task.

( 807 )

eﬁo@@%@jwﬁo@é’.

1774, 5052 IYPpoond® K& SIQNO7AY, Fows §THpen

EORTAS)

Three hundred Sikhas (1. e. men ) may come together, but

three Koppus (i. e. women ) should not get together.

Sikha is the top-lock worn by mep and Koppwu is a woman’s chignon.

1775. oxyom Bho DE R FO, swow Powrw Xok

WED°

Would a necklace of three skeins of thread be heavy for

Poli who carries thirty baskets of cowdung ?

1776, soxyon T0F ©ES, MvEOF BooX T S¥E.

A woman thirty years old and a man three years old are

one [ in strength ].

1777, S$HTEF) $oTWSos0 B0 TS50,

Muradanna’s doubt is cleared.

Said of a man who while wavering and doubting about some undertak-

ing is forestalled by another.

1778, 300080 X Fo Frdeo, §7OF) ¥ X &~ om.

Three black beads for affection, and a mill stone for a clasp.

When a man was told that out of affection three black beads had been

tied round a boy’s neck, he said ¢“ Then use a mill stone for a clasp.”’

( See No. 93.)

1779, 5080 BB x00 T, 0O Doz (I rassnotd Teo.

Encouraging beggars causes a great expenditure, an old

husband is the plague of one’s life.

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TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1780, 300¥T°cHH BAT 008 oXped HHF°, THFETSHIO

BAS XOH OVvE HiN .

As there are thorns on the nightshade so is there roughness

on the Kakara.

(For Kéikara see No. 555. )

Mulaka is the Solanum Trilobatum.

One man foolish in one way and one man in another.

1781, Sogreo 8od8 BY Bwdo§ ol FHoh, ITH ToWwy.

While their priests are starving, [the Mussalmans] give

sugar [in honor of ] their standards.

Pirs or Alams are representations of the standards of Alf and Husain

set up during the Muharram festival,

( See Nos. 227, 799, 989, 1798, )

Caring for the dead and neglecting the living.

1782. $»20 & §78,5 D¢y,

Like filling up a hole in a drill-plough with a thorn.

1783, 00> 3006 és_*_ég Sﬁ‘“éﬁ%ﬁ"%g AN 39%’26%39.

Like taking out with a packing needle, a thorn which could

have been extracted with a thorn.

( See No, 820.)

1784. SR8 ooe Koo,

Does a beggar want three bags ?

Applied to an ostentatious display unsuited to a man’s position.

1785, swdos SoFHen.

An old woman’s tales.

(See Nos. 157, 1006. )

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Bo@e?"s

1786. mé@m_: (ASReS 55533‘2'3830 ®o®, FHPod TIM ‘{%gm

@25&85@.

When an aged lady was asked “ Why do you shake your

head 7’ she replied “ Because I have nothing better

to do.”

A foolish question, and a smart answer.

1787, S80S Kogae)"’éa.

Fisticuffs under a veil.

Two men wishing to converse privately put a veil over their heads ;

having fallen out they took to pommelling each other.

1788, s0>Xw R H00XY H0¥0), AT 87 .

Like seratching your nose in front of a dumb man.

This enrages him.

Deriding the defects of another.

1789. 50838 $03FD, Sodre Be.

If you join the three, there’s nothing.

Various interpretations are given.——One is that a man devoid of pride,

modesty, and shame, cares for nothing.

1790. 555525 m"faf) @éw&aéém%% 3% §”8(§7 0¥ s¥er.

Are three pairs of leaf-earrings [ wanted ] for three days of

wedlock ?

Earrings of palm leaves, coloured with lac are worn by brides.

Said of an unfortunate young widow.

( 810 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1791, 0% RBeeo FsnTY, e sHe) S0BOT°Y) DT,

After practising fencing for three months he thrust through

the old woman in the corner.

Learning to no advantage.

1792. 507 2557 e 2)%3553030?683, &B‘Sé/é@g 5038 SIS, &8

AT OIS H -o—oéii%bai).

Sir, three kinds of food have been prepared and the lamps

are lighted, come to the dining room.

(See Nos. 20, 856, 1608. )

This was a clever speech of the maid servant of a proud but poor

Velama to conceal the poverty of her master before visitors; the three

kinds of food being the three divisions of the palmyra fruit, and the

phrase used regarding the lamps bheing also susceptible of the meaning

¢ The straw torch has burnt to the knot’’ i. e. to the end.

You can’t fare well, but you must cry roast-meat.

1793. &0~ oo S 0839, 3503?.6‘130&) o0 S 8.

Three cubits once round, thirty cubits once round [the

body ].

A woman on being given cloths of different lengths, complained in each

case that the cloth would go only once round her body.

Not to be satisfied.

1794, 3%~To T, DT HoXSe.

Why advance a cubit, and sink a fathom ?

( See Nos. 619, 1104. )

1795, 500~ 30 omoé&ﬁjS EAMET~ S8 S 7

A stick two yards long in a room one cubit square.

A defiant speech in answer to a threat.

( 311 )

@o@ﬁ*wjﬁo@g.

1796. %00 §TOTOoWI _%_ao DT 0.

Small in body, great in fame.

(See Nos. 230, 276, 613, 1250, 1542.)

1797, 00080 907, %)Eé?e)sﬁa &9 08550,

When one said “root” the other said “rot.”

One attempted to explain, the other pooh poohed him.

1798. 300X o0 By HBFTotw How, HBIFDX,F

SESR TSN HE

When the great idols were begging for alms, the little idols

asked for rice and curds.

( See Nos. 227, 799, 989, 1781. )

Mulavigrahas are the large idols made of stone which always remain in

the temple; the Ufsavavigrakas are, as the name denotes, the smaller

images that are carried in procession.

Forwardness.

Impertinent demands.

1799. Sv~0 ) T° mof\gﬁé @&Q:S%Jw.

Bringing into the yard that which was in the corner.

Treacherously revealing the secrets of another.

1800. 30~OR ¥ _ Dooi TUET 0D VL.

Like a palmyra fruit falling on a groaning jackal.

A misfortune caused by a strange coincidence.

1801. 300000 $»oXNE3STR, Bod DR IBR.

Grroanings as before, but glutting as usual.

(See under No. 1173. )

A skulk.

(

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312 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1802. 5582833, FIIonsd.

When covered, [ the food ] became bad.

The evil consequences of a crime are aggravated by its con-

cealment.

1803. Do) H¥E o §%8 A TS oo ¥y TR

If they approve of you they will cover you with a goat-

skin ; and if they choose you, with a sheepskin.

1804. Do B8, JYeS POY.

The mother on the edge of the precipice and the wife on the

brink of the pool.

The two having quarrelled each threatens to destroy herself unless the

man takes her part.

A difficult dilemma.

1805. DoRHPHTY, GP®R, DBTCTHIY A0

The elephant is an elephant whether on high ground or low.

( See No. 444.)

True greatness is not affected by a change of circumstances.

1806. DoX BESES» e ETIE.

Feeling the neck for beads.

Said of a wheedling scoundrel.

1807. BB TOHYF7R &) EHFH T°Ey 0.

Rice is not soft unless you put ghi.

1808, Bo¥ Bo¥ HXy.

The wattle on a goat’s neck.

( See Nos. 731, 1063, )

A usecless appendage.

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1809, ¥FSTy DO.

A goat-coloured tiger.

A wolf in sheep’s clothing

1810. RoBTSH il Do,

The lustre of a green fig.

It often has worms in it

( See Nos. 1809, 1911.)

Outwardly fine, but inwardly bad.

1811, B8 ¥F¥easso.

A Karanam to graze.

i. e. up to any amount of bribery and corruption.

( See Nos. 660, 2042. )

1812 2080 . sheio®), ol DEXH&EL.

When they cried “ Bravo! Bravo!” he jumped down and

broke his neck.

Said of a vain man, who makes a fool of himself to please others.

1813. B00d8 Bx B, BTEHH O Ta.

A pig-headed fellow [feels] no shame, the trunk of a tree

[ feels ] no wind.

1814, B00&8 woXKr Mo Bogh €I

Pig-headed people live for a hundred years.

1815, R00@ B S5 RO ER W0, 67‘51)‘@3&_:6&—"3& TOED

B,

What can a husband do to a refractory wife? What can a

king do to a woman who enters the hall of audience?

( 814 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1816. Dol TS 3 BooBo8” ¢y

Like beating one’s mouth (lamentation) with a maimed

hand.

Doing any thing clumsily.

1817. D00l TH=8 HPTew 85 TYYSép.

Like teaching a man without hands to eat Sesamum seed.

Attempting impossibilities.

1818. BwoBsn¥ S 0T H) -

A nose jewel in a torn nose.

1819. B0od°%0 TO¥I) 20508505,

An obstinate person is stronger than a king.

The power of importunity.

1820. Boo¥_Jons BHso PR SDSEP.

The god he went to worship met him in the way.

(See No. 174.)

1821. “530%66_23_&% SXo, sSé/b_ E~Rslot-Reovorans %%Jx&ﬁ‘é&go.

As you say you have made no vow, feed at least ome

Dasari.

( For Ddsari see No. 111, )

Importunity.

1822. S0 F T8 RIFI°, BP0 RIII".

Shall T fear those who salute me? or those who rap me

with their knuckles?

( See No. 103.)

Yielding to force and not to entreaties.

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80@@*?139{50@3’.

1823, BowE FodooX Dod3Sooexn 850'08‘«5%33

Like grinding pepper on the husband’s head.

Said of a hen pecked husband.

The wife wears the breeches.

The grey mare is the better horse.

1824, Do §7EBN0%HH ToHATY, TR Ee By 2

FAERRTe P OO

I am not grieved because my husband beat me, but because

his brother’s wife will taunt me.

Ridicule is feared more than pain.

1825. Rk §7EET° §THD, 300, D@ k.

My husband has done well in beating me, for [crying ] has

cleared my nose.

Assumed indifference.

1826. BooXoedy §783, BooXro 8 _Sa.

Beating her husband and then lodging a complaint against

him.

18217. m@@*gﬁw 0BT

Senseless howlings O Muttamna ée’gti!

Said of people wrangling without reason.

1828. BoxE38 Fowsxsn, OVPTRE KgHob,

Fighting for the profits after losing the capital

Neglecting great things for small.

( 316 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1829. Boo¥en ¥ 00, ©oXHS™ xa@s%.

Weak to begin with and pregnant besides.

(See Nos. 150, 483, 1214, 2034.)

Sick of the idle crick, and the belly-wark in the heel.

1836. BoXS Oy, FHOF IV XFoo.

Nothing but earth to begin with, and by want of rain, clods.

(See Nos. 801, 1755.)

Worse and worse.

1831, BOXPBD D& DA Fogrd.

The man without evil is the best of wise men

1832. Do W TiH SN,

A fool has a mouth a cubit broad.

1838, o0V 26;_!3_\2 BKY) _@Xéwg?é%:}s.

Trusting to the cloud, he cut open the tank.

Prematurely giving up what you have, in the hopes of getting more.

1834. Booonen JEDT TNOT®, BooXEd VEDT $00%”, V¢3 DEDS

How, HE DS Wow B350

The heat of the sun emerging from the clouds-—the passion

of a meretricious woman separated from her husband—

the violence of a bough bent and let go—the force of a

pot lifted up and dropped—are great.

“ Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad

abroad.”’

Ecclesiasticus xxv. 25.

A man under no restraint is a bear without a ring.

( 817 )

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1835. oo

5% B0 8

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Nt

SEF DoXsho FHHAD, Bk Toen

BX T,

They may tie a Lingam round a man’s neck however much

he resist it, but can they make him worship it?

A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink unless ke will.

Ane may lead a horse to the water, but four an’ twenty canna gar kim drink. (Scotch.)

1836, Boooibiy Hepswd™ Bevsrensdly $o8 .

Up the waist in grief, up to the knees in joy.

1837. B3O DT m° ¥R0oB0T oA, T ORI o000 BX T .

O my friend alligator! If this root had been my leg you

would have treated it in the same way, would you not?

An alligator enticed a man into the water with fair promises.

But after-

wards caught him by the leg.

The man in turn deceived the alligator by

a ruse and escaped.

1838. BoTon§ BAB, swoBony BHHB08.

If the elbow moves, the wrist moves with if.

1839. Bo~dtd DX T ¥oh, IS/HTEE STow® Fo).

A fastidious person suffers more than one who is less par-

ticular.

( See Roebuck's Persian and Hindustani Proverbs, No. 776, Part II. Sect. I.)

1840. Bootxn 7A°OD8 RESK0.

A rough man does not fear the wind.

( 318)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1841, Do BT N8 Beorosd TS wHy).

The weight of a load is known to him who carries it.

No one knows the weight of another’s burden.

1842. BoECSH B, Boosd BF"D Foowd,

When he went for salvation, an alligator carried him off,

He was bathing in holy water for the attainment of eternal beatitude.

@3V

1843. o‘Sogj?\)?% TR0 ST 35078, é/éim Sooige,

‘When asked what preparations had been made for the offer-

ing, he said “ Here are swords and daggers.”

A religious Brahman is not permitted even to touch a lethal weapon,

An impertinent, unbecoming reply.

of

1844. 50?&%‘;%%26;5_% BPOTOE DT

Will the woman who has learnt to play the harlot, not learn

to lie ?

1845, oy B8, O §7E3 Tréy s B,

She slapped Rambha’s cheeks, and then brought a spinning-

wheel.

A woman thought she excelled Rambhi (No. 1066) in beauty, but

really was an ugly creature, only fit to sit at the spinning-wheel.

1846. 5T od) ¥ i, :6_65;7@;9)@%& 5% -0,

All the gems in one place, all the snails in another.

(See Nos. 735, 1231, 1668, 1698, 1969, )

Like will to like,

( 319 )

60@95’6?8—@0{50@%/.

1847. s 8F S48 sTRY 0, TP 8F &8 .

To the bird thatlives on gems, gems; to the bird that lives

on stones, stones.

( See No. 1473.)

God provides all his creatures with that which they need.

1848. THBo 8§78 ROZ 5.

As rider, so horse.

The horse goes according to the skill of the rider.

v

1849. ¥y)¥o Bﬁ?éooa_g, I o TFET e Koy &

If the rider be bad, the horse will go on three legs.

If the headman be soft, the subordinates will be careless.

1850. ¥&hodszoe3) oI

Are you to devour the man who has protected you ?

( See Nos. 267, 636, 665, 1077, 1078, 1079. )

Save a thief from the gallows, and he will be the first to cut your throat.

1851. o°Xo ¥ TORIITS0 Vo EH)H.

Even if you perform a pilgrimage to RAmésvaram, the pre-

destinated evil will not fail to overtake you.

(See No, 1871.)

1852. TOAASH T, VoTOIH e oY) .

I for singing, my eldest sister for beauty.

Said by an ass of itself and the camel by way of praise.

Applied to a braggart.

Did you ever before hear an ass play upon a lute 2

(320 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1853, oo™ ‘é&&;, TONE® ‘(sog_f@;

Blessings on Raghava, blessings on Ravana.

The deities were compelled outwardly to bless the tyrant Rivana, but

they inwardly blessed R4ghava ( R4ma, ) whom they wished to be victorious,

1854. T°S Sa0X 8% BHowme ;s-omi;.

A king will not die alone.

The Hindus believe that when a royal personage dies, some other person

dies at the same time to keep him company.

When a great man suffers he drags others with him into trouble.

1855. O EnL ‘§’°'o"°§e)§rv o5y IS

@‘1‘5“35&)&3"'

) ¥ .

There is no questioning the actions of a king or of Rama.

1856. Trerdd HooDS Fody RooXosdy -ISO"‘J:Z D03208 Vons8,

When she looked at her husband with the eye which had

beheld the king, she had a mind to thump him.

1857, oo PF Dok T§_T,

&ﬁ&w% §%&en &N

633363653.

When the king’s wife went on the top of the palace, the

potter’s daughter-in-law went on the top of the hut.

( See No. 22.)

1858. Trar oY B30, RBooXoxd oI Yoy,

That’s the word, which pleases the king; she is Rambha,

who is loved by her husband.

LJ

1859. oo 08" FYHoB.

As is the king, so will the virtue [ of the people ] be.

( For Rambké see No. 1066, )

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1860. oo 8D F=W, FraTd MNP,

Villages without a king, temples without worship.

1861. Tom{o0 TE oIy X B,

Though the kingdom be lost, the air of royalty still remains.

( See No. 221.)

Applied to a man who bears the appearance of having seen better

days.

1862. -c'ogsin éjﬂigors&&, WOR 596535 SOYE.

The spinning wheel is come, out the way with your cart.

I ask your pardom, coach; I thought you were a wheelbarrow when I

stumbled over you. (Irish.)

1863. °o°8 T8 35%%68:

Like taking the bark off a stone.

( See No. 59.)

To milk a he goal. (Latin.)*

1864. T°N ¥os¥ o&)‘é‘@.’)_@g.

An iron ladle for a stone pot.

Severe measures for stubborn people

To a hard kust o hard wedge. (Spanish.)t

1865, T°8 ¥F AT HXeo Krw IET”.

Shall we fall in the day time into the pit into which we

fell at night?

Shall we not benefit by experience ?

Bought wit is best.

®

Ezxperience teaches. (Latin.)}

® Mulgere hircum,

+ A mal Tudo mal cullo,

! Experientia docet,

( 822 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1866. T°d ™~

Do TPow.

A stone on him who won’t come!

An imprecation used with reference to a man who refuses an

invitation.

1867, TesOTRRRI0N FHY 8.

Like Réama’s kingdom.

{ See Nos. 168, 278, 1644.)

Neglected.

1868. T eaHradn Fo¥, PUIESN w0, PXSTS0 oK.

The Raméyana is [a tale of ] adultery; the Bharata is

obscene ; the Bhigavata is a lie.

1869, T °cH895085° 25¥e 'ééc\?éa.

Like pelting one another with cowdung cakes, during the

reading of the RdmAyana.

Inattention and disrespect.

1870. TOXICSHRIDOT® DD TOSwRE 9T THDo TUIBH ©

&953?\26%30.

Like asking what relation Sitd was to Rama after listening

to the whole Rdmayana.

A dunderhead.

1871. T°R¥T s DB, FIxo ¥z $Qy8.

When he went to Ramesvaram, Sanesvaram followed him.

(See No, 1851. )

His bad luck followed him.—éaneévaram is an incorrect name given to

the planet Saturn; it appears to be a corruption of S/anais'char&

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1872. T%HAE Jod, T°FO Dood.

Round the lord’s head, round the washerman’s waist.

i. e. the lord’s head cloth is used by the washerman for a lower

garment.

1873. ©row 7@%‘5&), oo BO&S‘ST‘\%Q).

Why thump a stone? Why should your hand be pained ?

Why bring trouble on your own head ?

1874. T°FBO§ Koobr¥ e?’gé’)m&n.

Like harrowing a field of stones.

A foolish exploit.

1875. To° 80 GOATY; . Bo¥d L TR Xes.

Although the country be hid, adultery cannot be concealed.

i. e. it were easier to conceal the whole realm.

1876. &°¥ T2 T Y BHY Bo.

A man without money is not worth an areca nut.

A man without money is a bow without an arrow.

Who has not, is not. (Italian.)*

1877, ¥ o0 WA SEHSB Py .

Like a bird with broken wings.

Utterly helpless.

* Chi non ha, non &.

( 324 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

18178. %g‘% SDYT°E0, RooSEIRV0D) W EISORY €.

The Reddi has come, begin your song again.

A person being continually asked to recommence his song or story

on the arrival of every person of consequence.

1879, %76——3%%) 208 ZoPovRo TR0,

Like the old woman under the Régu tree.

(For Régu see No. 119.)

To knock off the fruit, boys were throwing stones into the tree, and

they fell on the old woman who was too infirm to move away.

An unfortunate position.

1880. %mg T8 05350,

Like a row of houses in Répalle.

Répalle (or Vrépalle) is the Telugu name of Nandavraja, the scene

of the youthful exploits of Krishna.

It was famous for its prosperity according to some—according to

others, for the unchastity of its women.

1881. BH ©B = FHyyoo

Is there a day called tomorrow ?

Tomorrow comes mever.

No one has seen tomorrow, (Portuguese.)®

1882. Do HOTEP.

As the Cassia blossoms.

Réla chettu is the Cassia ( Cathartocarpus ) Fistula.

( See No, 859, )

* O dia de amanh3 ninguem o vio,

( 825 )

80 % 588508 %

0

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1883. 7 %N TP B,

There is no fixed spot to a wheaten cake.

i. e. there is no rule for breaking it.

1884.

7R 810y 559 BESB.

The monkey settled the bread dispute [ between two birds, ]

by eating it up.

(See No. 1442.)

Swindling others under pretence of arbitration.

1885.

5RO R0, PFYOT % FHIH.

The beggar of crumbs gets more than the beggar of loave

L

L

1886.

6’*’% DR NS sge@;.

The bread broke and fell into the ghi.

(See Nos. 195, 1362, 1425, 1430. )

His bread fell into the honey. (spanish.)*

1887.

58x5¢38 DX 54358

Like a rice pounder budding.

Said of a hopelessly ignorant fellow.

1888.

85O oo Syeen.

Three half-pagodas for a rice pounder.

Said of any thing purchased at an exorbitant price.

1889.

8PADy B §7BT, BHJWPSY IS WY

The patient longed for milk, and the doctor too preseribed it

A fortunate coincidence.

* Caydsels el pan en la miel,

( 326 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

-

1890. 8757 a0y,

o)

83, 7°F8 By BAYTEN.

Putting one’s head in the mortar, and then fearing the blow

of A the pestle.

( See No, 1108.)

Undertaking a business and then holding back through fear.

The gladiator, having entered the lists, is taking advice. (Latin.)*

i

1891. 5%e0 ¥XP) REX.

The rice mortar feels not the famine.

( See No. 354. )

Some grain or other is always pounded in it.

Said of a person who is exempted by his position from the loss which

falls upon others, 01" of one who escapes a general misfortune.

1892. 8%0 TQ HBPoE B BIpETw .

The mortar dompléining to the drum.

The mortar is beaten on one side ( by the pestle )—the drum is beaten

on botk sides.

1893. 5°K5550 8D oty BooBsw B,

A mean-spirited servant is in no danger [ of losing his life. ]

1894, 57050 %00 WX FEpsTi iy,

Like tying the rice-mortar to his neck out of rivalry.

Two men were dancing.—One had a drum round his neck; the other,

not to be out-done, hung the mortar round his neck.

Q.

1895. ©0¥8™ HIPFH Ve TrEH D,

Every man that is born in Lank4 is a Rakshasa.

Coming from a bad stock.

[o——

* Gladiator in arend consilium capit,

( 827 )

eso@esv*gfs_geso@&

1896

00X fbcegj & X 0853300,

A child is a hindrance to a harlot.

1897

o0n S8 CIIRLNY oI,

The changed harlot became an honest woman.

Ironical.

Chastity gone once, gone for ever.

1898

0% 53&%& éoé roRerfe®)

Who is the father of a harlot’s child?

1899

oTon SNEKyE Fdoen TWRoETHEK.

To make swords when the war comes.

( See No. 2069.)

1900

& Eros Xo TOSA8E TR Dovren, WSSO0 Xo

S8 ©d T,

The good looking brother-in-law has red mustaches, the

ugly brother-in-law has none at all.

1901

oo En KrnodT8 SYI8.

The profit has come into the drums of the ears.

A dealer in gh? suffering from the ear-ache put a little of it into his

ears.

This was all his profit.

Applied to any unprofitable transaction.

1902

eyoé;fasaa B8 T TooHEm.

Unless there is something to be gained by it, the Setti will

not venture into the river.

( See No.181.)

The S"et_gfis and Komatis are very greedy and very cowardly.

People do mnot risk. their lives unless they have some great object

to gain by it.

( 828 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1903. 3F BY FvoH HBB, oo ¥y o7y Fowss.

When after being long childless, Lokdya was born to them,

Lokéaya’s eye was sunken.

1904. o [ood IHon

P VI K.

If you see he’s not there, catch him and don’t let him go.

Said by a cowardly man to another with reference to a thief.

1905. S@8 BOST &,ooeassoo.

The antelope has only to rise to be ready for a journey.

Said of a man ready to go any where.

1906. BSOS o 7@({%—25% S oNT® e,

A blind brother-in-law is better than none at all.

( See Nos. 312, 314, 776.)

Better a bare foot than no foot at all.

Better a blind horse than an empty halier, (Dutch.)

1907. B PHoed¥os ¥OARS Boood Hoew.

A rich stingy man is better than a poor liberal man,

1908. BB ©8H YO §Een.

A bed-ridden mother-in-law and a lazy daughter-in-law.

A useless couple.

1909. B3 §TEMH Frow.

If T get up, I'll give it you, my boy!

The story is that a certain custom house official had no legs, but he used

to threaten travellers who attempted to evade payment of duty, until the

secret was found out.

Applied to powerless threats,

If you cannot bite, don’t show your teeth.

* Beter een blind paard, dan een leege halter,

(1329)

es o@@f*é‘ffjfﬁo@g,

1910. eY%% %&a&:—ogs@ /XY

The secrets of the heart are known to Perumal ( Vishnu ).

‘[ God] knoweth the very secrets of the heart.

Psalm xliv. 21. ( Psalter.)

1911. &5 JTER0, wondy Fyomeyv.

Inwardly bad, outwardly fair.

( See Nos. 1809, 1810. )

All saint without, all devil within,

1912. 5798 TreoXomrer SEEw.

A miser suffers loss on all sides.

False economy.

A stingy man is always poor. (French.)*

1913. 9D WoRSBTo™, &2 DARTB Tre0.

If you wish to kill a miser, to ask him for a Dabb is

sufficient.

A Dabbu is one-third of an And (anna), and is equivalent to a half-penny

{

1914. 79 Rasy SCoXT8 Tren.

A miser’s property falls to the lot of the thief.

1915, 870 SN 0WAD, S0 SOSHYX T .

You may cover the mouth of a pot but can you cover up

the world ?

You may shut one man’s mouth, but you cannot shut the mouth of the

world.

* Homme chiche jamais riche,

( 330 )

TELUGU PROVERBS,

1916. So¥Y 0¥ TocHL0 T @0, DY T O Do¥

TOSIHO @T&c”ééa.

When she asked “ What are those crooked pods?’ they re-

plied % The unripe tamarinds you sold in your youth.”

The story goes that the daughter of very poor parents who in her

youth had to go about selling the unripe tamarinds she was able to gather

from under the trees, afterwards became the wife of a rich man.

Passing

through the streets one day in her grand palankin, she superciliously

enquired what a tamarind girl was selling, when her bearers replied as

above, ¢ These are the tamarinds Madam, which you sold in your youth.”

To take one a peg lower.

You used to be a baker though now you wear gloves. (Spanish.)*

1917, S0T°0H HHD ST KD, ©9883TCH HD Toey

TOBROXD.

The gardener knows the taste of the brinjal; the king

knows the taste of the plantain.

( For Brinjal see No, 97.)

Brinjals should be cooked and eaten fresh from the garden.

Plantains

when used in an unripe state as a vegetable, should be kept a few days.

Before the brinjals are set before a king they have lost some of their

flavour, and as the gardener cannot afford to keep the plantains he plucks,

he cooks them before they are ready for the pot.

1918. SoXE " Lw 08 ¥D Moz, SHE LTIV DO B

The brinjal gardener is blind, though he sees; the betel

gardener is deaf, though he hears.

( For Brinjal see No. 97.— See No. 1278. )

In the first case, the gardener on being asked to give brinjals pretends

he cannot find any ; in the second case, the gardener when called to by

some one outside the garden for betel pretends he cannot hear.—( Brah-

mans and some high caste éﬁdras are forbidden by their éamas to enter

a betel garden ).

None so deaf as he that won’t hear, (French,)t

* Panadera erades antes, aunque ahora traeis guantes.

111 n’est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre,

(331)

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1919, Soé> VOT® WoIAA°D, NS ¥ ey ok S0l HS) 8.

The dinner is quite ready, the paddy merely requires another

drying.

Paddy is an Anglo Indian term for rice in the husk.

A hasty and ridiculous answer.

1920. 50X @55_36%6 DVpe0 BooXd, B VIR Ho& oo,

The lady who cannot cook seeks for much praise; the

gentleman who cannot earn his livelihood is a great

eater.

He earns a farthing and has a penn’orth of thirst. (Duiwch.)*

1921. S08% HoXS? 5§ Do T $¢3 oo,

Taking one grain out of the pot and feeling [ whether it is

soft or not ].

One action tells what a man is worth.

From one circumstance judge of all. (Latin,)t

You may judge of Herles from his foot, (Latin.)1

1922, S0& HoXn~ weod I 8 o, Hod PinTn WY

Y w6

When he said “[The sight of] yom cooking makes me

sick,” she replied “Please stay and eat your dinner before

you go.”

1923, XV~ PHoESB, T8 DPSh— HoXSB.

Pretend to condole when you cauterize.

1924, SX055°0 S0T°SH IXNSVFS X Howsd.

The feigning brinjal shrunk into half its size, when there

Wgs no heat.

Simulating fear.

* Hijverdient een’ stuiver en heeft wel voor een’ braspenning dorst,

T Ex uno specta omnia,

1 Ex pede Herculem,

( 332)

TELUGU PROVERBS

1925, 8% 88 2350 SO

Like the fury of a weak monkey.

( See No. 1538. )

Impotent rage.

1926. SQYS ga;m X)go"& ?{)’Séozé&*m.

Will the result of your deeds go away at your bidding ?

( See No. 287.)

1927. sYS §H By 8.

It will go the way it came.

So got, so gone.

Lightly come, lightly go.

I llgot, ill spent.

1928, IS T WNTT T,

Calumny is not removed even by death.

( See No. 1395.)

Slander leaves a slur.

Give a dog an ill name, and you may as well hang him.

1929. SDQYS ©°08 FTPo=H, T T8 Trow Téizaiv.

I will grant a boon to those who come, and cast a stone on

those who do not come.

Supposed to have been said by a deity.

Used threateningly by a great personage.

1930. &) T Irwen HD, Fo8 FE FeHAtaH HD.

The half articulated words [ of children] are pleasant [to

the ear ] and half pickled vegetables to the taste.

\

( 333 )

Bo@@*éﬁjiﬁo@g.

1931, $3F) TooSH FTY, ST Trosw Foon.

The past is better than the future.

¢ The good old times.”

1932. STBoe T, wwa%gag;» 9.

Let what is to come come, and what is past be past.

Let bygones be bygones.

1933. ssgoé% sﬁ&f@ 155@)5%30.

Like sprinkling grains of rice over an empty house.

Pochillu is a superstitious rite in which a man having thrown grains of

rice on a neighbour’s house, listens for any words he can overhear, and

elicits a meaning from them.

A profitless proceeding.

1934. &3 A7 oHPHeo Boo, ST ¢33 RoBHO0 RBood.

The barren cow bellows much, and in the year of drought

there is much thunder.

Much smoke and little roast. (ltalian,)*

All talk and no go.

1935. ¢ QoXeo T[T, X Voseo FIYYH.

If you accuse others falsely, you will be accused truly in

turn.

1936. 3¢ 0Ny ﬁ”ééb)em ORI~

Will empty words fill bellies?

( See Nos, 658, 1349, 1711.)

We must assist in deeds not in words. (Latin.)t

Words don’t fill the belly. ( Portuguese,)}

* Molto fumo, e poco arrosto.

+ Re opitulandum non verbis.

+ Palavras na®% enchem barriga,

( 334 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1937, SZoVa e S5 Don B, ¥E008D Koy 8% .

If the person who serves the food is your friend, your sitting

at the end won’t matter.

A friend in court makes the process short.

1938, 58 87 Booeo TOW, K88 Soon d HoXen BB

By seeking usury, the principal suffers; if the wife be

blind, the pots suffer.

1939. 3% a5 KoRETEY 30 ¢35,

Like putting a bandicoot in a corn bin.

1940. SES"KT KT THod Fod IS8,

The basket must bake in the sun with the paddy.

( See Nos. 256, 1240. )

Sharing the sufferings of others.

1941. 5 T8 ITED o To58° BA deos

Though the heap of rice be carried away by the flood, there

will be no damage from the rain.

Though one suffer many will be benefited.

1942, 3= DY

¥Ry Woy, R,

ERIE S foRAT

8K .

She was thinking so much of the coloured cloth she had

put on, that she did not know that she had been bitten

by a mad dog.

Engrossed in pleasure, and blind to danger.

1943, SoHio FNT° ST IKYy B,

Though he is old he is still a fop.

( 335 )

@o@@'eé“‘sj—wo@é’.

1944, STHFEET™Y 55% 3533%3, §TSOBAT T SHT000 siaoga.

Interest is sweeter than the principal ; a grandson is dearer

than a son.

1945. 588 S¥H°D°, FHFSH S¥I -

Is one rain for paddy and another for Uda?

(For Uda see No. 303.)

¢ [ God] sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.’

Matthew v. 45,

Impartiality.

1046, $88 =¥, &75H Zoo¥.

A stream for a rice-field, a troop for a chief.

1947, S08ID BTXT DB D TEH -

When his uncle’s daughter wanted to marry him, he ex-

cused himself on the plea that she was not of the right

affinity.

Proudly refusing, because it was volﬁntarily offered, a good thing

which at another time would have been thankfully accepted.

Note.

Among Hindus ( especially Kématis ) it is obligatory for a man

to marry his maternal uncle’s daughter if there be one.

1948, SR T K DTIDBom @Y ©VBOWE” B,

Visvamitra must have himself called a Brahmarshi from the

mouth of Vasishtha.

Vasishtha was a celebrated priestly sage ( Brahmarshi). Visvimitra, once

a king, had by penance become a royal Rishi ( R4jarshi) but persisted in

austerities wuntil Vas’ish?ha was compelled to acknowledge him as a

Brahmarshi. ( See Bélakinda of the Ramayana.*—Also Muir's Sanscrit

Texts Part. 1.)

* gmazlagt I smagfazrala

s@ydr afugT wrAd 9gq AT

(- 386;)

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1949. = 0% °¥ &8 T°F 8B HIy .

They are like fire dogs.

( See Nos. 469, 1283.—For Pokkatirillu see No, 1549.)

Bosom friends.

1950. =580 w3 TOET R oo 53165353\@).

Like a man asking when he had just got outside his door,

how far off Benares was.

Talking about the completion of a great undertaking before you have

well commenced it.

1951. TRSRH FISKm DED, 0 08 SEOR I D

58 9 onHR0L T°XA0L BT E .

When an ill-treated daughter-in-law at last got some bad

food from her mother-in-law, she told the neighbours she

had been sumptuously fed.

Real want is not dainty.

1982. =5

PADS FToo IDed.

Like the crew of a wrecked ship.

In a miserable plight.

Said of something sudden and alarming.

1953, T 5D~ PHOBRSTH ToESH Y, BATH 5°AH e ).

As long as he was on board his ship, he was ¢ Ship Mallappa”

as soon as he landed he was “ Bald-headed Mallappa.”

43

¢ oy )

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1954. %" T° FTHBY_ SXo HN B Prow.

My half areca nut is in the ship, brother!

A merchant was returning to his country in a ship which he had

laden with areca-nuts.

A friend on board cunningly dropped half of a

nut which he was eating into the hold, exclaiming ¢* My half nut is in the

ship, brother !”’

The merchant laughing replied that he would restore it,

on which the other, pretending to carry on the joke, made him give a bond

to the effect that his half areca-nut was in the ship.

The phrase also

could be construed as meaning that half the areca-nuts in the ship were

his

On arriving at their destination the merchant was prosecuted by the

swindler and cheated out of half his cargo.

Said of a clever cheat.

1955. TES8 TR D 38 F3$000.

‘What has a harlot to do with degrees of relationship, and

good manners ?

Vavi signifies those degrees of relationship within which cohabitation is

incest.

1956. &°& £ ?@—06065’% SRANNIAR

His business has come intc the niche.

(See No. 1957.)

He 1s on his last legs.

1957, 58 o0 _@g)qmazs&.

His business has dawned.

(See No. 1956. )

He's blown up.

He has shut up his shop windows.

1958. =& 308 2088 ©PHBo0d, 2T ©FHB0s.

His speech will answer for flour or for a thunderbolt.

Said of an ambiguous speech.

( 338 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1959. % SASE 88, RSE I,

What he dances is a dance, what he sings is a song

(See Nos. 1960, 1990. )

1960. o™ BHTE IR TEFY0.

What he says is Vasishtha’s dictum.

(For Vasishtha see No. 1948—See Nos. 1959, 1990. )

1961. Tz SHY _BR AP Y & B0 Fonsd.

When he mocked you where were you maimed ?

Words break no bones.

1962. o587 DR BowHRST FXBY o BH.

There is no loss by rain, or poverty with a husband.

1963._ PO TF K,

e

e

s VI, THF08 BOH.

The coming of rain, and the going of life, are known to

none.

Sorrow an’ i1l weather come unsent for, (Scotch.)

Death keeps no calendar,

1964. =oSen 568:2; T BICAHT, Dgen ¥od Ko¥den

% g T

If it rains, will brands disappear ? If children be born, will

adultery be discontinued ?

1965, o5 é(v&)_‘@oéaib, ¥FSyen @&)5)30@8).

Rain will fall, frogs will croak.

Said of any thing which must be expected as a matter of course.

(339 )

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&

sPE R 50, 8%

1966, =°5ED 35¢32250%0.

A thunderbolt without rain.

A useless thing,

1967. T°RXD THTRTIRBEFSF S0 ) 8.

His business is flourishing greatly, even to the extent of

begging alms.

A sarcastic speech used with reference to the downfall of a bad man,

1968. T°0 0008 ocndPH wOPHBw HEX.

In his house neither Ili nor Bali is offered.

( See Nos. 286, 364, 2027. )

Ili is applied to the grains of raw rice religiously offered to ants, &ec.

Bali is the food given in the same manner to crows before commencing

a meal.

He'll flay o flint.

Dogs run away with whole shoulders.

1969, =8 égg ESAISECLR

A peg for the rafter.

( Bee Nos, 735, 1231, 1668, 1698, 1846. )

A well matched pair.

1970. Do PEES0 JISFB, BoH A TJw OS5I

If you listen, listen to the Bhérata; if you eat, eat cakes.

( 840 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

1971. DoB VD ©85D08 HKX.

There is no yawn without a wonder.

Pratdparudrudu king of E)rugallu, (Wurrangal ) had a very sagacious

minister, by name Yugandharudu, who was summoned by the Sultan to be

employed in his court.

The king refusing to send him, was taken prisoner

and confined in the capital.

His faithful minister having declared that he

would rescue him and bring him back opeuly, went disguised to the capital

and there feigning madness, ran daily through the streets calling out «“ Ho! I

am going to take away 6rugan§i Pratdparudrudu.’” The Sultan, suspecting

that his madness was assumed, caused him to be watched.

The spies dis-

covered that he cooked under a tree at midnight, and a man was concealed

in the tree to watch him when he thought himself alone.

According to

his custom the minister came at niidnight to cook his food, and while

doing so, yawned.

He immediately thought to himself that there must be

some cause for this, and glancing furtively up the tree perceived the spy.

He then said in a loud voice ¢ There is no yawn without a wonder,” and

The minister was

commenced breaking his pots and acting the mad man.

then reported as really mad and his ravings were unheeded.

Shortly

afterwards a ship laden with valuables, was sent by the minister’s con-

trivance to the port.

The Sultan hearing this, was anxious to inspect the

cargo, and being informed that the imprisoned king was a connoisseur

in gems ordered him to be brought with him on board the vessel.

The

minister also mauaged to get on board and while the Sultan was

engaged in examining the precious stones, caused the anchor to be weighed.

The Sultan then learnt the trick that had been played upon him and

commending the sagacity of the minister, pardoned both him and the king,

who returned rejoicing to érugallu.*

* A somewhat different version of the story is given in the Madras Church Missionary Record for October 1865 by the

Rev. F. W. N. Alexander :—

““I could get very little information from my informant about this ancient king, one thing only is certain that in his days

the Mohammedans invaded this part of India and besieged Wurrangal, but the Fort was not taken in his days. The

story told to me by several people is very contradictory and unlikely in many respects. The most credible version seems

to be, that Wurrangal was besieged by the Padasha of Delhiin person, and for 7 years the assailants were baffled by the

thickness of the walls and by the supplies raised within the Fort itself from the large space enclosed by the walls, Failing

in this way, they at last took the king by stratagem. The Mohammedans feigned a desire for peace and decoyed Pra-

tdparudrudu outside the gates on pretence of making peace, and then seized him in a chariot and carried him off to Delhi

and kept him there many days. Meanwhile things went on badly in Wurrangal. In the absence of their king the people

refused to obey the minister, and anarchy reigned in the city. The minister resolved to deliver his lord from confinement,

and restore him to his subjects. He went to Delhi and began to tell in the most public manner that he was come to

release Pratdparudrudu, the imprisoned king. For this he was imprisoned and beaten. After a time he was released,

and as before proclaimed everywhere that he was going to release the king. He was imprisoned and beaten again and

again, till at last he was regarded as a mad man and no heed was taken of his sayings or doings. Roaming through the

city, he at last found out where his lord was, and brought to him two legs of the carved ebony cot on which the king used

to sleep in Wurrangal, and offered them for sale. They were recognized at once; and the pretended seller was asked

where he got them and where the remaining pair was to be found. The king was told that the missing pair would be

found on board a ship in the river, and he was asked to come and see them. To this the king assented, and somehow

brought with him the Padasha of Delhi. They both went on board the ship indicated, and at the helm was seen the pre-

tended mad man who was in truth the minister of the king. In an instant the ship was loose, and the sails spread, keeping

in mid-stream they escaped down the river before they could be apprehended, and entering the Godaveri the king and the

Padasha made their way to Wurrangal, The latter it is said was subsequently released by ransom, and Pratdparudrudu

died peaceably in his own city.”

( 341)

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1972, Do SHTOy Mo SHOXD.

The day after a feast a dose.

(See No. 1506.)

After a feast a man scratches his head. (French.)*

1973. DoXHBD KoeH SHoXO.

Food without a feast is medicine.

To dine alone is disagreeable.

1974. Q"S%D&ig&)& 088 DTy oo Hoxny.

There are thousand obstacles in the way of Vighnesvara’s

marriage.

Vighnesvara ( Ganeda) is the god of obstacles, the deity ¢supposed

capable of either causing or removing difficulties or impediments.” ( Wilson. )

Applied to an unlucky man.

1975. DRAVAB KHoF,s0 TABET $BToSS0.

If a horse gets loose it is like an ass.

i, e, it snorts and kicks.

Applied to wickedness unrestrained.

1976. DHHSH0E Tt §P5%0, BpHoH FHH K.

If you say “let it go” the snake will be angry, if you say

“hold it” the frog will be angry.

A difficulty in pleasing both parties in the settlement of a dispute.

It is hard to please &’ parties, (Scotch.)

1977, DITSH BFB TR, DoY) S¥E BoowoHI~.

Will the plant differ from the seed ?

(See Nos. 176, 185, 1019. )

A chip of the old block.

He that was born of a hen loves to be scrafching. (French.)t

* Aprés la féte on gratte la téte;

+ Qui nait de geline il aime 4 grater.

( 342 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1978. Q¥T 0K F'ond TE P BIBIA ST .

The farmer who went for seed, returned after the harvest.

( See No, 28. )

Applied to a slow coach.

1979. DBHI T Jo

&5

o

5 SRHTOE TS s‘gm.

The moon which does not come (i. e. cannot be seen ) on

the second [ of the month] will come himself on the

third.

Applied to the necessity of having patience.

1980. 3)@55_"% Sjﬁase)ga&rv.

When fate meets you can bushes stop it ?

( See No. 1984, )

Nothing can interfere with one’s destiny.

That which must be, will be. ( Danish. )*

1981. DI°SHPAE o8 T PHoTy¥ /B RN

Is it devotedness to Vindyaka or to the cakes?

Vindyaka is one of the names of Ganesa ( No. 1974.)

Cupboard love.

1982. DY IHo®, D IQYSEy.

When he was sent to find out, he ate and returned.

( See No. 527.)

1983. DY J DY TO8B, ¥ ¥ TOF8.

Vinnamma’s back burned, Kannamma’s belly burned

The first mourned the loss of a son-in-law, the second that of a son,—

Kannamma signifies ¢ she who bore ;’ I./'z’nnamma signifies ¢ she who heard’

[ of the death.]

* Det kommer vel der skee skall,

( 343 )

Bo@é"gé\”ﬁéiﬁo

&

¥

1984. Sbeo)qﬁa HB80% I HN .

Your fate is under the Banyan tree at Villuru.

( See No. 1980. )

A certain king consulting on one occasion an astrologer was told that he

would in two years be hanged as a thief on the western bough of the

Banyan tree at Villiaru.

The king laughed at this but the astrologer only

replied “ Your fate is under the Banyan tree at Villdru.”

The king

afterwards believing his predictions, went far away to the Himélayas and

there having caused himself to be maimed so that he could not walk,

practised penance.

At the expiration of the two years, Yama the god of

death suddenly came and mounted the unfortunate king on a horse which

flew with him through the air, and threw him under the Banyan tree at

Villdru.

The same night a band of robbers having plundered a Réja’s

The

palace brought their booty and divided it under the Banyan tree.

doomed king enquired from them where he was, and having learnt to his

dismay that he was at Villiru, and on the western side of the tree, he

crawled round with difficulty to the eastern side.

There he was found by

the Raja’s men, and beside him a jewel which the robbers had accidently

left behind them.

In vain he pleaded innocence.

The Raja was informed

that one of the robbers had been found, the jewel was identified, and the

unfortunate king was hanged on the eastern bough.

Immediately this

was done the tree turned round and the astrologer’s prediction was

fulfilled.

This story is told as a wonderful instance of the power of fate.

He that is born to be Izaﬁged shall never be drowned.

What will be, will be. (ltalian.)®

1985. DIBIHH D78, I B KD,

The grinding woman’s hire is what she gobbles up.

1986. X0 ga;ag, TIoHloz.

A Vishapéla seed, a Népéla seed.

Vishapala is the Hoya Pendula.— Népala is the Physic-nut ( Jatropha

Curcas ) ; in large doses the seeds are an energetic poison (Eng. Cyclop.)

Said of a person of a vicious disposition.

* Che sarda, sara.

( 844 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

1987. D)oz

A mass of poison.

Wickedness.

1988. BB §TET Vowr¥y §TET BT B

There are none who can remedy the defect in a platter or

in a family.

It is difficult to entertain people to their satisfaction, or to remove all

dissensions in a family.

1989, DXP I, Fassn TITTW ThoxH @) .

‘When told to remove the leaves, he asked how many people

had dined.

An impertinent question.

1990, BT TYFE Hesaso.

What Vissanna says is the Veda.

( See Nos. 1959, 1950, )

AUl that he says is law.

1991. DH~E FTHRSWMY®H 777D, F&HHRE §THT.

You may beat on the back but not on the belly.

i. e. Punish me but don’t touch my pay.

1992, H¥S0Xe '6%% DED° SnXme TO.

The time of a rich Reddi is taken up in untying and tying

[ his purse ].

1993. BoerTSK0 S, a@@“’ﬁm oGy,

‘When [a child] was told not to follow, it asked to be

carried.

( See No. 1060.)

Asking much when denied a little.

A4

)

7

( 345

eso@es"@__gﬁo@s’.

1994, Rogn¥en Hoo, T §7Ip VonT° NEIIHW.

If there is hair, it may be dressed in any fashion.

( See No. 824. )

If you have means, you can do any thing you like.

1995. B8 HYs DE 88 JY TGy E L.

A child born where there was no love [ between the parents ]

suffered for want [ of oil ] for its head.

1996. BEXET® o Vo, THESY 8T e—aosa—g T %6,

‘When one said “ O Pdla! isit not work without pay ?* he

replied “ Alas! Sir, there is no way to get out of it.”

Said of any disagreeable duty, which must be performed without

remuneration.

To have nothing but one’s labour for one's pains.

Like the tailor who sewed for nothing and found thread himself.

Better sit idle than work for nought.

1997, BESH Beayso DB, 35y 570 B0 .

‘When the widow was salutéd, she replied with “ May you

live like me.”

A doubtful blessing.

Depending upon the helpless.

1998, BESB00T" HB0HE) §30.

Live separately, you wretched creature.

Said when turning out any member of the household.

1999, BIEFH BT Sy, $00HH FT D,

If you go behind you are kicked, if you go in front you

are gored.

( See No. 1553. )

Not to be pleased in any way.

(346 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

2000. I5F DoBoHe B@Jézé&/m.

Thinking over the past is folly.

Vain regrets.

2001, BST® 50055 [HoD 3551%?65063 @?69\%30.

Having looked before and behind, speak, Sir

A story is told of a corrupt judge behind whose seat one of the parties

in a suit placed a bag of money and when he perceived that the case was

going against him, called out “ Look before and behind you Sir, and

decide.”’

The judge, perceiving the bribe, adroitly turned his judgment

against the opposite party.

2002. Iy CSf\)ZS FHoWHETD DB émms"@g&».

Looking for ghi When you have got butter.

(See No. 118. )

Asking others to help you when you have all in your own power.

2003. B VWP IISTVD Toow PHINEFR B,

Will you throw stones on those that threw butter ?

Returning evil for good.

2004. B S~ Vogn,¥ 8ISk,

Like taking a hair out of butter.

( See No. 130.)

Said of a very easy business.

How easily a hair gets into butter ! (German.)*

2005. qug’s“’g EXTE

A scolopendra with a thousand legs.

Said of a very restless man.

2006. Bong FoIrowmen THBI, BFS 8T XSS TE BT

Do you want the thousand Rupees, or the widow sister ?

Among the Vaishnava Brahmans the widows make themselves very

useful and earn something for their livelihood.

The proverb refers to a

partition of the property.

* Wie leicht kommt nicht ein Haar in die Butter!

( 347)

eﬁo@e?’*é"i%ﬁo@é’.

2007. BOX00E Heol WX, BEYDLH ToXSKH.

‘When the daft creature went to see the show, two had to

search, and two to cry [ for her.]

2008, B, BoHTo BET" S swew.

Noco

What has a dunderhead to do with the Vedas and the

éﬁstras 2

2009. B8 I3 = o,

A stone in a madman’s hand.

( See No. 1539.)

A dangerous experiment.

Put not a naked sword in a madmanv‘s hand.

2010. BY,T°¢ 0T D EIOR.

A madman’s wife is common property.

The helpless are mocked and ill-treated.

2011. BB TVon§ Dprew, DBJE S8R Dgyren.

Tdiocy [ takes] a thousand forms, and madness ten thousand.

2012. BOHTB Do& FTEWH FTYEXDEH, HH ST Frdy

—%’3%30 53?6&%33.

The Velama bridegroom cannot ask, sweep it all on to his

platter.

( See Nos. 36, 241,)

Men of the Velama caste are said to be reserved and modest.

2013. B0 HOYSN, FO HHFSw.

Small in price, but great in value.

2014. BooX> DF, 7,030 S %0,

The hedge is [ my ] shade, and the village [my ] help

Utterly helpless.

(1348 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

2015. By 8Soe BITAR, I¥ By 05 ¥ 97 §HosHoni

203500 000K BRI B0,

‘Why should we, Sannyésis, tell you that the tortoise can be

killed by one blow if you turn it over?

Hypocrisy. Feigned friendship.

2016. BL=BS™ THEIHXT FWBTBS™ Weso0ATe 0o0I KIS,

Never dispose of a bullock in Vellatru, or of a girl in

Parugtiru.

The former village is bad for bullocks on account of the miry soil, the

latter is bad for women as the wells are distant.

Don’t bring on yourself another’s curse.

8017, S 2@”20"@3 SSRISETRC ‘530’“6326%33.

‘When told to go away, he swung on the eaves.

( See Nos. 340, 605. )

Said of a parasite who could not be shaken off.

2018. BexH Bew, SoLEH 0L FHoXSB.

There must be a blow for a blow, and a word for a word.

One word brings on another. (ltalian.)*

92019. ta%esgs% BB,

There is no price [ fixed ] for a show.

i. e. you may remunerate performers as you please.

2020. _32%&2236 %5%&%, ﬁi};\géﬁ '3‘3{%&?&7

Cold water to hot water, hot water to cold water.

The beneficial union of different dispositions.

2021, ey T FElEE FeRosIsse DI K.

The woman who could not bear warm water said she would

become Sati.

( See Nos, 304, 486, )

# Una parola tira ’altra.

( 349 )

A

%,85°8%8 50

2022 ?32%9\%5&71’ S50 o T, D I Wod Wos

There is as much coolness between you and me as there is

in hot water and hot weather.

Coolness is here a term for friendship

Said ironically

2023. BH P D ooen TeoT™.

Can your house be burnt down with hot water?

( See Nos. 421, 1665, 2077. )

Applied to lenient or ineffective measures

2024. Bowo BB

Auction madness

Said of foolish extravagance

2025. BO% AH BodDKS, BHDPEeEn TT® BB, BooXow

e-‘)?éolém

A nailhas grown on my finger, let us go and live separately—

come, come, silly husband

Said by a cunning wife to her daft husband to persuade him to leave her

father-in-law’s house

2026. =¥ Tew &1

There is space between each finger

Said by a distant connexion envying the favor conferred on a

near relative

2027. Hew §508"FT), DRI D

Even if one cuts his finger, he will not give a bit of chunam

To stop the bleeding

(See Nos. 286, 364, 1968

A heartless man

( 350 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

2028. B Bwd HID V20T 4.

Pointing the finger and coming off worst.

( See No. 919.)

Said of a man who accuses another without being able to sub-

stantiate his allegations.

2029. S0 SoXBLIS, By Yowwd® T.

(See No. 1009. )

Without bending the finger, even butter cannot be got.

Without obsequiousness, nothing is to be had.

2030. BITTY B, DY T YonTT ROoH.

With continued attempts, even a fool may win.

A4 fool’s bolt may sometimes kit the mark.

2031. BI5T ¥ XoHo, JBASBE ¥ Toon.

One leap leapt, one leg broken.

Loss in the first venture,

2032. B35 a&ge@m 5 02008 ¥ T°0&.

O heap of bamboos, go to the houses which are burnt down.

Making use of an idle person on an emergency.

2033. Téwg RBos5o50.

A harlot’s love.

2034, Boxo~d8 HIPSD, Py T n DEIH O Ko,

When the feigning woman became pregnant, she declared

that she would not move from the place where she was.

( See Nos. 150, 483, 1214, 1829.)

2035. '5;5"69‘; T e,

Every garb (i. e. occupation) is for food.

( See No. 708.)

( 851 )

eso@es’%fe_‘_giso@s’.

2036. BRVO° FFyso Vo, BIF TS0 0K 4.

“So you’ve broken into the house, have you?’ [said a

wretched woman to a burglar ] “So you live in great

style, do you 7 [ replied the thief ].

Disappointed expectations.

2037. I3HD =[O DB,

Betel nut in the hand of a clerical Brahman.

2038. BagE BEIT, WK IBSHITU Bi,

There is not a man who knows not medicine, nor one who

has not been wet by rain.

Every man is a fool or a physician at forty.

2039. IOED o oK.

The rice will not be pounded except by the enemy.

1. e. the rice-pounder.

Severe measures are required for the stubborn.

2040. E“’%'«S@j&ﬂ)’", STOFY, Kl‘g,jaﬁﬂ.

Is it the dictum of Vydsa or Pardsara?

Parfsara was the father of the celebrated saint Vyasa.

Said by one disputing the authority of another.

2041, &,85% B Dopo K¥_SB%.

If the vow be broken, some enjoyment must be obtained.

There must be some inducement to transgress the bounds of virtue.

TELUGU PROVERBS.

2042, o8 Eeass0.

A Karanam to write.

( For Karanam see No.154,— See Nos, 660, 1811, )

A mere scribe.

2043, @FoBXT KroBove Vo, FORONE OB oM.

“ Tt is your fate, my daughter” [said a mother] “ My hus-

band is a monkey” [replied the daughter.]”

The allusion is to a bad match.

Finding things even worse than anticipated.

2044. @cﬁﬂ?" @o‘ﬁw’ ¥ Eeas50, 8557\'*’ 53@«’ 30883350,

Writing, writing, a Karanam; coughing, coughing, death.

( For Karanam see No. 154.)

By working we become workmen, (Latin.)*

Constant dropping wears the stone.

2045. @'@Ws%& ¥y A By ;65%{'@‘0653.

You should not trust a man who writes, cuts, or pares.

i. e. a village accountant, a butcher, or a toddy-drawer.

(See Nos. 354, 579.)

Put a miller, a weaver, and a tailor in a bag and shake them, the first that

comes out will be a thicf.

2046.

=

BYH &Y & 0¥ w0, &5, TR OF) Kb,

“0 clerical cat! you must pronounce with an accent”—

“ Mrau, Mran’’ answered the cat.

A joke against the clerical Brahmans who are fond of pedantic lan-

guage.

The words were used by a secular Brahman ( Laukika ) to the

cat of a clerical Brahman ( Paidika ) and are all ridiculously spelt with

the pedantic r ( which is admissible in certain words only ).

The cat re-

plied in the same style mewing mraw, mrau, instead of mau, mau.

* Fabricando fabri fimus,

( 353 )

eso@e’i’sé‘”sjﬁo@)é’,

2047, Topsns™® I HA~D, @gm 0%,

The water is not holy, unless it be poured into the shell.

2048. ¥8 Koy,

ﬁv@ c%zoo?)

[ One who can tell] a hundred lies, [one who can tell] a

thousand lies.

Ten times as bad.

2049. 3D ITXE, HD P A.

When ill fortune departs, the business will be completed-

2050. ?8’6’53“’%%) DoXam) ®oe,¥olhen oo SIoden VT E,

RATNRAY g DRI T ©o, Sy OQ/G_SS—@T'\% @&&)S@éo

EAA @D’”&c‘ié.).

“ Lingappa I salute you” [said one deaf Jangam to a deaf

friend,] “1I have got three half pagodas’ worth of Kandi”

[replied the second;] “Are you all well at home”?

[asked the first,] “The Dal will boil as soft as sealing

wax” [ said his friend in reply. ]

(For Kandi and Dél see Nos, 32, 183,—See Nos. 927, 928, 929.)

Said jokingly when a person is inattentive.

2051. ?z?'@g AISTS(N SN

Like the driving of $alya.

éalya, king of Madra having undertaken to drive the chariot of Karna

continually endeavoured to dishearten him.

( See Karna Parva of the

Mahabharata ).

A faithless ally.

2052. Fow% TIS VeoTOENw.

The decoration of a corpse.

( See No. 1465.)

A foolish undertaking

He paints the dead.

( 354 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

2053. ¥

:’nl? B0 z_{aéo&, FEDHSTreromBos VT, X

T

59508 SoE TP DEXT.

Having been born in the house of a Sastri, and having

married into the house of a Somayéji, don’t I know that

Lavanam means calf-dung ?

Somayajt is a sacrificing priest; Lavanam is salt.—Said by a stupid

woman proud of her education, and acquaintance with pedantic terms.

Display of ignorance.

2054. 80X BoXT ©K08 FPow SMYTT ¥, T Fow

T T SDYIOITIY S,

9 éinganna, Singanna, have you been to Addanki?’ they

asked. “I have been and come back” he replied.

S'inganna was a simpleton who having heard that he was to be sent on

an errand to Addanki, went off in the night without having received his

message.

2055, RoOAIXo 2§e)§@.

Trumpet and cummin seed.

Similar to the English slang expression ¢ Bosh.”

2056. S0AR %Dééé/o_éo QoX% TOX0 @269\63@3.

When éingi brought forth a child, S’ingadu ate of the

medicine.

éingadu and éingi are cant names for men and women of the wander-

ing tribes ( Erukalas and Enédis or Yanadis ). The men are polygamists

and their wives out of jealousy often attempt to poison each other.

The

husband therefore tastes the medicine first.

( 355 )

5 .

80@6"@_%{50

&

2057. 8% eSAT S K5 50838,

Modesty is like garden greens.

They sprout again after being cut.

Totakura is specially applied to the Amaranthus Tristis.

2058.' @7(@?3%‘ 25”"%’?.)%?3 IO,

Although I be disgraced, if I grow fat (i.e. rich )itis

enough.

2059. %’é@@?‘ﬁé}o "éacage)%o(c?%.

Old men’s marriages are shameful.

2060. %’7(@759 Bog~sH THY VeooT I,

A laugh is the ornament of the face without shame.

Hiding a blush with a simper.

2061. 385”8 DRen, HXITTE I .

The style of living is according to one’s means; a wife’s

decorations depend upon the husband.

i. e. upon her love for him, and the amount of attention he pays her.

2062. 38 Powd® DRy 0 I T,

Although the wealth has gone, the finery has not gone.

Hiding oné’s losses and keeping up the former style.

2063. Y~ Xo, 'cge)?ﬁ’“s?(o, $89°X0, TROY).

The fortune of a stone, a place, and a man cannot be

foreseen.

The first may be formed into an idol and be worshipped ; the second

may be cultivated and made fruitful, or adorned with a beautiful edifice ;

and the third may become wealthy and be raised to a position of influence.

( 356 )

TELUGU PROVERBS

2064. o T°IS0, v FI°E¥o

An inseription on stone is profitable.

Said of an honest man’s word

2065. 35D B8y TY DxH Yo HHeH

Without the permission of Siva, even an ant will not bite

you.

2066 %’;5?5 %’ﬁvg ° TOY A0 BIpens) T 0T, 5K sHoFwo

o 553355 ¥5585% 9T &éd

When [ the Guru ] said “O disciple! disciple! are there shoes

on my feet? [the pupil] rephed i don’t see them

between this and the stars.”

The Guru and his pupil were both gluttons, but the disciple excelled

his master

On one occasion when the Guru—who had eaten so much that

he could not see his toes which were numb-—asked his pupil to inform him

whether his shoes were on, the latter—who was filled up to his neck and

was obliged to keep his face towards the sky—replied as above

To have a belly up to one’s mouth. (Spanish)*

2067. P SOFT° VoRETET® Voo, HSE 8O T BAB

% THDo, T N

207K FH NI oD

B3HoZ TN iS-é’DQES—& 9 0R0ET°r0 T B

When the bridegroom was asked to use auspicious words,

he said “ What is to me whose wife becomes a widow ?

If you feed me with the rice ball offered to the dead, I

will lie down and sleep like a corpse near the painted

pots.

Annoying others with unsuitable speeches

* Tener la barriga 4 la boca

( 357 )

eoéwwjﬁo@sﬁ

2068. 052003000, FoEFITBs00.

Sweet words, empty hands.

( See Nos. 658, 1349, 1711, 1936. )

Speaking kindly, but rendering no assistance.

Deeds are love, and not fine phrases. (Spanish.)*

Words are female, deeds are male. (ltalian.)t

2069, ?eég ?8’@07\"’80385’67\"’ ?.Séa&&i)o@"’ é""g)osffsowﬁ&.

By the time the Setti had equipped himself, the whole town

was plundered.

( See No. 850.)

He brings his machines after the war is over,

2070. 3¢ B, DoXo 95D T,

The ISei;ﬁ [weighs ] a seer and hislingam two and a half,

( See Nos. 117,2074.)

2071, F5Xen Botx~ HoSod B, I8dHoow V™ B Hm .

When eating Bengal gram he says it’s horse gram, and when

he gives it, it’s cotton seed.

,S”enagalu is the Cicer Arietinum; Ulavaly is the Dolichos Uniflorus.

A man of crooked ways.

2072, FIXeo 8D, Voo ¥eXE K .

Like washing one’s hands after eating Bengal gram.

This gram is so clean, that the washing of the hands is a sgperﬁuous act.

Separating one’s self wholly from anything.

*Qbres son amores, que no buenas razones.

t Le parole son femmine, e i fatti son maschi,

(358 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

2073. BHH T BH.

For one seer a seer and a quarter.

A greater ruffian than another.

To a rogue a rogue and a half. (French.)*

2074, BH S5, HeaoXd 20k,

The master is a seer, the servant is a maund.

( See Nos, 117, 2070. )

The servant is the master.

2075. 9708 B FarcHs S,

No decoction without ginger.

( See Nos. 1393, 1437,)

An indispensable accompaniment.

No flying without wings.

Sl

o).

2076. $.0%08 THoT® HV) o5,

What has a eunuch to do with taking a wife ?

0

L]

2077. FoRS05%H v‘.’)oé'gvdée)o TN,

Will singing make the tamarinds drop ?

(See Nos. 421, 1665, 2023,)

2078. SoBRSH TSHTE550.

The embassy of Sanj—aya.

Sanjaya was employed as an ambassador by the Kurus and showed no

zeal for his party. (See the Makablharata, )

Applied to a person who takes no real interest‘ in the performance of

his duty.

* A fripon fripon et demi,

(859 )

@o@eﬁ@fgﬁo@g.

2079. SoFFE &7 I JAD WA

Does the wretched harlot know [the virtues of] the

Sannyéasi?

2080. KoB RS0, ;?rvé‘oaoagam

The decorations of a fair and of a loose woman.

Ornament which soon disappears and exposes the real wretchedness.

9081, $08 780 BXo weso.

Happiness is half [ a man’s] strength.

2082. FOFFY K" K

ST &0, BT 30080 H3 oooog‘S

——l)

EECESTITR

The honourable man is coming, put away the pots and

pans.

Said of a plausible swindler.

2083. BowR)

FOO8 o =°8D.

A door opposite to the deliciously cool wind.

Said ironically of a bitterly cold wind.

2084, Sowr¥sn Xogp, TR BEp-

Family affairs [should be kept] secret, disease should be

divulged.

2085, S 0X0T5°8) T80,

Endowed with every grace.

Said ironically.

( 360 )

TELUGU

PROVERBS.

2086. BT wrm-Boi38 dRY & ST

Whence have you come from to be a slave in the house of

Satte Razu ?

The Satte Razu family are said to have been noted for their uprightness;

they would never keep slaves.

Said of an improbable story.

2087. JSFs0e0 g)méao&ameim-v, Do FOISIYT.

Will oaths bring harmony ?

Will adjurations bring profit?

2088. ‘éégﬁ—oa?{)o@asmg.

As truthful as Harischandra.

( See Nos. 2131, 2132.)

Used ironically

2089. $i5y) Soeen FxHBoTy Ko

He is spinning fine thread.

Wasting away

-_—

o)

2090. ‘{)T&S‘%

o(@)é’, w&n?%mo& R).

At a Sannyési’s wedding every thing is on loan from his

top-lock downwards.

s8X Reov.

2091. $o° o,

When he says ¢ Tomorrow’ [ it means ] six months.

( See No, 62.)

From tomorrow till tomorrow time goes a long journey. (French.)*

One to-day is better than ten ftomorrows. (German.)t

* De demain a demain le temps s’en va bien loin,

t Ein Heute ist besser als zehn Morgen,

DD

( 361 )

eﬁo@e’i’%fiiﬁo@s{

9092, FHSHBD o BRI BSY 5™,

Can the horn not [ blown 1 in time, [ be sounded ] after death "

Said by a beggar, who blew his horn when he was being carried away

by a tiger, thus searing the animal and saving his life.

2093. IS0P=HH SNy TOHP T

When you have come to the presence, why send a message ?

Things done unne.éessarily in an indirect manner.

2094, $500,%,550 00522 SRV, KO85 0o TN,

You may swim over the sea, but not over family [ annoy-

ances |.

2095. 26?533@?6%6 6?)3)%’%3 ?/.ngy.

The shore is the limit of the sea.

The word Chellelikatta signifies sister bank.’

The idea is that the

shore is as inviolate as a sister.

Used in cautioning others not to transgress due bounds.

2096, T35, 75°,5% 0SB0 73%:5%30.

Like fixing a pump to the sea.

For full description of the itam, Etém or Yatim ( the Indian swape

called by the English Picota ) see Buchanan’s Mysore.

He is building a bridge over the sca.

2097, 38H50 336}65533%.

Joking causes a breach [ of friendship ].

Better lose a jest than a friend.

4 joke mever gains an enemy, but often loses o friend.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

( 362 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

2098. $8Jo¥8Fz Fomrw.

One who knows everything.

Jack of all trades and maséer of none.

2099, $55c3 FoBH I, '5%3&@&13%3 RoXHA" TPonEd.

When Mr. Grand-style went to the fair, the spinning basket

met him in the way.

Said of a man being brought to his bearings.

9100. A B 0nEST, BB VESB.

If you can, you must give ; if you slip, you must fall.

2101. 3~ T°D dHeross.

A Satani dispute.

The Satanis ( Raménujas ) admit as members of their body all classes

amongst the worshippers of Vishnu, who consequently dispute each other’s

rank in assemblies.

2102, FHaxHo THH HoD, Fo0 DR Vowd® §ToXow.

When an elephant feeds on the sugar-cane, can any number

of mosquitos drive him away ?

2103. oD THod BPHoBo IYT®, Do HepTRT.

However rich the Sahib may become, the Bibis will wear

boring-wires in their ears.

It is customary for the Mussalman women to wear little rings ( Dandiyan)

along the border of the ear, which resemble the wires used by Hindu

women for keeping open the eperture, when not wearing their ornaments.

( 363 )

Bo@@*?i%iﬁo@é’.

2104. o™ -i)gb_&’f‘soaom'émo%o, B0 EY. L0 BT, 58

DK, B0, HFJo S 735—531)33“6@"’0, H 80 T &b,

When the S&hib was asked how it was he had grown so

thin, he said “We will grow thinner, and still thinner,

and if we like we will even die, what’s that to you ?’

Said of a supercilious fool.

2105. "B~ BOA"DE F08 HEHHBooT™.

Can the weaver and the tailor be reconciled ?

This is a joke :—the tailors cut up the weavers’ cloth.

2106. 3~ Bero ¥, SPHTFY FVB°Y: FoFTAHB |

PO STE~Trsp T8N §8eoren B

A Satani is a Pandit among the weavers; the gad-flyisa

cuckoo in the onion gardens.*

(See No. 2107.)

To the unskilled the voice of the sparrow is music. (Latin.)t

2107. 3B JFH 3T E, HOITEH X §780.

In a council of weavers a Satani presides; in an onion garden

the gad-fly is a cuckoo.

( See No. 2106.)

2108, ROF°H0 THHX FoHBATY, WRAYS PF_H B,

A lion will kill an elephant, but will it eat a dead dog ?

A noble-minded man is above mean actions.

2109. ﬁ)gm"’cl é’@m‘v&é&éa)o.

Like saying to Siddanna ¢ Here is Kavulturu.”

* In this proverb Telugu is mixed with Sanscrit and the Telugu words are used in an absurd manner with Sanserit

case-endings. It reads as ridiculously as

Alum st it stalum non est malum ;

Beerwm 8i 8it cleerwm est syncerum.

T Inter indoctos etiam corydus sonat.

( 864 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

2110. 2)9)"’5_, ?JS%W BT SS0E .

“Silar ! [cried the Chief,] “Ready with my children” [ he

replied ].

When a chieftain called his Mussalman retainer to go and fight the

enemy, that worthy replied that he was ready with his family for the

flight !

A sham warrior.

2111. 8% @%’:653 8555 @cﬁa&i?}’m

Is the fate of Sitd to be common to all ?

Sitd the wife of RAma suffered much during the greater part of her life.

2112, opsn T,

Happiness [is followed by ] trouble.

Grief borders on the extremes of gladness. (Latin.)*

If you laugh to-day you may cry to-morrow.

113, ‘63;3; 35N0TT T SnoT.

Was the hammer first, or were the tongs ?

( See No. 905.)

2114. Somysn YD T ome HipI.

Can food be expected in a village where chunam is refused ?

A small quantity of fine ckumam ( lime ) is eaten with betel leaf.

2115. B0y Sod™ ) 8 Ko &, 3509, mém@,s HF8 DoHs0.

In the chunam is the trick; in the Supreme Soul is

salvation.

Chunam is an indispensable accompaniment to betel leaf—The word

Sukshma signifies ¢ ingenuity,”” « craft’’ and also ** The Supreme Soul,

the subtle and invisible spirit that pervades all existence,” ( Wilson ) to

know which is salvation.

* Extrema gaudii luctus occupat.

( 365 )

@o@@*wﬁﬁo@&

2116. oD ®o, 8 E3Ie.

As for “ Suvvl,” ’tis the rice pounder’s song.

The word Suwv? is used as a chorus in songs sung by women when

beating rice.

Said in disparagement of anything very common.

2117. Jm=b R0, T8 ¥ty

His throat is like the eye of a needle, and his belly is like a

large jar.

A slow eating glutton.

The eye is bigger than the belly. (German.)*

2118. FoBIT FD) IS0 ”é@asgo.

Coming like a needle and turning out a packing n/eedle‘

The reverse of No. 688 q. v.

2119. Jo5K) e, DTE) DETE, WoHYIT §°F Xow.

Stiranna is a delicately brought up man, Péranna is an

elderly man, so put the basket of fowls on the head of

the priest.

Want of respect for those to whom it is due.

2120, S oFPo OEBEL.

Like the hindrance of Saindhava.

2121. X0 ':)"355333125553333'83,73333?@&& SHSHTOE S0 oIS L.

Her beauty went on Monday, and her husband went to beg.

The jingle of the original is lost in the translation i. e, Monday—

Somavéram, begging— Yayavaram.

2122. Ay Do By B3,

Money went and madness came.

* Die Augen sind weiter dann der Bauch.

( 866 )

TELUGU PROVERBS.

2123. $8 <‘§@§ 588 ﬁgaﬁ

He searches for bones in a woman’s breast.

( See No. 835.)

Applied to a very minute enquiry.

2394 'gw:éw%)g)omf{) FSWOD T,

It is the strength of his position, not his own strength.

2125. Poroshn ¥R, ?(mésﬁo F gl

The eye-ball is large, but the pupil is small.

2126. ¥{ToF0 K{TSm, WTFo G0

o

D e 008 6550,

Independence is heaven, dependence is harassing to the life.

21217. S{ooR% B Do,

There is only a span between you and heaven.

‘Said ironically to a hypocrite.

2128. (o5 BT, IEH IHY).

Even if you go to heaven, you will not escape spinning.

Said reproachfully to a very poor person.

2129. I8 oX0dB8 TP Fonsiy.

Like a hawk attacking a flock of cranes.

Svatikonga is a kind of crane which emigrates in Sva¢s, the 15th lunar

mansion,

Saluva is a hawk used in hunting,

2130. {8 TRH B0IFHDK)BEHBW-DTEP.

Like oysters looking out for the rain in Svéti.

( For Svéti see No. 2129. )

The oyster-shells are said to rise to the surface of the water and lie

open until the rain falls in S§vatz, closing and sinking to the bottom im-

mediately after receiving the drops, which turn into pearls,

Anxious expectation,

( 367 )

&30@&3‘"5

§°8%0. 8%

2131. ?.3'08%0@6% Soodd @zscaga&w-o oo, T° [ooby Qo

O

A lie never came out of the mouth of Harischandra, truth

never comes out of my mouth.

( See No. 2088.)

Said of an audacious liar.

2132. F°BYNo &y ©oIT D 7 HPorh.

He slapped (i. e. overcame ) Harischandra and was born.

Said jokingly of a great liar.

2133, ¥HJTorY Voo HGsLy.

Like a scorpion stinging a jester.

No one believes it.

One may cry * Wolf !” too often.

K

=

2134, BGD00A DITH0, FFHOR TOI®.

Knowing the soil, [sow] seed; knowing the‘“forthiness

[ give ] gifts.

( 868 )

V.

N0V

A e v s

SANSCRIT

PROVERBS.

2DLE

|

1. sorCsayTas afwacd a #=fq |

©oTIH EF TS HDIBLo ¥ oWl

The blackness cannot be removed from charcoal by a

hundred washings.

@WUTAT Irear 9@ 9 swifa szTea)

srowayTaa wiwaed a1 fgufa 1 sfawromyd |

WP oS8T oney ¥ nHI@ TSl

@ow&%é@“"éﬁ OBLo § S0oWB Q@stas’gaﬁaéon

Whatever one’s nature be, it never changes; the blackness is not removed

from charcoal by a hundred washings.

( Kavitaratnakara 161).

« Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots 2"’

Jeremiah xiii. 23.

9. Sgarwriy snafa

@oé@"sz?g £558lI

The stone is worn away at last.

3. ZHaeaTqr afswld

Tnward heat, outward coolness.

(See TELUGU No, 4, &c.—also No. 2022.)

Outward friendship, inward hate.

47

( 369 )

4

)

o«oz,_@éefs@‘s&e)o

4. gyw DT Ifuce Nd qew wed FH Qo |

SIS By m@tﬁ&g R8o HEIY TR 0 8:» A HTKoll

Is alamp pleasing to the blind, a song to the deaf, or science

to the fool ?

5. Ffgarfyeafawq o

@ﬂ&mix&%mzﬁgﬁu

With fire, fire is kindled

Like produces like

wfyafa: wfirad aﬁq@uﬁraarl RUATY ABT: |

@93&?‘3&8 @&b?ﬁ@@ S’@ngw@tﬁsml maﬁgméz_wwﬁsf\vgsﬂ

¢ Aeni, the ever young and wise, the guardian of the dwelling (of the

sacrificer), the bearer of offerings, whose mouth is (the vehicle) of oblations

is kindled by Aan1.”” (Rig-veda-samhita 12, 6.—Wilson’s trans.)*

6. sfyagaa:u< |

@R&?éga&és Kol

Hereafter treatment by fire

An ambiguous phrase used by a physician

it may either refer to cau-

terization of the affected part, or to cremation of the whole body

7. Jergg VfuwTg wwa duEa} )

IR dWsE wd TRrCHT wyfwar i

W CHT NRT T &8 TopEonT

&ow@'%s Yoo BS w58{¥oy® o308, Sl

In the fighting of she-goats, in a Rishi’s obsequial rites, in

the gathering of clouds at the dawn, in the squabbles of

husband and wife, the beginning is great, and the doings

are small

* ¢ That is, the Akavaniya fire, into which the oblation is poured, is lighted by the application of other fire whether

taken from the household fire or produced by attrition

( Wilson’s note: )

( 370 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

8. =f wd= asieq |

08 ¥RF, SFS 1

Excess is to be avoided in all things.

Sfyzrarga: adecafae HTGary: |

sfasTargrdaecafa ad= aogq |

@@mmgés 5(%5?_‘(35@6'8?;“’60‘3633*:25:681

@8 T Sr5F A5 558 SELE, ST |

Karna was ruined by excessive liberality, Suyodhaﬁa by excessive

avarice,

Dasagriva by excessive lust—Excess is to be avoided in

all things.

9. wfq wd= wga

w8 BEQE, ngﬁll

Excess is blamed in all things.

10. sfqsa=s: grurRa! 0

ea@“%&"ms oo¥ ol

Excessive friendship [ causes ] doubt of sin.

11. FEFHTR: dATRR: |

@é&g@o‘&s BES o Bosll

Too great exaltation is the cause of a downfall.

( See TELUGU No. 1531 )

12. FETALEC HAGET T mLRT & fa ard |

yroTEaw wlE wala gagiiEg: gala ard i

OS5 Do 'z}SﬁgS e m&ég@’*%ﬁa ¥56%8 ool

FREBTGo $B¥o ;058 PHIYB &8 HITS Cpkl

By the crime of not giving alms, [ a man ] becomes poor;

by the defect of poverty, he commits sin ; by sin he cer-

tainly goes to hell ; again [ he becomes] poor, again [ he

becomes ] a sinner.

(3871)

‘éo‘éb_e)éef’sé“’g_sge)o.

13. ;ggurz'& TN TSI FaTEd |

OB RIS D BY §58057%2 &8 o B

In the country where no tree is seen, even the castor oil

plant is called a tree.

g9 fag=ar aifia mraeaar=sicfy

fateurgy I Tty gaTEq |

o‘ﬁ)@ msogg‘ﬁm R EALSIS _‘5}0@%56%1

DEBIED BY N8 @5}10‘&)611

Where there is no learned man, there even one of little intellect is

to be praised; in a place without trees, even the castor-oil

plant is

considered a tree.—Hitopadesa, Book I.

14. T WY HFAC: |

Vg FE'Y FoHeasl

To-day the bow string is to be eaten.

Referring to the story of the parsimonious jackal in the Hitopadesa,

Book I.

15. W g eI9qT |qAT

@&5 o‘S:ogo BLSS oSSl

Now a combat between thee and me!

wgfier tan g\éf G THTEI LTINS, |

URF IFATERAT FF gF °qgT A/AT | TAfa=ra |

=2

49,

-—D0

QD oK 28|

HR0FE BT°s Yo ‘of)oiﬁmg@

SFgod BFT RYog Vg dS)ago Bos Skl DB HSs)|

Seven lions, five tigers, and three elephants have ere this been con-

quered by me; to-day a combat between thee and me, let all the gods

behold it !

(Kavitiratnikara 17.)

16, IYHT 'ﬁaaﬁrgf'ﬂ: I

VXS R I57Ly By

Servitude is the lowest occupation.

(372 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

17. sfymafys w i

LRFIFHTo Feol

More is the fruit of much.

18, wTE {99 WrETHSNW Wise (99 1

VIPYD PBo TW P AT Faso dTol

Want of practice [ makes] science poison, indigestion

[ makes ] food poison.

(cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spruche, 1. 87).

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Practise not your art, ﬁnd "twill soon depart, (German.)*

19, FATYAACERTCIRRI{CTHRE @A |

@m%@é‘éoﬁ*b_mwb_égo&gﬁwo OGS Il

By performing the obsequies of an unclaimed corpse, the

reward of ten million sacrifices will be obtained.

20, FATYT SITIH:

VT BIEKY sl

The destitute has God for his protector.

( See TELUGU No, 1160, )

“ Thowu art a God of the afflicted, an helper of the oppressed, an upholder

of the weak, a protector of the forlorn, a Saviour of them that are

without hope.”’

Judith ix. 11.

21. FAT{AST ATHIQY T3:37 )

T NT ﬁwgéé 2355~ Sl

The nameless has become possessed of a meaning.

Anamika (¢ having no name’’ ) is the ring finger.

* Wer die kunst nicht 1ibt, verlernt sie bald.

( 873 )

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g FRaT warwEn afafeaiufeasfazan

T agEFITATATLATAST FreaaT 9037 |

Poe ¥dTv0 Xeewe W, S07A S/K):%x‘S“@gxé‘S"é')mﬁﬂl

OTEd FHo T BT ST 0T z‘s-ugpasesa 2PTS

Formerly on an occasion of numbering the poets, K4liddsa having been

placed on the little finger (i. e. first) and no poet equal to him having up

to this time existed, the nameless (ring finger) has become possessed of a

meaning.

(cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spricke, 2. 1798).

22. wargaT fyawfa awfq foogaraan )

=aEar faawfa aufa ssam=sn

OTOOH T améfgoé'é 59’503 QPO T8l

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Those without a leader perish ; those with a youthful leader

perish ; those with a female leader perish ; those with

many leaders perish.

23. wararfaag:feq a=fa adwa

OT-TERESHIPT WHFD SEGIHRIFGol

When the mind is grieved and unconsoled, all is disgust.

24. Ffqanfa wQTfe fwaEs e

faar wfafsar q: FaAT yAETS: I

©TYR ¥ DR THL el

IS ‘é&aﬁ’ﬁ@’s By Hogs TEJg HY S0 X, B8l

Bodies are transitory; riches are not lasting; death is

always at hand ; [ therefore ] virtue should be practised.

( 974 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

25. FATTATHE! 4T ||

O3 TP FII

O giver of food! be happy.

A phrase used in returning thanks.

26. Wq\d I9 tjﬁf I

V) SHreo weo Hovrol

The strength of men is rooted in food.

w’éﬁg\a' geqat amg\%if% a9 |

ATATYTA G(HeaE Y FAAT fowa |

X S0 VYoot VUSHTTeI FHol

E-85 B8 SoTES woois HFe PSE

The strength of man is rooted in food, the life is rooted in strength ;

therefore the skilful physician should carefully preserve the strength

(Kavitiratnakara 201.)

27. waw Yiyud wrd

w5 3§ HpBo I~Fol

The hu’ngered is worthy of food.

28, FHTAGUTEATRIITE: I

T HE IS Be S8l

The body, form, and sense depend upon the food

29. st fNifad w19 Taw== agq

O3 T DodBo TTTg0 BIHIRF, DoBTHS I

A plan considered [by man]in one way is considered by

God in another.

( See TELUGU No, 1056. )

Human counsels are directed from heaven.

( Latin, )*

* Humana consilia divinitus gubernantur.

(875 )

30. wzEifa s sETA N

@‘Q’)e)’g:s?o 250 @d&*g—ll

Although unasked, you should speak' auspiciously.

31. wagar gagar a1y e 0

eaz)gom HowLome &o@‘@@ D oHT sl

Be it truth, or be it falsehood, Vindyaka was the son of

Kunti.

392, gwTa (@<t |

eﬁp‘“é @Zi%su

In not having is disgust.

Disgust is simulated with regard to that which is unattainable.

Tura (Fctarcdaityaat daafwtore qaamfs

@?p“’?:ss 32_5_%6}60@"’8)@"?“0 sino@éafggaé‘ég éé’é?‘?‘{%sll

In the non-existence is disgust; there is repetition of Mantras by those

who are unhonored ; there is trust in God by the poor.

33. saraTgat fagr gig: a\'ﬁrﬁmftmﬁl

SYHEQ wRl G ATAEEE |

&972;“’8'3"?&)‘“08 Dg m%s é”g:?&aﬁ"’ae%l

65-6’557\”53(08 o&s PYo %p‘“mgma‘rvaﬁn

Learning depends on practice, intellect on former deeds;

wealth follows exertion, and success, good fortune.

34. W YTTLIY; FTNHECIATY: |

WOHo BiestHs THSToS KT ctpfsll

~ This pomp is for the protection of the clout.

Said by a Sanny4si when asked why his style of living was inconsistent

with his profession.

To protect his rags from the rats he got a cat, to get

milk for the cat he bought a cow, to tend the cow he hired a servant, and

for his servant he procured a wife.

( 376 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

35. IfaFswanTgUAI fasswa a< argws: |

VTR BEVOP B SRF W RS #Vo T _essl

To quarrel with a man of good speech is better than to

converse with a man of rude address.

36. FUW YRET FTE! |

VYIY HWXKE Tl

Man is the slave of money.

IY™ YRUT TTET TRERST 9 w@iEq |

Tfa wcd ARIO TIgYEE A |

OEIg YR Tt mﬁ_gogg* 8 ¥IgDS |

88 $8go HFIox zogg";)'?;{s T8 sl

Man is the slave of money, money is the slave of no one; this is true

O Mahéirdja! By money I have been made subject toxthe Kauravas.

( cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spruche 1. 214 ),

37. T4 % foaaq wwrd fa=atuan )

qod gHpaed Tmangassiy |

T Ké‘ﬁﬂ K)sﬁ_tgog j’;fs"?) &))@%Tvoa,imsl

‘Kms’aéo 6)&6_960325 X{S_‘)oémm?({ﬁ_‘)é’éu

Wealth stops at the house, friends and relatives at the

grave ; good deeds and evil deeds follow the dying man.

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38, FATALTUT & YRATY: FTATAIUT T WG « &7 |

frgraTrat = 3@ a fagr guracet 9 e o

VTET T 0 § KY) 005Hs TS HTT 0 § Foo & oz

DTFHT T 0 I o ¥ J T, HrdTmro 8 HDY) B¥Sol

Those eager to amass wealth regard neither priests nor re-

lations ; those eager to indulge lust feel neither fear nor

shame; those eager in the pursuit of knowledge care

not for comfort or sleep; those eagerto satisfy hunger

regard neither the flavour nor the cookery.

( cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spriiche 3. 3597, )

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30. FYTATATSIA gr@ATTHATATY I |

TR g =E W FE g 0

&9'0‘“'3’“6&)‘“%-}% B8 T T BE I

T 80 2656*‘30 FASEE:ST) §&$>go SspPewSoll

There is pain in acquiring wealth, pain in preserving what

has been acquired, pain in its loss, 'and pain in its ex-

penditure—why have such a receptacle of sorrow:?

40. FOW ®F AT U

ea‘-gé 76‘6?3 LFsl

All are made subject by money.

arat fagfa arfuszla far aar a dama |

wor: gufa agasta g@ wtare arfwaa |

FYATIAARIT 7 FRAGTHATIATS FHA |

AEATTIAUAGIQEE TTHA§ TAT: |

XrT° D08 7D KoX8 DT PT° & SoP°RB|

'2;5@658 SN T HKINE %obs T50TF v DoXB |

0¥ 3358 Fo¥rsHwd FrgenBsrG o wys |

éﬁ_:agma«»as—osﬂamé‘gé w*éx $TG ST |

The mother rails, the father is displeased, the brother speaks not, the

gervant sulks, the son accompanies not, the wife embraces not, and for fear

of being asked for money even the friend addresses not—Ilisten therefore

O friend ! Acquire wealth, for all are made subject by money.

( Kavité-

ratnidkara 20. )

41. I=fy=mT w=m@aE:

eae&&&"% 08X TQ 8

Little learning, much pride.

(See TELUGU No, 454, &c.)

(378 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

42. JHYICH: IRET! |

e\ Boils HHT sl

A small beginning is good.

To attempt too much at first is unwise

Every beginning is feeble. (Latin.)*

43. 3w {yaTrIm |

Q%S?’So DS oo s

A father’s rule is binding [ on the son. ]

.«;ck&ra is ¢* an established rule of conduct.’”’

( Wilson. )

44. FIYHT WA &5 FH TIHTITH |

VITY TS P FIgo Fy¥o §E Hphiol

{ The reward of ] deeds done, be they good or evil, will

assuredly be received.

AT JR g @9 awsrfzaacfy |

TIWAT WA FA A TIATIIH |

S 3% ¥o Eowd ¥Y ¥ st By By

OSTG IS 7 FIg0 FyBo ¥8 %7 Ho

The result of [evil ] deeds, unsuffered, decays not even by hundreds of

crores of Kalpas.

45, HIEYGT g\'v'a'ﬁ TFFIAT TAfTat o

S Poag B orady ¥850 ¥dsmrol

O king! the position, not the body of corporeal beings is

worshipped.

FAE YA ITAAQE Tt |

AT FAYLT A T qUaAt @

S~ Foug'B ok ¥85 ¥hemro

B $538° oosd g7~ do By 0 KB

O King! the position—not the body—of corporeal beings is worshipped ;

Rima who once was a wanderer in the forests has now obtained kinghood.

( Kavitdratnidkara 140.)

* Omne principium est debile,

( 379 )

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46. wfywregQes @ ywrafa siafq

VT EHEHTY ovs Ferond 581

He who flees from an ill-governed town will live.

47, wafegatewa gerafy weEsT o

@é§é9$é&_§ﬁ§ B8R Fooo¥Bsll

Even the favor of a man of ill-regulated mind is to be

dreaded.

wfeze: sfR9Er TzeE: IUew |

saafegalewea yargify wdaT: |

50D B¢ FEDHT w08 Kxs KTHET

9&55%%3% &8 Fovo¥ s |

Sometimes angry, sometimes pleased, angry one moment and pleased

another ; even the favor of a man of ill-regulated mind is to be dreaded.

48, FHAET (5o qgeday T afda: |

©SoBRF BIS" S KYoBH §F I=fsll

A discontented Brahman is lost [ to the world ] like a contented

king.

49. wEat yAIfEI@at AR 1

9T 0 f‘égmgﬁaé‘bwo ST HT B0

If bad men become charitable, it will be a cause of grief

to the good.

50. Zay wrfagars I

&970?6-"50 gf@&om(Sé’@ou

An evil word from a cousin is insufferable.

¢ TTANTERYT 9 9 aH 190 T9: |

s wifagdr Futafairzag |

$Bo TOBFEIY oY ¥ B Pseoo HHsl

SRS g:@éowogé’,so %Woé&é‘o""@égll

Réma’s dart is easier to bear than Vibhishana’s word ; an evil word from

a cousin is insufferable, like the fury in the clouds.

( 380 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

51. WATT @Y WAL A FARIATIT

VAT oo Bo~T Yo FL{FToaVoll

Worldly pursuits are surely unprofitable, but there is some-

thing to be had in the father-in-law’s house.

TEIT Y HETT ATC g |

fenrag TC@A WA AT

W T Yoo Yo T o FLHTHodVol

Fsroth 8B 57075 H-EF |

There is truly nothing profitable in the world, the father-in-law’s house

is best; Siva sleeps on the Himdalayas (father of Durgd ) and Vishnu

sleeps on the great ocean ( father of Lakshmi ).

( cf. Bohtlingk 1. 290.)

52. Ff¥wT 9TAT HH: |

O©Je o VEHo~ sl

Non-injury is the highest duty.

( cf. Hitopadesa Book I. and Bohtlingk’s Indische Spriicke 1. 301.)

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53. WTHRTLT §@: urey fyg=mni

8387 (&80 KK dPersn

The form is small, the qualities are great.

A little body often harbours a great soul,

54. FTITT, ATAT WH: Il

BT Y8 (B, R0 aﬁ_zgsu

The observance of ordinances is the first duty.

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55. FTHATH TZT WRIACA@RA T |

fasiwra =g weeymsitEag 1 wfamfaae i

BRI OHT™ e)_%\maﬁée)'{amomaﬁs“l

DY TS v @éxgzsqﬁ_é;s’%gégu

When the goddess of wealth came, it was like the water in

a cocoanut; when she departed it was like the wood-

applg eaten by an elephant.

( See TELUGU No. 445.)

56, rae faar afem

&3 T JoHRoo =R

For the sick man, there is no rule.

He is exempted from the observance of the ceremonigl law.

57. wmrf%;' 7 sirafa sthgmantto

eﬁgn‘%@o S 250 ‘{)5{51) 5, SH 8698

They know not their own defects who search for the defects

of others.

58. eNgfy: wwEaY U

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Woman’s counsel is destructive.

st g e ragfyfanya: |

grgfgfammme =Nafy: gwdwr o

&sgm(%‘()o(sgpoizé 76&233%8‘8—5&&58!

& omas %,0c0058I

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One’s own resolve is happy, the priest’s advice is better; arnother’s

advice is for one’s ruin, woman’s counsel is destructive.

( 382 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

59. FraTa@awarts u; uwfy T ywfq i

3_;(30“35‘355%'73"@“3 o8 HIFE S [IGBI

He who looks upon all living beings as upon himself, sees

AATOIIICTY ygarfe «rgaq |

grara@aaarta g awfa ¥ gufq

s&rée)ééo)zimc"*o{) ?.66@:.7185% M%&SS—I

es_géé‘bqggwa“m b HFLE S HIF A

He who looks upon other men’s wives as his mother, and other men’s

money as clods of earth, he who considers all creatures as himself—he

sees [ with spiritual wisdom ].

( cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spruche, 2. 2173 ).

Do as you would be done by.

60. ITAHIAAA S |

e_gas__:gégé 2XS I

[ Every man ] thinks the world like himself.

61. wrarnlmed 19 9t sreily w 9feq

e—ﬁ_é;@:_%‘é&‘»o 8850 S~ 2T ® B HodHsi

He is wise whose wrath is limited by his power.

If you cannot bite, never shew your teeth.

62. ATATH "wad TIq |

SENCIRSLT EES I

You should always save yourself.

TqYTY YA TIETTAIGACY |

TreTE wad Iy wRfy

8B5Lo K0 zsé\g—om@ag@s%n

SENTIEET zsé\ngzﬁ% H R

You should save money for [ a time of | distress, you should save your

wife even with [the expenditure of] money; you should always save

yourself even with [ the sacrifice of ] wife and money.

Self is the first object of charity, (Latin.)

® Prima sibi éharitas.

( 383 )

S0, 9ot K en.

63. HUTY ¥H TIA |

eﬂ‘{)dé 550 TES I

Money should be saved for a time of need

A9 ¥« TIq SARATAGL: Fa: |

|/T ITIAT R Earat Fawiq

esm—?; $50 SRS 3, T 58s HTsl

D DEDHKT® e)_%r%oaa‘g* DTS

Money should be saved for a time of need, how can distress reach

the rich ? If fortune depart, the wealth acquired will be lost,

64. FTYLH AI=L( I

&80‘53055&0 @m{sﬂbéu

Duration of life gives food.

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So long as a man is destined to live, food will not be wanting.

65. FTgRATY 15fy 0

eﬁdfooggs% ol 2]

Duration of life preserves the vital parts.

ffRgE g gdarafyaws |

agawify Tzeg wrgwHafe wafq

X)aSaK&‘“og FYos satont i ﬁﬁsw%@éﬁ 51

BETHD SO 365:3_66323 ot X

Life preserves the vital parts of one sunk in the water, of one fallen

from a mountain, even of one bitten by [ the serpent ] Takshaka,

( Hito-

padesa, Book 2, )

66. wrgatfa fxafea |

&sa&m—v,ga a RN

Life goes day by day.

W@ T4 @747 I FWE a9 |

ga: guwAwEmargafa Faf

o355 $y:\® o Qoro ¥83 K¥eo BN

X&s sﬁgengﬁwd&ov‘%@ AR

People ask by way of compliment ¢ Are you in good health ?’ How can

we be well when our life is waning day by day ?

( Kavitdratnikara 152, )

( 384 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

67. ITWEITTHA a9 |l

@@%5655&:@)@0 D30l

By delay [ in using it ] nectar [ becomes ] poison.

68. FTWYT THg wWrEw: FHOT gEf&asr |

S ¥ S wa§§5 0% ¥ wxoDoBH-I

The world is bound by desire, fate, and much thinking.

69. Frarafy =T a1

BT580 §° X&s

‘Who has reached the limit of his desire ?

70. JIWAT UCH @ farar www wE 0

BFF® VU0 HsPo JTOTS B0 Bowoll

Desire upon desire [ causes] the greatest sorrow ; content-

ment, the greatest happiness.

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71, HTETIL YTRRH wmﬁﬁtgﬁ?(ﬂa’?{ [

OH9T SYHFITES &Y Fouxnd §H5

In eating and in business he who discards modesty will be

best off.

( cf. Morton’s Bengali and Sanscrit Proverbs §05. )

72. FTRICI{Y wﬁéxmf SHAT T TG )

3566783 DHAGT 0 BT S A SH Bl

Food is provided with the birth of men.

yis fNadmre: @rer< 83 fdagq |

FRIC Y wq@Tet swaT W% wvag

?,_Sgois DoHTH Ty ?6}34_8 FL$Bo B oS |

BHIETDH HHIYTTTo W B 2 B

The wise should think of virtue and not of food: food also is created

with the birth of men,

( Kavitiratnidkara 101, )

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The Lord’s creation is His mere will.

«« He commanded, and they were created.”’

Psalm cxlviii. 5.

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74. SwH @ifsia 3w wwd fgaufsq |

IYH wqﬁr-?‘r-a =fawagaTyd |

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[ To live upon ] self-acquired property is good, [ to live upon ]

that acquired by a father is middling, [ to live upon]a

brother’s property is low, [ to live upon] a woman’s pro-

perty is the lowest of the low,

75. SAT FEWiAGT WA N

&8 &e)zmwg 75-v§5n

The caste-craft is the best.

Every man to his trade.

76. IHAT AT T ywATAE WWAT |

gyar yafa={a aifs a=at g«

B FRWEY 08 FESTF I WygErsl

SIS 85.‘53’&)%2)0@ SR DGT 0 ol

Good men seek honor; middling men seek wealth and

honor; base men seek wealth: honor itself is wealth to

great men.

( 386 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

77. IAY q€ ;9T woR afzwrgd |

YA WTTRICTs arfys ATwiqa: |

GBS Heoo 8P 5&858_50 B0l

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In a good man, wrath [lasts] for a moment ; in a middling

man, for two hours ; in a base man, for a day and night;

in a great sinner, until death.

78. ITIUY SWYTT FrHgr & warss |

%é?aif 2EDT FSH 8o @&wz&ﬁoll

After the stream has been crossed what is the use of the

boat on the other side ?

79. S wlauaw afcgmn fftga

&850 8,855 vy VT ZA® Db Bl

The forsaking of one who has gone out of the right way is

enjoined.

80. SAFA Ww1¥a TIETTE AATTIT: |

%éo)&gog & D00 B8 @B 0 H RISl

The desires of the poor spring up and perish.

81. SwrewTed 89 gyl gwma: |

yea o= fagfy a= <3ty st

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Perseverance, daring, courage, wisdom, strength and valour—

where these six are, there is God.

( 387 )

82. gz lafw<T sE=maaw: |

ESBWSET wHoTE RSl

For the belly’s sake many disguises are assumed.

sfear HY wivaan: swrata agaqaw: |

grafue 7 wafa ggrgecfafasy agaqaw

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DIGH DT § BTG g woog SEAWE” wio¥yFFman

With matted hair, with shaven head, with cropped hair, or in the

honored garb of red-dyed clothes, the fool, [ though apparently ] seeing,

sees not [ Brahma ] :— for the belly’s sake many disguises are assumed.

( Chaturdasamanjarikistotra. )

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c%éﬁ"%?(a PHEBOH 00l

Endeavour makes the man.

84. sorfas geafdsgufa @=i: o

&57gA%0 HHBRoToimDO odisl

Fortune favors the persevering and stout-hearted.

wqrfne yeafagqufa w=:

23w Fufafa srgear a3

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Bdo deBY B 0 SBF TS

H BT B a9 I g8 858, sl

Fortune favors the persevering and stout-hearted man.

Wretched

creatures say “ Destiny must give us.”

Regard not destiny but exercise

all your pewers ; if your endeavours fail, what fault will there be ?

( 388 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

85. QUFTIW ATATATHIRTLINE SITHaA |

us: TR ySiarat agw (Hgaygd

&P B0 T T VT E D P OH B

VoHs oS0 '?,fnzowv—m’o 2Lwe &)a’xaﬁgﬁou

By doing good to base men, evil results; the drinking of

milk is to snakes only an increasing of poispn.

86. QUTAW{® =T ATHH U |

R RIS SRR o‘So{S]bgéo ﬁé%sﬁso B E, Dosll

That which is possible by stratagem is not possible by

valour,

( See Hitopadesa Book II and Bohtlingk's Indiscke Sprucke 1. 498).

s7. Sqrat waraify & fHdiw{sar @)

T gETE I NTEH{IE TR

EIEL BT @o@e%m@a—o K5l

SeroHgfo Derangifo TB TE¥DLonT8l

Upodaki comes with his minister Tintrini—flee, flee, ye pre-

tended vegetables.

Said of the excellence of the Upodak? ( Basella Cordifolia) when

accompanied by Tinérint ( Tamarindus Indica ).

88. SUrfyaw =Ta" YrTAT qIATTH |l

EIADTY ToJF)TY FUET° DHa-Teao|

The breaking fast of the fasting tiger is the killing of a cow.

89. 9! YNV IwWgan Twafa: |

AqrsEa wisAr fFnarw s o

&353 BFgB ™YL B0 uyy8al

SRV 2oHoB S oEFY &@mé%o gt

Géargya [says] the dawn is best; Brihaspati, the omen ;

Mé4ndavya, the victory of the mind; Jandrdana, the

voice of the Brahman.

Said with reference to fixing a time for setting out on a journey.

( 389 )

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90. SWAHTH WIHIA WAFTE T=ETAT |

&5 géﬁ%éo 85578 w5 T

In hot weather, [ people say ] ¢Let there be cold’; in cold

weather, ¢ Let there be great heat.’

9l Swgwa N |

%g%mém S8woli

Heat with heat [ produces ] cold.

Like cures like.

( Latin. )*

92. |W FHAT ga fUFa_

2000690 §e)’é§"°g Bﬁo@)éo R

Having incurred debt you should eat ghi.

93, WUFUFEFTAT aTa wrur wia=afa

2063 S ¥ w0 TV wr0 T8 e?’*@"s. RN

Debt, a sore, and a stain will be effaced in time.

94 |WUIAAYRIT YIIUAT FATHHT: |

gy 99 gifa &1 a= af@zan

20T OOV 0L KT~ e ‘6?3{:‘{)@& ISMT AL STen o XY

200 EHTH HoHo S od T é@ KBSl

Cattle, a wife, children, and a house are the cause of debt ;

if the debt is cleared, they go to ruin—what sorrow is

there in that?

# Similia similibus curantur,

( 390 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

T

95, UF: UTqTI{d FRA W H@ AEA |

H¥s oD HHB FPoo 0T HFIANs||

One commits sin, many persons suffer the conseq‘uences.

96, WHT WIAT HFTTAT TTTAT Il

Sz NI %oo08m 8wy

One wife ; a beautiful woman or a cave.

ET 2a; Fwarar (@raT TR aT9: IHar g9t |

s o< wufaat afadt watarET ggar AT |

S5 Bss T gowe PTe A5° TP BE AT SR

d%o 3):@0 FrI8o°g 8T 5)'5‘“2)‘“0%8 Boodwe sz

One god, either Késava or Siva; one place of abode, either in a town or

a forest ; one friend, either a king or a hermit ; one wife, either a beautiful

woman or a cave.

( cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spr'zjcclw ¥ 895/, )

97. THATA IRT 7 TIW Afqdaa i

NE3IH B30 8 TFWY x@gﬁgu

A chariot will not go on one wheel.

98. ufy sTEaaT™=T aT JyLATZ(Y |

58 B80857508"° 880 z,sg«sfw&a)n

Happiness attends a living man even after a hundred years.

(391 )

99. TBAT I¥9

93T,

I

7,81

ENESY =8 PARVATNERR <))

N

Many sons are to be desired

TEHAT 1 I Tqgwi{a w9t 7999 |

~

MAr aca=at A gggasa |

o)o\)\mg PESs HTe HBYED Kdﬁa-oo 88 |

7 8om éb’&oéb_mgo deowme 5@@&6&@%5"

Many sons are to be desired; for one at last may go to Gaya, or may

glve away a pure virgin, or free a black bull

)

100 %i’*rgatrfm g Sgaas grad |

AQUTE 5@ qREAAr g afemd |

Zrhowoes HIwy 63 'éogéé&o{ﬁ T cHSol

aﬁé‘bs'&v&o =3 w‘é&ﬁamémaéo&@éon

The flowers of the fig tree, a white-coloured crow, a fish’

foot in the water, one may see—but not what is in a

woman’s mind

Udumbara is the Ficus Glomerata—( See TELveu No. 59 )

ED

101. & 9 JIIgEA Afg TraAT

¥o 8 $3HHT HD ool

Whom on earth will a handsome woman not subdue ?

AFAUTFE(RAZET ITTCIATHCH (YTRICT |

AACRICAATII]T &y EWIQTQEH Afg Trana

H0HDVoFFwo8ETBHE R oEHBrosSBEY 0B 580!

moce)tfmomfmé’g\\)asc\)m“’ s’:S& LR DD oS

Whom on earth will a handsome woman—her body Dbesmeared with

saffron paste, a necklace dangling on her fair bosom, bells tinkling on her

ankles—not subdue ? (Bhartrihari.)

392 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS,

102. =: grfuzsT warfyus: |

¥s r%ro%gks SRS ]

What great sinner is greater than 1 ?

103. wyafa defaca srfaarfa

FF0 S0y TS T=NT A

Concealment itself reveals the wishes.

104. FTETTIT FTR T

S/ng)zéozp“’,g, Téasot;)“’& i

Barren as a plantain, barren as a crow.

A woman who has one child and then dies is like the plantain whiech

produces one bunch and then perishes; a woman who brings forth once

and is afterwards barren is like the crow which lays eggs but once,

105. FTAMTAES |

F8B e SHe¥ ol

Emblic Myrobalan in the palm of the hand.

To have a thing at one’s fingers’ ends.

106, Fq=n wTf{agsa: |

s:g@—o,g T J0WA |

Great accumulations should not be made.

Fa=cagar (qa sa=r aifadsa: |

FfqdwggTow yqur SgFT wa: |

T 88y )08~ dBGo FEPog TdKoWawsl

S

st

5Bl

VOTOWHE T I o Boww

We should always lay up [ for the future], but great accumulations

should not be made; by the folly of excessive hoarding the fox was killed

by the bow.

( See Hitopadesa Book I.)

107. ®AT {TRT waTa: |

¥or §75° av-SSsl

Jandrdana is the doer and the enjoyer ?

The merit of offering a sacrifice, as well as the favor of receiving it, is

to be ascribed to Janérdana ( Vishnu. )

50

( 893 )

108. FAWT Frwyd IfgAgar 6@ FrEg 0

¥ ooy wRH Ty T Ty Bl

The mind is ruled by fate, not fate by the mind.

FHwr grwa g g0 9 avad |

gy fgfy agmar 39 sfwasn

¥gwe W&ﬁg@ ?“”25& wzg ¥ palE]

B TR o Ty Fo G~BeaI0RG TS N

Fate rules the mind; not mind the fate ;—with all his wisdom, Rima

pursued the golden deer!

109. T F= |

¥ PO

From labour, fruit.

The gods sell us everything for our labours. (Latin.)*

110. FTIATRAATEH |

Toﬁmézr_gaa*ﬁéou

By gold is [obtained ] freedom from [ the consequences of

evil ] deeds.

Through the priests.

111. F1&: w1 fu=: fuw:

%3 558 D¥s ¥ s

The crow is a crow ; the cuckoo is a cuckoo.

FTF, FW (UF: sweanz: fuFsmEan |

srarar ayaifaa: @t @ o fa=:

s ¥yBs $)B S $HEs AT T Somsl

(SleSaiT i 853?15306718)3558 558 %3 DFs DYsll

The ecrow is black, the cuckoo is black ; there is no difference between

the cuckoo and the crow: but as the spring nights appear, the crow is

a crow, the cuckoo is a cuckoo. ( i. e. the distinction between them becomes

clear when the notes of the cuckoo are heard.)

When men are tried, their relative WOI‘ch is known.

* Di nobis laboribus omnia vendunt,

( 394 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

112. ATHRATHAREGHITI!

"S“’é”a"’e)z,fve)wgcmsu

The crow and the palm fruit.

As a crow happened to perch on a ripe fruit, it fexl.

Said of a coincidence.

113. ataate wArf=e = azfa g=d )

ST¥srodo HYTYFo WFeyo XY H¥Fol

The leavings of crow-flesh by a dog are small; that even

is not obtainable.

A churl, when asked to give away a little of his food, first said it was

crow-flesh ; then, on being pressed, said it was the leavings of a dog; and

at last swallowed the whole of it and said he had none left.

114. &7 F® ufcazar |

¥ S PORES T

‘Who feels pain?

UFIIEATRST ATAT NlA<IaT: |

gatan frar @ify &7 *=w ofcazan

5)3’&’)& RS~ T BY oo X S8l

B8 89" o508 T ¥vg wHRET

Birds of various countries alight upon one tree; but at thg dawn, they

each go their way—which of them feels pain?

g tAugwtargTat aify ¥ A« |

ATy gaifa &1 aea afigzan o

B TTOBHE T 0T FTNSF0 S50 15 §Ferol

3By PSTTgod T TRy FOREsT

Wayworn travellers come under the cool shade [ of a tree;] but as soon

as they are refreshed, they start again—which of them feels

pain?

Kavitératnikara 88.)

( 395 )

115. 19 a7 wfwwfw: )

%3 T 55)9%_232%8!!

Glass is glass; a gem is a gem.

wftwsfa wgq arsfiocfa wrdq .|

JYITEY qAATER FTH: &Tr AfwH{w 0

HBHED B THY R o8y B

cHBIeE TGy TN 550 af»e%gae%sn

A diamond is trodden under foot and glass is worn on the head; let

them be even in that state, glass is glass and a gem a gem.

116. &1 <1 |TW TW |

T DoT® HETH SFH

What fear is there in death or the battle-field ?

gfer m=u uz Sar afeea uziss |

faed <@ arfa =1 fHar #w @

oHa gag% BB DoT” ?;S_?E_é BEHoFBI

OB o 63(65)'50 T2 T DoT® HTH Y

=

Il

If we O Krishna! contemplate, if we have faith in your lotus-like feet,

what fear [ need we feel) in trouble or difficulty—in death or the battle

field ?

117. FTIY TR QY @51 ©9 9 AT FwHAT 9N

WY ATAT WEA § IW™T GZAYAT e AR |

EARNEY ood FEHap Hod, 5D & Lot EHos 8.8

PIEYH FT FooR S Doy B, B ST oo $EHB I

In work, a slave;

in business, a minister ;

in form a

Rambha ; in patience, [ like] the earth; in [ providing]

food, a mother ; in conjugal enjoyments, a courtesan :—

is not she who possesses these six qualities, a dutiful

wife ?

( 896 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

118, Fre: ssfa ey 0

s s éaﬁ@_xdga“go‘&osn

Time sports; life goes.

fraafy o a9 yafafucadar garam: |

Fre: @wefa rTwargewziy 9 g o

BEH Bud veovo T B8 8TIT0T” PSS Bsl

Tros § %8 XHTFSHIED 8 oI TFT ATl

Day and night, evening and morning, winter and spring,

come again and again; time sports, life goes, but never-

theless the chain of desire loosens not.

( cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spriche 3. 4181.)

119. aTww Fizwr afa:

‘S"’e)‘é,g XNBere KAs]

The ways of time are capricious.

=g wéfq wrarwr ager Wiy eaE |

FU: FH Falg arwey gigar afq 0

gy D08 TERT® LI FHod T EIR

¥S5o%s é/_zg %8C0d ’3‘“@‘(65 Ke3e X sl

Stones float on water ; men kill giants ; monkeys perform works; the

ways of time are capricious.

120. F1Et & g=wg=wT N

Treve

)

o °

zoe)t.’:gtfsll

Time is stronger [ than all things else. ]

A ) Ted

Death awaits all.

( Morton’s Bengali and Sanscrit Proverbs 871, )

( 397 )

50 B8 FF 8 en.

121. sifaga ssnald

%_@65 <8 JDEZBI

He lives, who has acquired fame.

wswlg< walys swsaq 9ras |

geuTvE{az @9 ;{adeg wsafy

w‘je)w‘i)i);é;o %S@&‘S;é;o ﬁ@ézérs eSSl

BemFodBo $8Go %_ga%:a% <SB85

Mind is transitory;

wealth is transitory; life is transitory;

youth

is transitory ; all this is fleeting: he [only] lives who has acquired fame.

122. YW FW 9T

SR @:’a Yoo cHFel

As a family [ is ruined ] by a bad son.

vaqi{y gziw srzceds afger

TEA a%9 9 FIIC FE 97 |

52+ sﬁase)ém @btﬁéﬁ aﬁ%‘a’ml

6‘:6*8-5 E§CSCS:50‘ SlelNe sﬁ‘@@m Poo cHFl

By the fire generated in its hollow, a single small tree burns a whole

forest, even as a single wicked son brings ruin on his whole family.

123. FEA FEATUCA=IET 7 9 T |

5o HHBTY & oy B ¥ I KTy Bl

The production of a flower in a flower, has never been heard

of, nor seen.

A riddle propounded by King Bhoja, through his mistress, to Kalid4sa.

The poet, addressing her, replied—completing the couplet—

Trd 79 gEime gEfadagy |

T8 IS ooy B aﬁaémoé{a&%o‘ﬁon

O girl! two blue lotuses ( eyes) are seen in the lotus of your face.

( 398 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

124, THAEY &TU qi{eq wasg AT 9T |

wgeg wrgar i vazelizt @4 0

Sbéfo,g ¥80 TR s&aéﬁg FoBee SHF !

Ké‘ég § S G bé?ﬁogasgm—vo $HBoij|

There is no doing of a thing done ; there is no death for a

dead man; there is no [advantage in] grief for that

which is passed—this is the opinion of the learned in

the Vedas.

125. qUed y+a qify afEawmca{Es: o

TyVedy F¥o 58 ;S%w&é'éb_éa‘w%gs“

A miser’s wealth goes by fire, robbers, and kings.

126. FifF=at wrey utfaaal a aifeat

fagr vd GGt war =9 qufEat

§f&e o 76(38"5@‘060 ﬁv@@é@o &H oA T ol

AL R0 D&~ T o o FNo éé%ogmoll

The voice is the beauty of cuckoos; chastity is the beauty

of women ; learning is the beauty of the deformed ;

patience is the beauty of ascetics.

127. ®TY. YIYET HTCT |

89558 anxms 8201l

Anger is a cause of sin.

128. @rea feafaays \

8§05 BNBHEF

Who is without disease? Ie who eats What agrees with

him moderately.

K4lid4sa’s interpretation of a bird’s cry ¢ koruk, koruk.”

129. Frwarq ufea: @9 0

8 58 HokBs enll

Is not the man possessed of books a Pandit?

(399)

130. wriAda: @ WraEda: |

TO25K08e Yoo '?,)'“Kg;soésu

Are not those who have a clout the fortunate ?

i. e. Anchorites.

Said jokingly of a stingy fellow.

131. frarfafgeasd waly w=at Troac@:

o

SRR ES I H5-T 0 BRI EF sl

Success in an undertaking rests in the strength of great men,

not in the means.

132. @wrewaraTafy o

& BH RSB

The mind runs to the [ mother’s ] breast.

“ The love of native country prevails in all.”” ( Morton ).

T FIEAIALT FUHATHHTR waqaTsia |

W WigaTagT{SAnE ud gyt 99 |

greedals Trwata wqd N feE | |

T 1er 27 qutly s=nfazfusrs s wafq

-4

ToH8 TroWSHonT 59)‘()%‘0‘“0@“‘?3_

-0

~

&Vsﬁrﬁgf‘éol

FHgo T B0 EHPY0 Dovo Hoprio Vowsl

DoBKY 0SB TUHEH $Bo HYy 8Ly Dol

5858 5008 Bod BEDED 8% % % oSl

My residence is a golden cage; my body is stroked by the lotus-like

hands of kings; I am fed with the delicious mango and pomegranite; milk,

equal to nectar, forms my drink ; the repetition of the name of Rdma is

my constant task in the assembly ; I am a clever parrot; yet still, alas!

my heart yearns for the hollow of my native tree.

( 400 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

133. @« &9 {qarga

oz TS :031258—&3!{

By what can a wicked man be checked ?

qU: R T FT FITEHLAC G |

HAGYINERY: @ D (AT 0

¥Gys K588 o (8 ST & (5,888 ges!

B0 &F”) B ST Sy Eye pos -+ &)miﬁ&@ll

The serpent is cruel; a wicked man is cruel; a wicked man is more

cruel :—a serpent yields to spells and medicines, but by what can a wicked

man be checked ?

134. et goarat @ a8 wfafear

SUTHTHGHAT a1 FTAT 1 fFa"sia 0

PUOT0 &gmmo S 80NZTS (&8 8,05

t’f.ra‘rod&ffndgpv;foﬁ’s T S88” o D¥YSol

For the wicked and the evil, the remedy is of two kinds ;—

either to disgrace them by strategy, or to leave them at

a distance.

N

185, ACUATATAW WHLY HTRTTEA

Kodsrsaosr B §38 $8gooasBi

The éaphari splashes in even a mouthful of water,

’

Saphari is a small fish ( Cyprinus Sophore.)—¢ Said of a low person

unduly elated with a small advancement, and so assuming a ridiculousims-

portance,’’

( Morton ).

51

( 401 )

B0V 8978 K en.

136. TWIELAT Iuq weg 9 o= |

AUYZTAT a7 e @ 9 fF=q

Koo & b 538 Keasy & & 8oisH)

K0, 5°8°

NS

b5 Keody & & 8o

He who takes from a number will gain—it is nothing toa

number; he who gives to a number will lose—it is

nothing to a number.

137. wid 9 wratfe =ma wworfa

X80 5 o S’aéo ‘g'o“’ghll

I mourn not for the past, I remember [ the beneﬁtsj done

[ to me. ]

( cf. Morton’s Bengali and Sanscrit Proverbs 836.)

Vain repining is unprofitable but gratitude is a duty.

138. AFAWEATHH |

XBnonBworsol

Repairing the tank-bund after the Water had escaped.

( See TELUGU No.77.)

To cover the well when the child is drowned.

( German. )*

139. JATHAfART WAL T éﬁh‘: grearfy: |

FAT SFafEnT 98 | argarss )

KT KR ev88F $ o¥8s o8-8% sl

DT RFEOORS $B0 Do T praoll

Following those gone before, people reason not; by making

a sand lingam at the bridge, my copper pot is lost.

A man having buried his copper pot to go and bathe at Adam’s bridge

near Raomesvaram made a sand lingam over it to mark the place ; crowds of

people following, senselessly did the same, so that it was a hopeless.task for

‘.the owner to'look for his property.

Silly sheep, where one goes, all go.

( Spanish. ){

# Den Brunnen decken, so das kind ertrunken ist,

f Ovejas bobas, por do va una, van‘todas.

( 402 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

140. MIFT I/ACT Fia @@t ysly &8

xfy fow wwnng geey SwEwE A

KT® oFwdor T°08 Koy 838 ¢l

88 DB Sxrgron HWRS wSBonsol

O beautiful woman! The night has mostly passed, little

remains, bear this in mind and please the people.

Said to an actress, who had danced long but received no present.

141, AT TRAT, FTEHEEH vATAC=A

XS odss ‘s“e)‘é‘boge)o) 53;31:6%’60331}

Time has mostly gone, little only remains.

Therefore prepare for another world.

142, JULET IA TeiHgRaERET |

fucat mraq 'ﬁ 93¢ #2 fag=xia

K8 X ens® xag%wx)&oa:&ogmaégogasu

I TP B Yoo B0 Fod DBl

The wise man deals with virtues and faults as Siva

[ dealt with ] the moon and the poison; he praises the

former with his head and keeps the latter in his throat,

i. e. he does not expose the faults of others, though he praises their good

qualities.

Alluding to the ¢ Churning of the ocean’.

143. 7fwfq ost TwA AqUREw ofdqrg: |

wfaifa qarmas @ gEceamaTarty

f

%3 76”%38 550 m?@m%eﬁg %588 531

wdT a’)méb_sﬁmo = ngaééogé/mx}—s%n

11

An appreciator of good qualities is pleased with a good

man, but no pleasure [ is experienced ] by the bad man ;

the bee goes from the forest to the lotus, but not so the

frog, though he lives with it.

( 403 )

-‘\/)o-(sb_aéévsgrsﬁ e .

144. @ ¢ Ffw 7 36 faatw 0

%8 %o B8 5 HY Aeosll

A good man appreciates virtue; a bad man appreciates it not

7@ 1 30 7 30 FEEr g q= 3w 9 36 fadw

foay qua® 0 9 graw &0 ¥ fiww < 9 s

% oo B8 3 WY 25057 wd weo Y B8 ates

288 é‘.éoé}és %0 8 TooHTs ¥8 %S %o?&v‘é% V0 5 HEAT s

The virtuous man appreciates virtue, the bad man appreciates it not ; the

strong man, and not the feeble, understands strength ; the cuckoo, and not

the crow, feels the influence of the spring; the elephant, and not the

mouse, justly values the strength of the lion.

145. gl svafa:

K0T &K Bsl

Reproaching a Guru is the road to perdition.

146. TR T INY FFAT YHATIAA |

Kydr3 g3 s Sydge $ES-HTS 1

You should practise virtue as if death had seized you by

the hair.

147, QTASTTS

]

- ,‘?o_s"w

uoll

One night in a village.

A wandering life.

q

148, GA® UTFATYT qT IR GAATHILY AT

SNERS o8, S8 W Ao F, g FBSe e B

. Does the vessel hold the ghi, or the ghi hold the vessel ?

Said by a would-be logician, as he turned the jar upside down, and so

lost all the contents.

Applied to foolish argumentation,

( 404 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

149. 9T 7 F9 1

Ho¥do 3 SR

There is no sandal in the forest.

* The sandal tree grows not in every wood—Eminent persons are

rarely seen.”’

( Morton. )

150, 9ZFY ATE HINTH |

—;Séaé’}c,g Seod0 P XFo|

A hundred shares of a sparrow’s flesh.

To make two bites of a cherry.

He’'ll make nineteen bits of a bilberry.

151. 9fqasdw |

ﬁaogé:.sqgmu

Chewing the chewed.

Said of a man repeating a foolish speech.

He harps ay on ae string.

152. fSa1 =T W@t |

DoT” 28" HvIeyT ol

Sorrow is the fever of men.

( See Bohtlingk’s Indische Spruche 1. 913. )

%

153. f&=3 *W g4 g=% =HF 904 7 wEH )

2 ¥3 o3 -@'51) TLILS 7 §F 8 XYisen

By slitting the ears and cutting the tail, a dog is but a dog—

not a horse, not an ass.

( Bee TELUGU No. 571, &ec.)

( 405 )

|

154. SFITHE FaH N

237633”°§§o€§o é’_tgégoll

One should act according to the people’s voice.

The wvoice of the people, the voice of God. (Latin)*

155. sfaaTaromaT ¥ 99 Farefraa |

FHLTAT WIHAT U9a {uqeesman |

2T I IHRT® ¥ oS &)ﬁ’sgtéaéfg@!

VK TT FH T, T K0T B &ézﬁ@aw’sn

He who brought you forth ; he who invested you with the

sacred thread ; he from whom you received instruction;

the giver of food ; he who saved you from danger—these

five are to be remembered as fathers.

156. suRf{a Tricy Twagfe sy« |

FRZTAC AW g wizaty

m_:ﬁaéj?‘%@ RECIENC BS%‘:{)g?a% woSol

‘:ﬁsﬁaé@% So¥ea0 é’%’Q(S’GZ)R’G HOBY B

There will be poverty from birth, ten years’ imprisonment,

death on the sea shore, and [ then ] a little enjoyment.

The divine writing on a skull ( See TeLueu No. 1344 ) picked up by

Bhoja R4ja ; the < enjoyment’’ was interpreted by Kéaliddsa to be a ride in

Bhoja Réja’s palankin.

157. STA® AW ¥T

ar°€§‘<>§ B0 @éon

To him who is born, death is certain.

158. SITATAT TTAT T=:

AP CART M '65550“' atdl

A son-in-law is the tenth planet.

A troublesome fellow.

# Vox populi, vox Dei.

( 406 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

159. sraTaY S{uaew guetfafona: |

79d g{ag® 1wyt A9q

s @, 8o (F,283g B HI"R &S 8!

3,550 VERKT S @z;v:%o S0 Bl

The pre-eminence of the son-in-law is not diminished by

first serving the guests with the pulse cooked for him.

160. faatdd fsatdamE

250%080 BFCoHHTS |

You may kill him who wishes to kill you.

Fraartaaargtaaly sziad T |

foaidd fSeifaraas sgrer waqa_ i

SET oS-SS o080 BorodKo ST

23 o0dodo z?{n-no(%dﬁrﬁ&é;s Wkt RS I

You may kill a man on the field of battle who attempts to kill you

though he be learned in the Vedanta; you will not by that become a

Brahman-slayer.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

161, s ada w=nfas™m faaatyan |

g dyanifafsE atd g9

8;6—85‘@3 aﬁ_tfﬂ?f 9%%;/3—83@ & Do sl

BHLTR,) woiSD) JBFIG R, a0 30 Foll

Fortune rests on the tip of the tongue ; friends and relatives

rest on the tip of the tongue ; suffering imprisonment

rests on the tip of the tongue; death rests on the tip of

the tongue.

162, SO FNQAFTET ¥ TAGTIAT |

TATHTANE TP 8T ¥ TIATA

BYHF 0 &, Fodcimme T80 ¥ KBSTHT ol

e &) TIgKEo FooBo ©igo F KysesrKSol

You should praise food digested, a wife whose youth has

gone, a hero returned from the battle-field, and the grain

which has come to the house.

( 407 )

'{305&_@5@5’6&&&.

163. wgcdn @ {5 =B =yyed YT =4 |

égxéogoéo 2 35"’%\ 'égxécSo e %iﬁg@ll

Superiority is not in seniority ; superiority is attributed to

virtue.

164. STTag faT=+

2§Tr0BH D TFFol|

After a fever, a purge.

165. 2&T ag\aim?ra'ﬁ I

B s DE 3

The commentary requires a commentary.

Obscurum facere per obscurius.

q

166. d@2 T 9 gRT(H T FAT TEITT N

-4

BoHBFo BIgRo o

N

]

&

~©

B Ssll

I see not the country where a brother is.

AT

swar{u 2NN ¥ Ft@n |

d @ 2% @ gmifd g9 \rar 9T

BIBT s’e@e% BIBT ¥ DosTosl

Bo & T¥o S FTYW o9@; FT° I Esl

Wives can be procured in all countries, and relatives as well, but I see

not a country where there is a brother born of the same womb.

167. AITEAY AATEY N

ém‘ésgo é)ai)'“‘éggoll

Half yours, half mine.

Said by a Brahman impostor who was caught repeating sham Mantras

( Bee TELUGU No, 2261 ),

( 408 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

168. AEHTE THT ST ITHITTET HH |

HTYITS: I9FgET (HIgTeaHuy |

B, 578 357 508™ wrBKoEsy ool

?p‘°'0“°§£508§8 'K)éqﬁ;)oﬁwg 3)3@650&%35?,)"6non

Death is the punishment of a robber, the punishment of a

harlot is shaving the head; separation @ toro is the

punishment of a wife, the punishment of a friend is not

speaking to him.

169. q13F WrHa 11\?9‘?? grafefas wrua 0

TEE) 58 Srgf X 00y ST

A fool shines so long as he says nothing.

TLAWIHA FQT WIATTILTIA: |

199 WrHa g\@F grafla = wea

ai:—»zséévsﬁé 55351%83’8 QoRT EIBLrNY Bsl

'@“’éﬁ_‘) §’G?§8 m-cg)fs dﬁwé@b_o{’bﬁa Ta&_éil

A fool looks well at a distance with his flowing garments ; a fool

shines so long as he says nothing.

Every fool is wise when he holds his tongue.

( Italian, )*

4 fool, if ke holds his tongue, passes for wise.

( Spanish. )}t

170. fawagwaTa: )

é’ae)éoa&e)m{go‘&usn

Sesamum. seed and rice.

Though mixed, their difference will always be seen,

*Ogni pazzo & savio quando tace,

1 El bobo, si es callado, por sesudo es reputado;

52

( 409 )

"o‘éb_e)éé’sé*sﬁe)o.

171, TUAGATATH: |

éamuw?‘mgo&usu

Like the leaping leech.

Which jumps along holding on by its head and tail alternately, not

letting go its hold at one end until fixed at the other.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

172, TURYARFwEg@rZ {0 ¥ graa: |

qrgar & @ Navar wmg qreafzia

éan{mﬁé@w@@wmﬁ% B SSWY sl

TS50 T 80 ¥ DS KrsHovo SErNTHO8|

Cotton is lighter than grass and a beggar is lighter (more

insignificant ) than cotton—why is he not carried away

by the wind ?

“ Lest he should beg of me” [fears the

wind. ]

173, @=urald &1 w1 0

Byarsno §° XSl

‘Who has reached the limit of desire ?

f @ IFTd WAt TANG @9 wwariyar

TN

¢

°

afqureat (afaufagmaases |

S ET B

ya{ixat gtqﬁ-‘rﬁﬂmé ar=efa

wgn fawug <fcscug wwmafy &t e

m'g)‘ss "5m§§«§éo ¥H B5¥80 o&o v B0t

0BT &80T 0 &8IBNE ¥58y 050!

B3, ¥s 9808, T0 %THO W, FI Ko w0

&

?.6_-3 aé&’%p‘()&o K)—ngvESB’)ZSo ée)g"a’)@o &% X8y

He who has nothing wishes for a hundred ; he who has a hundred wishes

for ten hundred; the possessor of a thousand desires a lakh; the owner of

a lakh desires a kingdom ; the ruler of a kingdom longs for an empire ; the

emperor again wishes for Indra’s possessions; Surapati desires to be in

Brahm4’s place; Brahm4 to be in Vishnu’s; Hari covets Hara’s dominion

==Who has reached the limit of desire ?

(‘410 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

174. GATH FEATY YTARTY T& gsiaq, |

qrH sy Ery WAty efud @S

é@é%é’o éﬁe)ﬁrvgg’ @&5‘:#@‘3 Soo 55@55—(

@&5)0 mﬁ‘é&ﬁ-‘@g ﬁ—B‘e_)’;:é Bﬁé@é‘"{)o ég'ég—n

You should forsake a man for the sake of your family ; you

should forsake your family for the sake of your village ;

you should forsake your village for the sake of your

country ; you should forsake the earth for the sake of

yourself.

175. fadgaaitisa

@%‘o&ﬁc’gg‘bﬁ&/)‘vnou

Trisanku’s mounting to heaven.

King Trisanku, a descendant of IkshwiAku, having been exalted to

heaven by the power of Visvimitra was hurled from thence headlong by

Indra, and remained ever after, in mid-air, head down and heels upward !

( See Muir’s Sanscrit Texts, Part I, pp. 100-103.)

The result of ambition—Applied also to a matter kept in suspense,

neither settled one way nor the other.

( cf, Morton’s Bengali and Sanscrit

Proverbs 810.)

176, TTT TATUT WA |

Ko& 8y %5 $BE

A stick has ten uses.

5

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177, ZZTT 99 TR Ay 5w

8% oH B, FTEIY, %o o 7550l

Where frogs are the croakers, there silence is becoming.

(411)

oao‘éb_@éé’eéﬁiﬁom.

W @A &d AlH Ar{ReswIaR |

FZT 99 awrcEs @ o qrast o

35.25,0 §aé§o S/e)éo S5S0 WEE&}F@”&Y‘K'&I

5% o0, STEHE, 80 T §ESol

Cuckoos do well to keep silent in the winter; where frogs are the

croakers, there silence is becoming.

178. TUATAT B|TIaSRT I

BES~T° 5888

Haritaki is [ equal to] ten mothers.

Harttak? is the Terminalia Chebula; ¢ the tender buds of this tree are

formed into galls which are much prized as an astringent medicine and also

as a mordant in dyeing.”” ( W. Elliot’s Flora Andhrika. ) The fruit ‘is used

as a purgative.

179. TraT TE: wuQ warey: qrdy fACgEadT @y |

UATGHqEHFET ;T gA GFOATHETH 0

oo 88,88 3/93265'5’8 cﬁmqp‘ss R0l -&md&wm‘bé’a@ K SSosl

mmaﬁvé‘)m’:&&&éﬁ ‘(%:583 ¥8° o507 a’xaéuraaiﬂ@o&:o@]l

In the Kali Yuga men will suffer these six changes: the

liberal man will be poor; the miser will be rich ; the

sinner will be longlived; the good man will be short-

lived ; the king will be of low birth; and he will be

served by a man of high birth.

180. greed fhaaged WNveaniFawar |

TR 7 WA TR |

T 8y8Q0 (B o0ns¥yECo H5ES aﬁ»-ﬁ)ég@”’l

VRS & g0 FTLE ST )

Liberality, sweetness of speech, courage, judgment: these

four natural qualities are not attained by practice.

( 412 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

181. T1H TT@EAW |l

=50 méa{ﬂon

Giving is in the power of the giver.

Giving or not giving depends upon the will of him who has the

means of giving.

182. FrfymRTaT FuTTiaTaE: |

maésé""a&ﬁ DT I T E 8l

The defect of poverty is the destroyer of a host of virtues.

Ya® 19T quafmud fAasA e 9 auw |

94 7 T8 sfyaifu a9 g secrfomms: o

©o¥Rg 87 M AT AHBos 8 T wpR

Soeso § 5@{&0 ¥ BN m@@ga"’&s X023 wm Y 5 sl

The poet, who has said that the blemish of a dark spot is lost in the

many beauties of the moon, surely did not observe that the defect of poverty

is the destroyer of a host of virtues.

( French. ¥

Poverty is no vice, but it is a sort of leprosy.

183. ZrfgwrgaaTas |

wé@%‘%éém%’ﬁon

Complaisance empties the purse.

184. fzar sFEargEr i

o) ’S“§&)E‘82>EF°II

In the daytime she was frightened by the cawing of a crow.

The feigned timidity of a loose woman.

(See the Bhojacharitra.)

# Pauvreté n’est pas vice, mais c’est une espéce de laidrerie,

( 413 ,)

SR Bt e Hen.

185, Frawawage fadst fauat Gag

WEAIHYH L@ ufEsiaq |

_f’ng oHol

520‘?;)0?(65::5@5%610 “O(Zggwo RF=~o

oo/

oo 5,0 HTSoSHY 0 8 8s m::sga%gn

Keep clear of a bull with long horns, a widow without

shame, and an educated Stdra.

186, g4 FLATAAT N

¥S0 cs:wég%éeﬂ

Keep clear of a bad man.

Keep yourself from the anger of a great man, from the tumult of a mobd,

from a man of ill fame, from a widow that kas been thrice married, from a

wind that comes in at a hole, and from a reconciled enemy.

187, goim: ufcwA=ar Reardwaify s |

afwar ufyawd: (raar a w=da o

c&gﬁs ‘é&aﬁ«»_tg@vg aasgd&-woé”e)@’s% BEI

SHe3 e ?ﬁwaéé&t&s g50° ¥ FoHoFTs)|

Though he be adorned with learning, a bad man is to be

shunned; is a snake adorned with a gem not fo be

feared 7

A jewel called Sarpam

_m.u' ( snake-stone ) is said to be found in the

head of a snake,

188, THA: WIH YHEWSALALAAT |

ugARTER g4 FEuErE |

S8 (Mo Prag 9y asgEKessol

26&5@&?@50 roptelNe) 5»@)@33\‘&);60 w8o|

The bad man to be honored first and the good man after-

wards; the feet to be washed first, and the mouth

afterwards.

(414 )

.SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

189. g=iv: firgarzaY v [afgmraswa |

wy fasfa fasm@ <73 q w9«

mgm @Joﬁmé B BELT{ S T80l

SHH sag@ %ﬂg@ :;-op)m'aa; B Hoe 5ol

Though a bad man speak soft words, that is no ground for

confidence in him; it is honey on the tip of the tongue

and poison in the heart.

(See TELUGU, No. 4, &c.)

190. FAWE @ TT qU=AT ATA 7€ )

HBYOPY VOO T T UTTTO 8550 weol

The king is the strength of the weak, crying is the

strength of children.

Because they obtain what they want by it.

191. gfHgaw @ feoe

zﬁaaﬁbéa&w&o _“:2&55'30 DoeH||

Famine for a short time, the remembrance of it long.

( See Morton’s Bengali and Sanscrit Proverbs 830 ).

192. BT WTAT We < warEFEya: |

¥9Y 9 Y ITET TIT 9 WD

e POy F¥o W0 ﬁe)e?’sgxrvo*s-vz%od&aésl

‘076—013 o Ka'éorv TS ai:e)éog'éé S Ko¥oss||

A wicked wife, a false friend, a servant Wiﬁh pride, living in

a house with a snake are [causes of] death, without

doubt.

(415 )

193, FTEAT: YFAT TATEAHYEATEQ FHCT:

CSJ-vES-gvs ‘()65@“’ 65&7"8‘{)(3&)31‘06%—0‘_{}3 z)ti?)vvsll

Mountains are beautiful at a distance, rugged when near.

(See TELUGU, No. 1181.)

194. TuFy fRargar fqagr Qgaae: |

9O, FASSTET AT{a9sT® I¥a: |

&iﬂ&&é’?’_‘) édﬁw%?o-vﬁros X)S/e)?ggs égoé"'g‘{)zdsi

FT°(s é:p;w‘,ﬁomeﬂ QW0 T d%;é;)a&su

A foul mouthed man, a man without employment, a low

fellow, a revengeful man — these four are base from

their evil deeds; the base-born are better.

195. Toyd =@wd qevd s« fudq,

YAt IZFTH AMYA FATILA N

ase)gxa@wéo ;551%’6“’05660 SIS Y~8o zwo DBE |

‘«6583@-0@"'0 LBT¢Bo WSsy~Bo JBESTSE ||

The foot should be placed [on a spot] seen to be clean,

water should be drunk after having been strained

through a cloth; a word should be spoken with truth,

[ a business ] should be done with consideration.

196. ¥4 YEIRYT |

B0 PSR~ De||

God in the form of man.

God works through men, as His instruments,

197. 237 fy=mafa

Eéﬁs &@K@su

Various are the ways of fortune.

( 416 )

- SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

198, Tared SI@d WATHIA | 2aq |

qaid SISO WIEUT €W 947

Emé.ﬁo 23?(%%36‘30 E&)o@fpéo & BSBol

B508 0 TErEhHiTo @ijgsfs $HsH BT

The whole world is subject to God, God is subject to a

Mantra, that Mantra is subject to the Brahman, the

Brahman is my god.

199. 9 99 %4 |

Eé NG 65)5?36 1

‘When fortune fails, [ nothing can be done. ]

200. 19T ar=T AT 0

883 CABNY K885

The defects, even of a Guru, should be told.

w=icfy ar=T Frar ave nreu o

w47 @9gaA U= fud fed agq |

g@&& K ey 8t A N RCHT

VBT L By S HB 3RS o ST/

Virtues, even in an enemy, should be acknowledged ; defects, even in a

Guru, ought to be pointed out: always, and with all endeavour, should

the son and the scholar be taught wisdom.

201, ¥ =T wwafq |

&880 sfm'é@ﬁ o258 B

A thing is valued for its price.

WE q IEATF R, ATAAT TE q9T |

SUCIELE ISR RO CL R Cl

P00 H FTomSNTRE A7HTHS Kyseo g

SKESRS B % 0¥ K¥g0 HrTYS Hyg Il

A fruit becomes purified by washing ; so a house by cow-dung; and a

cloth by the use of fuller’s earth ; a thing is valued for its price,

53

( 417 )

S

¥

202. yaRm{az swE_ |

B SoLo XS I

In this world, moﬁey is the means

203. WA 9 fNggaTs

zégo S DoED Ty glel

A wise man should think of virtue

204, YR =T afq: 0

eﬁ_tfsﬁ?s Boo & X&si

The way of justice is mysterious.

I1q: wrafEwt 7Ty =@ RICIG CRE I

gRnefFEsaray Afveed garcua:

FTITATLEAT Fq 1 FLILT G /LA |

<1 @At afaaarwar yew gwr afq

S5 &8 E_I:aiazpervo

o

B oToH FESH T osHieo 293l

‘éﬁ@ o@}égw"é‘bﬁ &»(’0}6(5320 B8 8B s

ST emgi$d 98 HBPBo H0d V- o |

5 §T SBT/THHEG® Sy BT KBl

Making over all the earth to Hari, Bali went down to the bottom of

P4atala; with the offering of a measure of flour of fried corn, the celebrated

Rishi [ Kuchela] procured his elevation to Heaven; in spite of her

unchaste character from youth, Kunti rose to the region of angels; while,

alas, Sit4, in spite of her devotion to her husband, went down [into the

earth ] ;—the way of justice is mysterious,

(418 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

205. yaAT Fufa aufa

a,ss_'j ége’s zsgé’au

Virtue increases and increases.

206, YT @ uwmfy 9 s3q arafag: |

7o oTo & B S FHYS Eo‘:»a-vx%gsu

No gifted Yogi can see the stream.

Fragaisay xfaew 7 |

fed afwgafqareaarsguaras |

<7 ¥q 7 uRmdafq a9 =4 |

yrt @ wwfa 7 @ g9 Srafag:

SKoBT oES YT (HIERY Rl

-&@o é%%é@?ﬁﬁ}&*%@éﬁéou

%3 5vo8 %08 KOS BT, 564!

7°oR0 & YYD § ¥ Eﬁc-vxf%gsu

In the city of Anandatdndava, in the house of a Dravida, there is a

wonder—the ght pot is like Vasishtha’s wife, the spoon dances in it;

Aba! Aha! no gifted Yogi can see the stream.

(See TELUGU No. 2411.)

Vasishtha’s wife, Arundhati, is the personification of one of the Pleiades.

The allusion here is to the smallness of the star.

207. Yasing=a |

S B X EGoHg B

The world is deceived by the wicked.

208. 99 wI= WY

E5§° Kazs‘sé Yol

Courage is in all things a means [ of success. ]

(419 )

‘«()o‘éb_ééérﬁéys_&ge)o

209, sigT TreiT wig=fa

S0 ova P8 Bl

Nanda will become a king.

210. 7 7% TefaaTsifed geqw=q o

1 ?\’a?’-o-oo Ké?’m&)'e?%mgé?rve% xa:wm{%ﬁn

It is not a house they call the house, but the housewife.

7 7% zefrarsifed geq=q |

aar fx wfeawestg geard, @@sa |

s Ké?’mo Kg&i‘vo"w“@"’gt{nﬂ(g}??ﬁrvé Ke)?é-oaiwiﬁggl

ot I STBHTLE YHITE DNy By

It is not a house they call the howse but the housewife ; one possessed

of her enjoys all the pleasures man is capable of.

211. 4 9 FTUT I« |

S 3 Emé;)afo ool

There is no power greater than that of fate.

7 = fagrear dya v wrfyear fogr

7 NIUYEA: W 4 ¥ 7T q9

SR AL 05Ty B T=RHIBo~ OYs!

= Wﬁé&ésﬁ)s 7—3&"%5-00-9 5 -3 Emé‘bﬁo ool

No relative is equal to learning; no enemy is equal to disease; mno

affection is equal to that for a child; there is no power greater than that

of fate.

( 420 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

212. 9 9 yaufgaaiyanw |

S S $IKLB T 0T Beaoll

Be not d.ependent on a purse-proud relation,

grafay agqwarar arfaz fwar sgquanmE: |

geafy AT AR uad 7 9 yanf{daaiyaned |

BESHRoe EHBoa It LEDT I ST D ds!

FEHD e T SET B850 8 ¥ FIXBLE D 0FSE Eeaoll

Better is the edge of a sword, or to live under a tree—better is it to

beg, to starve, or even to fall into the dreadful hell, than to depend on a

purse-proud relation,

213. 4 wEf{q @9 It F=ATT FLCA_ N

¥ H0d oo TFFo JPTF0 oS i

The words of the good will surely never fail.

szafa afz wia: ufga Rl

fawafy afs usp wdamEt T

ywufa afe dx Maat arfqa afs:

avaf{d @9 are '@t agifEa |

GEH oHd PoiHs HIYWo BRCPAI

DFR oHB HKs WELT w0 RN

@-tﬁo@ OHY s 2FT0 8 :6%1&3|

BB e ms’so ST T 0 ¥oo-d8 [

Even if the sun should rise in the west, even if the lotus should bloom

on the peaks of the mountains, even if Meru should shake, even if fire

should feel cold,—the words of the good will surely never fail,

214. At " afa: 0

$&70 X8 X8

The ocean is the course of rivers.

Death is the common lot of all.

( Latin, )*

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¥ Mors omnibus communis,

( 421)

215. 9 3@ yafwems

§ Bepo BoWPB)B

With five [ others ] there is no sorrow.

A 99Ty das dufwenw |

Arae yefweard 9 3w defaews )

?éé&o ‘éod@ﬁ"ggo KoBxgo FouPTyGel

3 5580 ‘o/oo{ﬁ%pﬁw(bgo § Hepo HoIPBYGl

You should stop along with five [ others ]; walk along with five [ others J;

eat along with five [ others]; with five [ others ] there is no sorrow,

Company in distress makes trouble less.

( French, ¥

216. q FgEgigATAF: |

S ééﬁ&a?& TFE sl

Grod is not the destroyer of his creation.

q WIAT A4 U 9 Y «HWa ALY |

7 feui gEa aryagawigarma:

8 5T §58 93,0 § 5750 oFB I~

3 800 HHB pHY) BEW) YR F Vsl

A mother curses not her son; the earth suffers not harm ; a good man

does no injury ; God is not the destroyer of His creation,

217. ¥ 1Y FHA AT N

S 8750 05T Sl

The Earth does not feel evil.

* Qui ne souffre pas seul, ne souffre pas tant,

(422 )

SAi\*SCRIT PROVERBS.

918. % war s wig=afg

8 P87 8 FRsgal

It has not been and it will not be.

FAZTHOT 9 7 wa a9 wfg=fa

TFT UTHd ¥ SR AT |

oX) B E 8o TFo ¥ $do & FRBYD

@'—3&:5 zp'vtﬁg'é $8Go axééﬁama‘stﬁon

A greater gift than that of food, has not been and will not be; by food

this whole world, animate and inanimate, is sustained.

210, THfR wheRr TaT T nfwsr si= 0

35008 PO Do~ 5&'@&" 55008 HRY° 2aal

Fruitful trees bend down, men of wisdom stoop.

The truly great are humble.

awfa wiwar g=r awfa afeqr saun

WHFFTE ¥ @Y forga 7 < 7974 0

$$0® POV FHI KeHod KRR~ B8l

a(mb_-s-vgm s aiw-vg)‘{) @5553 AR .:S(wg??u

Fruitful trees bend down, men of wisdom stoop ;—a dry stick and a fool

can be broken but not bent.

220. 7w watawITEy w3 wx=ld )

555508 Hod

0‘\_)

esf*s"g&% I3LAvte) :sms&@on

g

Good men bend to obtain the highest elevation, even above

the three worlds.

221. ¥ WTAT WUF U |

5 KT ¥ 9F)ol

A mother curses not her son.

( See No. 216.)

(423 )

999, qTTAT qr{uar g\ﬁ ‘A

SToE0 T8 qﬁ-n_agsu

Among men a barber is the [ greatest ] knave.

223. 93 99 34 U9 |l

¥ 8% SoHo Kowll

Nine, Nipe-we [ know ] five.

When on one occasion, a voice was heard crying ¢ Nava, Navae,”’ Kiliddsa

replied * we [ only know ] five [ grammars ].

224, @ fagr 1w yat wrmwa T W |

yryTes Far frar Fgaqutaed

s Doy T80 oo ?“’Kgﬁoa’a o T80l

ﬁrc'b?s'mg 587° AL ‘zﬁaséog ﬁ»ﬁ@gﬁgn

The learning of men is not a cause [ of greatness]; what

learning has a stone? but it obtains divinity-

( See TELUGU No. 2063. )

295. qEE F1T Nfq: W

5‘55“8 'S"'a‘“g Kesll

‘What other resource has a ruined man?

faar wiafatad fagfed 5 97 w9 far

w9 = iy a3 " Grgwsr aciwafaes |

FmrgEe(N: gawd ud gaq O v !

a‘*rﬁg\aqf(wﬁrﬁ'a WISt qEw &t afqg 0

HE® $ro¥d RS0 Sx0dBo 8o B Sigo DI

BEgo TR S D)aH0 (R,cHH TN TETTOX T PEY !

By HgE 0D HFGS o Srog B ToBgeo o

Tﬁgaﬁwﬁééa@_’)w_ﬁg 2‘,555'5 5%}65 RN X &3

«Is it right, Hermit, to eat flesh "

¢« What is the use of it without

liquor 2"’

¢ You like liquor, too ?”’

¢ Aha! I like it in the company of

harlots.”’

¢ A harlot is fond of money and how can you get it?”’

¢ Either by gambling or by theft.”

“ Are you accustomed to gamble and

steal P”?

¢ What other resource hag a ruined man ?”’

( 424 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS

226. § =T Wramgasia |

$ 8 a«séoé@c&g@u

A woman is not fit for independence.

227. 9 Y=t g&d @y

5 Yoo HHB woeHsll

A good man does no injury.

228, 9 f% AU SFATHATICS A |

S o @;(rrao ao&o“mmg&éméé'ﬁll

There is no law for living beings of life for the next moment.

(See TELUGU No. 1963,)

299. 4 T wdewy wraTfa N

S

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16255.%25630 P a1

No one knows everything.,

230. 7 f& w3 waryaAmn

$ 2 9TG ?‘,Sm'cse)fr’sll

All are not like you.

231. 9 f& a@ @Far =ad

S D Bogo PO 07;583”

No pleasure is obtained without pain

No rose without a thorn.

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232. /1A gL N

i

'a-vzse)éo 338 11

d

A lie should not be told

54

( 425 )

233, arﬁmmraa% gT |l

m:ﬁa'@"@*’o}égo ¥Xoll

There is no greater sin than a lie.

934. AT F@=UT: |

TeEEs Fuk

ez

D ,0% 8]

Narada was a lover of strife.

The Muni Nédrada had a knack of sowing discord between others.

235. qrayat waw ufq: u

B8mo B0 BHsl

A husband is the ornament of women.

236. stfa=w: wfudtufa: o

TDI08 ‘&)a@ﬁ)‘()é’ésn

There is no king who is not Vishnu.

i. e. in whom divinity does not dwell.

( See No. 196.)

937, qrfea ATH: FATHAT

Do L

58 &é%‘yﬁvn

There is no village—how can there be a boundary ?

arfes ara: gawwar arfer g gar an

arfen w1d gar ffwifadifia gaag o

wv_s"g @:S:s éﬁé%‘bﬁr wv_.?; @?:)‘*’8 587 so¥s

R %’:r\io SO mjtﬁzb_%wa_?g H8% Bl

There is no village — how can there be a boundary ?

There is no learning — how can there be fame ?

There is no wisdom — how can there be salvation ?

There is no faith — how can there be understanding ?

( 426 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

238, ATEFTTIALT fTU: 0

TeE0 ’5“’0‘1&5&8"8 8 sl

There is no greater enemy than self-conceit.

q QIYEAEGEAST q § ATUT AW |

a ¥ fagredr dydrgaracr g

i Wﬁé&ﬁﬁ)ﬁ&gy*m 535 vaéobéo 2ol

S ¥ DTgE B W00 Bro ST TEET 8

No love is equal to that of [ a parent for] a child; no power greater

than that of fate; no relation is equal to knowledge ; no enemy greater

than self-conceit.

239. faat wfafear =a:

X)égo "6&)&%1@”{; maéiargsn

Death is always present.

Death does not blow a trumpet.

(Danish. )*

040. faafq: a9 IT9wsq |

DoHBs TS ’?Z)"’c;%'él[

‘Who can control fate?

Araer geg aET: fuqr g ysaw |

é‘rﬁma‘g\tﬁ R4 faafa: &9 araq |

St oHg APRoKe BT anxg FIoncl

TIPSy T TS dowds T ToHg B

On the battle field lies Abhimanyu, whose maternal uncle is Govinda,

and whose father is Dhananjaya ! — Who can control fate ?

241. fadagew: 9w 0

DESHOs Wt

A man without money is a beast.

(See TELUGU Nos. 1876, &c.)

* D&den bleser ei Lyd for sig.

( 427 )

0By 9 FSTE M ex.

242. fqdagguegEeaTa: |

RYR YWD Ty 00 sll

A man without money is like cotton.

i. e, as insignificant as cotton is light.

( See No. 172—also TELUGU Nos, 1876, 2168, 2169. )

243. fdTe fFrAawz AT 77 a1 A @A 0

K)'G“’Sc’aé"ﬁa §m§@a‘°:éo S8 XB w 8% ST Soll

What is the use of oil to an extinguished lamp?

What is

the use of care after the thief has gone?

(See TELUGU No. 77.)

When the head is broken the helmet is put on.

( Italian, )*

To stop the hole when the mischief is done.

{ Spanish. )t

Every ditch is full of after-wit.

( Italian. )1

244, #19T: Fwelia=sia dfufassta amyz:

doos S’oﬁ’mgboiﬂjbo@ ‘(606;333{51;)0@ oatatE

Base men love contention, good men love peace.

945, FATHAT 9 FAY: FAAT AEITHA: |

TUTHAT ARTATN, YU NEE qE |

¥ o8l

B, o & TERgs FEFog ST

Ao

-é%%r"g)aa—v 58 T8 Q)@{éb KXo Bogoll

The protection of the base should not be sought, the protec-

tion of the great should be obtained ; the great serpent

protected by Ida (Siva) enquired after Garuda’s health.

( See TELUGU No. 751.)

246. =T 3Zfd 7 Fwa 9 azfa &/ ==7:

DI L5858 5 HHB S KO DT Sl

A mean fellow promises and does not; a good man promises

not, but does.

* Rotta la testa, se mette la celata.

t Recebido ya el datio, atapar el horado.

1 Del senno di poi & piena ogni fossa,

(428 )

SANSCRIT

PROVERBS.

247. MET=w {FATTY: |

fbcﬁzs(oS LEsab N aH] |

‘Why medicine for a healthy man?

TR we w189 ar sg=x=T b+ |

F{yawrey o Nesw Gmares: )

fags)

R

o8 $8 TR oBoH S

@mfﬁ:ﬁg% 0l

w&@é"""@a&?ﬁo K50 é&zﬂfsg 85555 53|

Support the needy, O son of Kunti! bestow not your riches on the

wealthy.

Medicine is proper for a patient; why medicine for a healthy

man ?

248, Ruy fFzTray

RNBGo 836535":&650”

The Naishadham is medicine for the Doctors.

It tests the powers of the learned.

249. qfeqT ﬂﬁaﬁfm: 0

ST 53315%"\5811

Pandits live on fools.

250, 99T Fraq sIriE 0

Vo> T ES D55 81

The road is cleansed by the wind.

TIET WA A1 &1 gy qavwre |

ATHARE G199 UgT graq gy )

Ba Py w8 TS0 HFgd BET S |

(M

G

S

SHIY BRS Bog TS Wyl

*

*

#

Wood is beautified by chisel-

ling ; copper is polished by tamarind ; the road is cleansed by the wind,

(429 )

251, gmTAT & I9 LGl FgTEa @ursfy |

)

e

a’)‘s*“ogw“o

LT B8 35@0’5003 ég)?é’”&ﬁ@%ll

O Sata! in killing those ripe [ for death ], blades of grass

even are equal to Indra’s weapon.

959. QZTZTYT WIFT: Il

$eoes oS '§5d§>o§258|l

[ His ] pomp is dreadful.

253. 959 9o wE qre N

98,0 9By Pwo & awoll

A ‘Ipaf', a flower, a fruit, water.

Said apologetically by a poor host to a grand guest.

T 99 e Ard 97 #@ wEr aa=iq |

q%% WRTEARAIA qgara: |

BE0 PByo Fwo & ap0 T~ o $3°8 @o‘&ﬁ%@l

B o ﬁ_é,ﬁgﬁﬁ’me)és&:w&& @o‘&;‘@“’gmu

“I accept and enjoy the holy offerings of the humble soul, who in his

worship presenteth leaves and flowers, and fruit and water unto me."”

( Bhagavad-gita, 9. 26. Wilkins’ trans. )

254. ufqa: wdar =9 |

$88s SELE™ ogos||

A fallen mountain is [ thought] light [ of ].

“ When a person once prosperous declines in circumstances, he ceases to

be respected.”’

( Morton 822.)

255. ugat fufear faal a fqar aycrEg

BH 208 P850 5 Dod”® HiHorandl

The Margosa tree will not sweeten, though it be constantly

watered with milk.

( 430 )

SANSCRIT

PROVERBS.

956, gTUATT gifeal |

‘{)6@6"6?3 ix'voféé,go 1

Skill in defrauding others.

257. GUTH ATUWEFEZ |l

‘oﬁmzsa_o @t’a‘éogéoon

Another’s food is distressing to the life.

Dependence on another for one’s livelihood is a miserable state of

existence.

(See TELUGU No. 2126)

258, UTR i wify 7 w=%:

BB (2,53 §FB K $Fel

No one is devoted to the supreme Brahma.

259, YCIAFTT, TQIE Iy YTqEE |

$8 8558 EOLAINE SR AT A $85E 501

To do good to others is meritorious, to injure others is sinful.

18

1"

260, YTIGEHTCIR "@aT {aas: |

B PGS T oo ¥T 0 DI Fovsll

The riches of the good are [ employed ] for the benefit of

others.

{0

fudfa ageeaas stw: @fa @ @gwerfa gan

saryCreneAz {a 99 gQiusterg a@at A

3008 FEFT) Son DL Trods goK0d $ ILwPemd HyTal

BT oY IFHB0d BY V8D TOT A $TT0 DPFBossll

The rivers themselves drink not [ their ] water, nor do the trees eat [ their

f

own j sweet fruit; the clouds eat not the crops—the riches of the good are

[ employed ] for the benefit of others.

( 481 )

‘(vo}’ob_@ée?’"sé"gﬁw

261, qUIORTCIE{RT TAT

BB T oS0 ¥ 8501

This body is for doing good to others.

Our bodies are given to us as the means whereby we may assist our

felloW‘_men.

262. YrgE T vifed |

PEIHTE S a“rvoé%é&oll

Proficiency in advising others.

udruz R wifed sdut gFC qui |

yd QEags aw 4w d@w@a |

BIIST a—vo£é§o }6%{3?&0 %o¥ 80 KyEeeol

55T Rganmzese ¥y D e BLsl

Proficiency in advising others is easy to all men; few are the great

men who themselves practise virtue.

Every one thinks himself able to advise another.

Nothing is so freely given as advice.

( French.)*

Of judgment every one has a stock for sale.

(Italian.) t

263. U0 Feaare dy:

B8 SBE o8|

Though not of your kin, a friend is your [ truest ] relation.

(See TELUGU No- 909.)

Many kinsfolk, few friendst

qrfy feaare dydycafea: o

Zfsar Txar FrfufEqarcearay |

D802 SBoE zaquaZSZ)ozﬁotf‘{)_S%-ués $Ysl

08" Bios” 35"'8@%"'5-@5&5”6:%83&?“&&350”

One interested in our welfare is a relative, though a stranger; one

injurious is a stranger, though a relative; disease is hurtful, though born

in our body ; medicine is beneficial, though produced in a forest.

# Rien ne se donne aussi libéralement que les conseils.

T Del judlzio ognun ne vende,

( 432 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

264. gfggaxTa: |

ﬁ&é&&w%o&sil

Like a bird and a tree.

965. QTATAIAT qT9waa (& ar

33-0353'0373'70 DT BS 8o ol

What of a hundred sins to sinners ?

v?rzg\am%m gutT {397 aweg vﬁq\av\rﬁa & ar i

TR ez Nt graraEi grgwaa 5

Aisr 8,5 Bn v~ DI 8 I8y A3 IS go o

@é§e)°)a"rv:§85‘{)25§)%-§3mo zbwsﬁ-o_g'mo DT BS 8o woll

Milk is spoiled even by a little of cow’s urine, what harm does a quantity

of it do to buttermilk ? The pure are involved in trouble by the smallest

11

sins, how will even a hundred sins affect those already sinners ?

( cf. Morton’s Bengali and Sanscrit Proverbs 811.)

266. fuar ¥ |ww@ETsTIATAT I |

wTET TUIat v gEwgcufar o

2T I wwmga@ﬁ_“j@“ ?@6%@&1

Poovg HoDES § %08 9 E,¥) B, BK048sll

A father in debt is an enemy [ to his son]; a mother of bad

conduct is an enemy [to her son]; a beautiful wife is

an enemy [to her husband ]; an unlearned son is an

enemy [ to his parents ].

267. fUmg @ q YWt AEgE q 3@ |

wETE ® gaNTET gugE fq7at

28y Hspo & GRS Sy thosgo & LB Vsl

né

ARECMNMLET :@;Sm?>m§ 3 thspo dBoBBoll

m

Sorrow for [ the loss of ] a father [lasts] six months; sorrow

for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife until a second

wife [ comes ]; sorrow for a son, for ever.

%3]

( 433 )

o

o

3\

4

On)b_.

268. fuwrarat fanrawrggarw 9 0

T TrEce AT BPRTOF E o Bawoll

Devils should be answered in devils’ language.

269. JHTA FRI(AEGAr STFA(T TATIA:

PSE C&z?xb__géodﬂwg‘s a‘?:ﬁ;ﬁ&% aﬁvae?fswa&sll

A man of evil repute is, though living, as one dead.

270, JRITUIARWTAR @AT A1 ufqwan: |

PHXTHPRS Jo°g ToEgs 0B B

In the absence of men, all women are chaste.

271. gEaa afaar fa= qgeasd 914 |

=T gATTEI{H ST FET ¥ Gew: |

P Ko ST dBo VYKo Kol

e PITSH® B¥o (FI ¥ okl

A book, a woman, or money, when gone into the hand of

another, is gone [indeed ]; or it returns worn out, cor-

rupted, or by bits.

272, YEAaY ¥ AT f3gT wrwwd w 9g+ |

aad & ufturad « & fF=gr 9 ag+

YEIH § S dTIg SHR F awvigol

$HTH B m@jﬁg CEAT L = ég;sou

Learning, in the book, is not learning, and money in the hand

of another is not money when the time [of need ]

arises.

273. TBATSATEAHA: |l

‘é@)éx@‘&imgoéﬁo?(su

Falling out of the teeth by a stroke on tl}e back

(See TELUGU No. 1766.)

Applied to inconclusive reasoning.

( 434 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

974, RRATTE wlgaTaTE: N

@qfs&:%’u'e? & T Bl

Fall of a fly into the first morsel [ of food 1.

Said of an obstrgction at the very commencement of an undertaking.

275. waYsmAafEw 7 @ wawa 0

BT aSHHETY § D087 BT

Without an object in view, not even a fool undertakes [ a

business. ]

o76. yafaanafmd ufa swrgarss s1Tw

@é‘bg@"’ogén‘bjbéao &8 S/e)é?x‘rwc‘ﬁs@"’g:ﬁo T 8es0ll

Knowledge of the possibility of the act is an inseparable

Sousndl

motive to perseverance.

277, RTEAE dFEm gLTENH aT |

%

k)

5,V T8 Vo

?(65 mmasfbtfgso Soll

Keeping away from the mire is better than washing it off.

278. yTuwa ufversy AmaEafuTEa )

sfaat wala ara@r |@ FrEgarE |

@m’&a’a ‘oﬁSe’%m‘S S RoT DEE &

©a8Ty 558 Fuest S8 S¥o KT LYol

Even at the cost of his life, one should preserve his honor ;

life is transient, honor is as lasting as the moon and

stars.

435 )

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S

b_._

T E K en

-0

279, grawTEr | suafa

&

Sewd S 2581

He whose time has come, lives not.

araTe fagd afgfgwonacty |

WY, FEEATIC yraETEr 9 safa

ARG RN N-CAL L]

B s FTKH S B)n @yBTert ¥ 4581

No one dies before his time even though pierced by hundreds of arrows ;

touched merely by a blade of grass, he lives not, whose time has come.

280. YTET s=x{a I9 %a%amﬁa qieraT: N

T Ki5)® H B, BIFBY S B oGN3l

Wherever the fate-stricken goes, there calamities generally

go also.

@t (ravgraw roawarfus aws

T=Fq TAWATAY FANqETEE qE AT

AITUFHTTRAT gadar |y gwse {uT )

qTar Ty 99 TIsATEAET ITUT: |

pogis® asBILEEY /0T BT I

KBNS BT 8o (B BKBImu¥y Soeo Kl

é@%@gcf»;ﬁ%{oéﬁ WET” FKyo d¥wo 8Ys|

e

]

géxwés’g 8 o&wgos‘o’msu

@&m K{S_Lbé’é o55

o

When a bald headed man having had his head scorched by the rays of the

sun, seeking a cool place, went quickly under a palmyra tree, there by the

falling of a large fruit his head was broken with a noise! Wherever the

fate-stricken goes, there calamities generally go also.

( 436)

PROVERBS.

SANSCRIT

081. g&: graAyfas:

Y8 ‘{)63$>zpvz§stl

The crane is very virtuous!

Ironically ¢ applied to one of outward decency and pretence of virtue,

but inwardly aiming at injury to others.”

( Morton, 832.,)

wH: wH: foumrgr wfeat aygsarn |

gy =W oy gF: geAdtfAE: |

¥ R8s ¥R 3&‘%3‘&%’“’ o, 30 ST o¥ S|

BEY e)__%ra LHowrecSSo w¥'s ‘é&;&am_gs/sil

Behold, Lakshmana ! for fear of destroying life it places its feet softly in

the Pampa lake, the crane is very virtuous!

989, FHFRYTH |

293’?;"850(1

A crane’s meditation.

Cranes appear to be meditating when they are ready to pouncg on the fish,

Hypocrisy.

283. FgHEw §& f¥ weITA! feaa:

—iD

9,

)

SH 8l

zazsaﬁ:rve)}(vﬁ SHrewo oo 5361@56658”5

Women are the great root of the firmly-rooted tree of

enmity.

Women and dogs set men together by the ears,

A woman’s vengeance knows no bounds.

(German. )*

* Weiberrache hat keine Grenzen,

(437 )

‘{Joéb_@éé*‘gé*eﬁw.

284. qwdd fufFmaa

wosoBo -Sbgéfébﬁagll

The strongest should be cured.

sufius g=fdy O fawify Tros |

arfrasd gar awdd Sfamaa

)

e—‘;é%c%fé‘ w5027 7R 2Ta %53

oJ °

T=38¥o ByT-g wesodo &gé‘sﬁfm’?’n

When there are divers diseases sprung from bile and the like, the strong-

est ( most dangerous ) should be cured, leaving alone those less injurious.

285. fagfayfyrasfig:

‘z’)ods%{)o@ﬁ‘i)&oqﬁaﬁisg%}o&su

A drop is as the ocean [ to the good ] ; the ocean is as a single

drop [to the base].

Referring to recipients of charity.

286. Ifgdm v 7w faggeq AT ad |

m%tﬁsﬁg WO é{),g K)tﬁ?)‘é‘_(g &@’8 ool

He who is wise, is strong; the foolish man has no strength.

gfgdea 7@ qea faggem gar aw o

gy 91 adrarwwaaa Hafaa:

m%?ﬁgf@ 200 éﬁ,g m&zﬁé—@ %87 weool

‘&)«?’8 Do a&)ﬁ*_ﬁgé%’b%‘é?ﬁ A HBsll

He who has wisdom, has strength; how comes strength to him who has

no wisdom ? Consider how the lion Madonmatta was drowned by the hare.

287. HYHTAA AT |

@as—agj‘%:s 3 :_rzmau

By the knowledge of Brahma, a Brahnﬁan.

Spiritu‘al wisdom makes the Brahman.

(438 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

288, WANTATHIF WUTH |

FR B o ¥¥o B, 5o%ol

For rivers, water is the chief thing.

289. wigafy @d a1 wiay =y

5832 0% D 5 78" T8 Gsl

Though an onion was eaten, the disease was not cured.

To eat onions is forbidden by the Hindu Law.

Said when an object has not been gained even though a considerable

gacrifice was made to secure it,

990. W13 wwla w2 7 rgr s 9 9rew 0

PKgo Pod WL E, I Doy § X ISl

Fortune is fruitful everywhere, not learning nor human

efforts.

R 9% wfcas w0

WY wElg @39 9 @gr 7 9 9wy 0

SENCE S :nag%o 567 D0l

PoKgo Pod W8T, 8 [mTg S B WSl

At the churning of the ocean, Hari obtained Lakshmi and Hara, poison ;

fortune is fruitful everywhere, not learning nor human efforts.

291. wratfa gyauar @y w@fwary |

FTE wEiy JTUW qI7 I N

P FBRBDI oo $oTT DI

T8 P0od PWIIY HFS LHF sl

Fortune, acquired by former penance, brings forth fruit to a

man in [ due ] time, as do the trees.

( 439 )

292. WFT TIFAIITHA |

H¢ TrassT Rl

One should eat and sit like a king

293. YT WAUR T=Hd |

?‘,S)_‘S:’S FEDS0 K?Di)g‘.ll

After eating, walk a hundred paces

After eating, either stand, or walk a mile.

(Latin, ) *

After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.

294. WA TI FATATA HATICY |G |

HuoX A 8B HuoxHBreo BB

O friend! the serpent only knows the serpent’s feet.

( See TELUGU No. 1419. )

295. Wa Wy s 0

55 8 K)%’So@ INCAS]

Fools learn by the past.

Trar gwfa wurar fyar gwfy gfsan o

uys: gmiy wids s gwfa ggcn

Tr V¥ES FoopUgo RSS B¥god Sog T el

B8 FIY XoTH 58 $FGod wyT el

A king perceives by his ears, the learned by their intellect; a beast per-

ceives by scent, and fools by the past.

Ezxperience is the mistress of fools.

(Latin. )t

Ezxperience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other.

* Post epulas stabis vel passus mille meabis.

1 Experientia stultorum magistra.

( 440 )

SANSCRIT

PROVERBS

296. zinaﬁzmm: i

ﬁéox'géom.g%sn

Like the bee and the worm.

The large black bee is said to hum round a worm until it makes it, like

itself, a bee.—¢* The similitude is used to point out the entire change pro-

duced in the mind of a pupil.”’ ( Brown.)

297. WET TFIHTIF N

F8® w¥ T o B

A frog croaks.

st gaws s A 79 arfa Arfae

NET FTAYNEG AET THIRTEA |

63580 SrBeo @‘65 ¥ X¥Co & §*8es!

2T G ¥EHI~dawo FE* DEVT OB

The cuckoo feels no pride in the possession of a delicious mango; a

frog is set a croaking by a gulp of muddy water.

298, WHIR 1ZATY: |

@aﬁééuwgomu :

Like the bee and the worm.

( Bee No. 296.)

H

299, AMFATHUTd (wawmar{y FaY |

HEHonYSoTTo @5?5@’5% <3580

Even a single lion tears to pieces a herd of mad elephants.

300. ww faufay wrya:

:,5:—455 858 Srsel

MAdhava stands in the middle.

When two persons salute each other, it is as pleasing to Vishnu as if he

were himself worshipped by them both.

56

(441 )

301. WA TF AW FTCY FUATTE N

55 s aﬁ.&ﬁx"gﬁ‘”o T80 VOISR~ &, o sl

The mind of men is the cause of bondage and release.

It depends upon man himself to obtain final beatitude and release

from mundane existence.

302. AMEGD JUEGH FTHQF WIETEAT |

ATEGIETATRHGA LA |

S50 a’ﬁST‘f’)gé’o é/_tg?%‘gé/o aSnt’o-S_ég'mol

35)568586551‘5(»555%_58%858&336‘1%?001l

At heart, in word, and in deed the good are one; in the

wicked, heart differs from word and word from deed.

303, wTwiafa acrfi o

HET*0T° Ews%n

Enmities end with death.

304. HRZ{FTITATT: |

aSaZSb_éogr?’sc‘SmSMsn

The monkey and its cub.

As the cub clings to its mother, so man seeks divine aid, and clings to

his God.—The doctrine of the Fadagalais.

( See No. 313.)

305. AZATHUIHA |

mgw%szsgéoll

Pounding improves the disposition.

goid wt9qd WL FEE EATEH |

TgEwrE faersgg wdagugd |

)

&

Zﬁagﬁo TrouS0 ’-zﬁéo ?I»&

o &éma’nﬁol

&0 PoTR @ervaio—?‘) =, 5 &gaﬁagmmégaim

A bad man, gold, a drum, a bad woman, a bad horse, stalks of sugar cane,

sesamum seed, and Stdras should be beaten to improve their qualities.

A spaniel, a woman and o walnut tree,

The more they be beaten, the better they be.

( 442 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

306. HETANT, g@Tdq AASHAET @ @1 qAfq: 0

B8 HevoHo B ¥ TIro H TO X8l

When huge elephants run away, what hope is there for

mosquitos ?

307, HETH® 99 AqE@ 99T |

5823 o TS KB Wopsll

That is the road which is frodden by the great.

T fafwan: waar fEfvaar aur gaat aaar fataEn

wdeq qe fafed M@t ARWAT 99 AT 4L

Boe dPI s _gaéa’m Py TG SedTro HET DPTY 8!

FERS 6800 dI~Bo NFISHro MHFER Vo Sl KEQY Sogrsll

The Vedas are divided, the Smgitis are divided, so are Munis’ minds

divided ; the reality of virtue is placed in a cave—that is the road which

is trodden by the great.

308. AifE®T ATEAT aWT ITIHT HYRETAT |

IHENTHET Fqd ICITHET: |

D& KroS” Frg S s gTl

S

b BrE s BB SETEF Tl

a—

A fly, the wind, a harlot, a beggar, a rat, the head of the

village, and the village accountant—these seven are

annoying to others.

309. ®T¥ wWiE« T4 |

7]

Sro%o Frows ;,sg‘én

Flesh is increased by flesh.

i. e, by eating it

(443 )

oa)b_géei"sé"s&)ex

310, wrag=aTryTy feyarg | a9

TP BRI rod SrTTIgAS ST $sll

Salutation, salutation to the gold [ which caused] enmity

between the mother and the son.

The story runs as follows

A man found, while ploughing, a pot of

money

His mother perceiving this from a distance, determined to kill her

son and mixed poison with his food

the son noticing that his mother had

seen the treasure and fearing that he would be made to divide it with his

brothers, killed her with a blow of the yoke and soon afterwards himself

died of the poison

The goddess of money then invited a Brahman, who

was in a neighbouring tree, plucking leaves for platters, and had seen all

that had happened, to appropriate the treasure, but he declined to have

anything to do with it

311, ATEsAfuITsiad 7 FTaSwasaIas a9t |

wifastwaue: we gar (Gtad@cafataasss

S8y 83N EBT0 FP® TToEIIISIITET0

T2 08 I-FENKs Poo HF° 80 e%tfcfbmmﬁ’szeéoll

Vain is the life of a motherless child, so is the prime

[of a woman] without a husband; penance without

quietism is fruitless, so is food without tamarind juice.

(See No, 87—also TELUGU No, 1028. )

312. |TH HHT Bar va |

S0 587 587" 5B Il

Virtue lost, takes away honor

313. ATSTA{F WIS 0

a&rwvgé"%éwgo&sl

Like the cat and her kitten

The stronger carrying and protecting the weaker

used to illustrate the

free grace of God.—The doctrine of the Tengalais

( See No. 304.)

( 444 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

314. ATSITHTESA |

531@0*7}580&50!1

Anointing a cat.

If oil be put on a cat’s head, it is said she will scratch herself to death

in a week.

f

Injuring another by indirect means.

315. HE UHATHIATL AN |

T@sged sifaiasar tg\??'@'ami N

é

Sogo VELe~ 5o SHF)o882Bwo0!

|

?’me)ézl_gé‘éaino AT~ €§w_§e)g§\§\a'aol|

A face shaped like the petals of the lotus, a voice as cool

[ pleasing | as sandal, a heart like a pair of scissors, and

excessive humility—these are the signs of a rogue.

316. @ G wC@AT |

P 0P BB

Sarasvati is in every mouth.

i. e. all have the power of speech.

e

317. g ¥ wfaww: o

snd o S 853@@5533!1

The minds of Munis are [ sometimes ] confused.

fast zwly Witew wizwafy <fq |

Waegifa @ Hr g9at v afvaw

BHIC 008 HULY IEFed =38!

%)z&:éwg% 8T Foa® modwro b M8l

The tongue of the brave, [ sometimes] falters; the foot of the elephant

shakes ; Bhima even is discomfited ; and the minds of Munis are confused.

318. FATILE@ANT: YT |

T TP Deds Fogrsll

Muréri’s is the third way.

The poet Muriri’s style differs both from that of Kaliddsa and that of

Bhavabhiiti.

(445 )

K)oab_e)éé“"@_&gw.

319. Aww: {wwwTay |

P08 Ehe~an B

The rice pounder sprouts.

(See TELUGU No. 1887, )

320. AE@Y gV fawar v waw

ss'w'vg_)%i) t@@ D S Faogll

A stubborn son, a widowed daughter.

FUTAATE: GOET §IT [ATSH AYFE ¥ AT |

qEg gar fuat v s=r fGEifyar dged W@

By Hbs HPRIWY de Hpaugo @aﬁmgf) S oyl

mg;{) '@@ DFwe I Famg DIRY T So¥i~8 ¥88oll

Residence in a hamlet, service under a low fellow, coarse food, an ill-

tempered wife, a stubborn son, and a widowed virgin [ daughter] burn the

body without fire.

3921, ag\ém ATEITEE |

a{vvg)ég m_?bzéa&?ﬁou

There is no cure for the headstrong.

AT arfud SMe gaRm FA0 JuTAuT |

arigy ffatgRa @wdt 8 AragHET

Fifydvsdasy ERGER=mEaAEy |

wdeayafa weafafed gue AreRr ey |

"9’@'65 T oniho BBS $ToBHE ﬁ@n 353“’6?5"’1

T Ro &) BT OH IS ¥WET HoTs AEKYFI

*“’8@%@5*@(’0@?53 DR B o B3, F8LSo!

é&g%‘vga’vﬁs&:& E

-0

K DIHBo SHY

P

S wflf’g{xaﬁoll

It is possible to stop fire with water, rain and heat with an umbrella,

a must elephant with a sharp hook, a bull or ass with a stick, a disease

with medicines, and venom by the use of various spells; for every

thing there is a remedy provided in the Sastras—but there is no cure for

the headstrong.

( 446 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

322. Y@y q@t Afq: o

a(m-og)og mgﬁ X&sli

A fool’s refuge is a fool.

393, q\fém & wiew

mvgm 8o PrResoll

‘What speech with a fool ?

¢ Talk not muchk with a fool, and go not to him who hath no wunder-

standing.”’

Ecclesiasticus, xxii. 13,

324. HfdT AT IRWITTTEHICHS TRHEICTET |

MATHS TRUGATARF: GCTAT FHLwqAl |

$)8)0% 8% BFPOELTHYSTHT0 VFVIHT T

ATEEHoFo wFo BT H¥s ST DFo TSI

One lump of clay [is moulded ] into vessels of many forms,

one gold [ is made ] into ornaments of many shapes ; [ all ]

cow-milk is one though yielded by many cows; so the

one Supreme soul resides in many bodies.

325. Wejd wifwAt g 1

aﬁg)éog”?é o, 370 @aﬁoll

Death is certain to all living creatures.

( See Nos. 120, 214. )

Man is a bubble.

( Greek. )*

326. AV WATHATHS |

S5So ‘éb‘vsgzb—vzgé’oll

Silence gains all objects.

Silence is wisdom, when speaking is folly.

Who ;9pcaks, sows; who keeps silence, reaps. (Italian.)t

* [lougorvE 6 dvbpwmos.

1 Chi parla semina, chi tace raccoglie,

( 447 )

‘{)on)b_aiﬁeﬁ"‘?gi’ﬁow

327, AIFAYTITRTT:

S5O oR T8l

Silence is half consent.

Silence is consent.

Who k;e»ps stlence, consents. (ltalian,)*

He who says nothing, consents.

( French.)t

328. Wraw s@er aifw qrfeq sracar W= 0

SRS Torwe 3 TR 2 KES™ ool

By silence there is no quatrel, by vigilance there is no fear.

By silence all occasion of strife is avoided, and by vigilance is removed

all cause of sudden fear.

Stilence seldom doth harm.

Silence is wisdom, and gets friends.

q

329, AT YHEAAT I

58" 533@’8 208!l

Where there is justice, there is victory.

SETE ArgYATAT AT 4R FAATEA: |

gq: FWEAAT YA] AT HHEAAT A |

2o~ W00 BT 0 S0 ‘oﬁﬁ‘\ 'a’mgésl

ands By 987 507 0w 58 8 wansl

Success be to sons of Pandu, on whose side is JanArdana ; where Krishna is,

there is justice ; where justice is, there is victory.

330. g9 faefa wntarr a9 <aifa fasfa

@) 838 57T &, BY~d 8581

Where there is a virtuous man, there also is God.

God helps the good.

* Chi tace, acconsente.

f Qui ne dit mot, consent,

( 448 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

331, 9 WAl QWYAT ¥&l I T |

TR AFATUTER TATENS HEHTET! |

o8, 587 S35 T g0 o T8y BY 1

SHSB (D ESTR TS E, SPUessll

Where virtue is destroyed by vice, and truth by falsehood,

there the courtiers who witness it become themselves

depraved.

332. 99 YAEAT afsg:

B, R, B3y 81l

Where smoke, there fire.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

No smoke without some fire.

Where there is no fire, no smoke rises

( Portuguese, )*

333. 991 fugtT auT g0

HF® T B PG sl

As the father, so the son.

(See TELUGU No. 176,)

334. YT sl qAHT |

o Do Bzeo%nssl

As the seed, so the sprout.

(See TELUGU No. 1977,)

By

Bad crow, bad egy.

( Greek. )t

335. YT AT dH_T ¥ |

SO T T (S aresll

As the king, so the people.

Like king, like people. (Latin.)t

*Onde fogo na ha, fumo nad se levanta,

+F Kaxod xdpaxos xaxov dov.

¢ Qualis rezx, talis grex.

57

(449 )

o(\)z,_@)éeﬁ"e?"gsﬁ%\)

336, FYTHITZT WrafaTren |

s b e3F¥NHI

A speaker of truth is the world’s enemy

(See TELUGU No. 820, &c.)

337. gu=p f3vT TgHITH U

o ipsiti)o DY KyBFovall

O king of bulls, roam freely at your will

( See No. 99.)

¢ The

A phrase used when liberating a bull in obsequial- ceremonies.

sacrifice of a cow or calf formed part of the ancient Sraddha.

It then

became typical, or a bull was turned loose, instead of being slaughtered.”

( Wilson’s note on Vishnu-purdna, Book 111, Chap 15.)

338, ufy fafesT 2w {3 wag g=w« &

HB goi‘DES‘S’zﬁ 5355 8o 3RS HBS 8ok

If there be a defect in the son-in-law, what is wealth and

what is birth ?

|27 ATar 9¢ u@a_aar G @ g€ )

afzr HiesT Ow & yag gua &0

8T T $8o ﬁ%g 587 D80 BFs Hool

oHd goﬁ)tSS'é 8558 8o XSRS HTS 8ol

A father should first look to [the person of] his son-in-law, then to

his wealth and then to his family ; if there be any defect in the son-in-law,

what is wealth and what is birth?

330, gfer wZgARY a=® w31 fagg

SHY matfo‘&a&)%&aio é(§ 880 dWKol

-

If the heart be impure, all [ the actions] will be wrong

This can also be rendered ¢ If a man’s heart be impure, all things will

appear opposed to him

( 4

0.}

SANSCRIT

PROVERBS.

340, GFd agd |

o‘S:éé?o égéo X&Boll

What is gone, is gone, gone.

( See TELUGU Nos. 2000, 2162, )

341. afy+ afea mifEm afgs gfida waa

o&agﬁo égﬁo 70'“_?2 ég:éo c&g:io o0l

What day is not a “That-day’”’, that day is a bad day

for me.

( For Taddina [ lit. ** that day’’ ] see TELUGU No, 271.)

he

Said by a poor Brahman who lived by attending obsequial ceremo-

61

nies ( Sraddha. )

342, gfyuwsafa fegd |

sﬁaﬁog‘é__zgﬁ?o Eééou

As Fate wills it.

d

FOA ara nfasr sxerafiasa:

e yRereare afydaate fegd

¥67 % T DBF” I oI HBsl

P00 PIZBIEY oHALTIHR Roll

Let a politic man certainly attempt this and that, but the fruit shall be

as Fate wills it.

¢ There's a divinity that shapes our ends,

to

Rough-hew them how we will.”

Shakespeare.

Al

343. AW FRWT Arf{eg qasATSTUT HTUF M

o&a&i)}ég ¥ m__?\g é@:gﬂ@é aﬁ'@éll

Yama has no mercy, be careful therefore, be careful!

Yama is the god of death, ¢ the deity of Naraka or hell: he corresponds

with the Grecian god Pluto and the judge of hell Minos, and in Hindu

yill

( Wilson. )

mythology is often identified with Death and Time.”

( 451 )

344. ga ifeq @y u=1 wed qaw sofa &

A

ob/o“6§ T‘__?g aHo (D= 7

—0

~

o éxvg ¥87%8 80|

Who has no sense of his own, what will the Séstra do for

him ?

g@ aiftg w9 yar nres g9 afa 7

wrearat GEww zow: @ wfrafy

aHvg W] W0

L5

Bpr 7 g o By ¥67°8 8o |

s3SI g0 VARG HYyees §o ¥BNGABI

‘What will the Sastra do for him who has no sense of his own? what

will a mirror do for him who has lost his eyes?

What has a blind man to do with a mirror?2 (Greek.)*

345. watfig faw v av g@awdfsaragaara, fGfus:

¥ UL IAT W F TRATE: «F qUn wrgaarmEf 0

oy B DBo $ I3 HOIHWoRBYH Fa-E” 2pgsl

S A% BT 9 F 88 dobs $TY HTOE T oESErF 0008

‘Who has wealth, that man is of high birth, he is learned, he

is a hearer [of the Vedas], he has a knowledge of the

precepts, he is eloquent, he is handsome-—all qualities

follow gold.

Ironical.

Money makes the man.

Money is the god of the world.

All things are obedient to money.

(Latin, ) T

346. gfews safa SNafa swaww @ wafa

o'&a_z%a? 250 2508 23?’01?6‘.6‘3 & 2581

He [ truly ] lives by whom many live.

He lives a worthy life who supports many lives besides his own,

wifhi ¥ TUPAG xeud xa‘réwrpc?.

1 Pecuniae obediunt omnia.

( 452 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

347. gfewms T gTrare grcwEt f3=q

SHIE BT oHTTTIO8s aﬂsaomf"‘g DHoH B

sl

In every country, that custom prevails which has come

down from generation to generation.

9 ZIAT AY WY qHAAT Ff@TD |

SITE ATEIYAI S ARmE A |

gfeadmwafa ffae gifas qa9r

gfews In grIre grewat fadaa o

8 87 HXT HTY DK FT F¥DoxT

L& DBySE R TR 8y gRy eI

&a%wéozcéoe)ﬁ—vg?o Sy e @&é Xond

B & BF owmemels eBowsTy DRew Bl

In Magadha, there is no ecrime in [ drinking] liquor; in Kalinga, in

[ drinking ] arrack; in Orissa, in co-habitation with a brother’s wife; in

Gauda, in eating fish; in Drdvida, in marrying a maternal uncle’s daugh-

ter :—that custom obtains in every country, which has been handed down

from generation to generation.

Every country has its custom.

( Spanish. )¥

N

So many countries, so many customs.

( French. )t

Every land its own custom, every wheel its own spindle.

( Portuguese. )1

348. WTTW: YRUEITEHT ATEL EHHTHA |

SSmS)Fs YIRIFT® T EYFo So WSB!l

As a man’s heart is, so does he speak.

4s the life is, so will be the language. (Greek.)§

*En cada tierra su uso.

T Tant de pays, tant de guises,

I Cada terra com seu uso, cada roca com seu fuso,

§ Ofes ¢ Bios, Toios 6 Aoyos.

( 453 )

o

RS

349. greM Wigar ey fufgwafy ared

osanase)% AR m-@g DOB\SS W&a%n-

As is the perception, so is the fulfilment.

Success depends upon faith.

23 A9 4 @9 T3y qws g

grem wEar geg fufydata ared

B3 ég 887 0B, BIE FSB 6T

Sy 8 oI oy .%gézpéé’a SN

In God, in pilgrimage, in a Brahman, in medicine and in a Guru, as

is the perception, so is the fulfilment.

350. TEW AET T Y= |

ofinEyd T ToEyd P&

Like mother, like daughter.

( See TELUGU No. 1019. )

351. qra=d sranfa

o&végzﬁo "mﬁv,s&bu

I shall make offerings all my life.

352. ATaRENG {4S qTAAYTATC |

SrSHPKBo doBo T SYLPIFBeooll

As long as there is food in the mouth, so long will the words

be sweet.

( See TELUGU No. 899.)

353. gfmgs a=r are Frerefy gargfa

dS:a__godﬁw_é;o 8570 | W ,?’mgo w3oe s HoTEI

A reasonable word should be received even from a child or

a parrot.

354. GATE TTQPAAEATR FTAOAE: |

JITTTICE YT g¢ g9 49 39 |

o‘Soeg ¥o zazSéaivoeJ:S)E‘szs’o &85!

TS T OHEBON0ET oo S aHo FaHo Howol|

Yours is the jujube root, mine is the jujube tree; ours is a

jujube relationship—You are you, I am 1.

Said by one who had pretended tobe a relation,— Badart is the Zizyphus

Jujuba.

( 454 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

355. A9 I ¥ATRW WfEg: YRAT WA |

Shs TS B,5°Tre FAKs HOXE )

In some way or other, become a famous man.

356. guTRAT Afgaifaa Aut g a1fq: 0

aﬁomﬁang K@c‘“&__%}, B0 Toremd X &3

For those who have no other resource, Véardnasi ( Benares)

is a refuge.

( See TELUGU No. 2680. )

aratfyeaftasr @ awr fasEyfa

utR=t afgaifia aut qarere ofq: 0

ST RBY BBy S TYT deworeds

63)?)?5)W§ K@‘O“&_?B Taxo Tovemd X8

For such as are forsaken by their parents and relatives, and have no

other resource, Benares is a refuge.

357. G Arwa g=gq |

s xgo 63@‘7‘555 cﬁmeé?%u

Like joins with like.

(See TELUGU No. 735, &c. )

I

HTYT § qdwa] AT 9 FIATHA. |

STATAT GEFYA AW @A goya |

PTg o 88 Voviw o ¥ oHBT s

OSSO D° a’xgs"égé &a-uxso &:n'ﬁsé d&amg_éu

This my wife is a dancing girl, and I am the lowest of Yavanas;

[ 80 are] my son-in-law and wife’s brother-in-law : like joins with like.

Like loves like.

( Greek, )*

18

*T0uotov duoiey ditov.

( 435 )

BoB) 9878 H .

358, 4T w= w9t 9 {¥ ag@w g

O30 cﬁ:‘ég o‘61€)<5"8§ & B 6765 S 8sll

What is dear to one’s heart is not far off.

(See TELUGU No. 186,)

fr I AR qGrET wE9ialay 9Ny U |

Tgfiws guze dydafaem w<r @ & a@@ g 0

RT° ¥erd XX 550087 0T oBTY, ¥y 2B IFol

aomgse’&& I WY WosOGony Buy8Fg I By Tl

The peacock is in the mountain and the clouds in the sky; at the

distance of a hundred thousand yojanas is the sun, and the lotus is in

the water; two hundred thousand yojanas away is the moon from its

friend, the lily—what is dear to one’s heart is not far off.

Kumuda is the white esculent water lily (Nympheea esculenta) which

expands its petals during the night.

54

359. Traigmuayrfu Twadrfw Fraaq |

718 @ GreW a8 yd fa=wagrela |

mméé&oﬁég?s% &?égﬁe% TOES |

&Y

R B FEI §3 9E)0 DG HTETS I

A son should be treated as a prince for five years, as a slave

for ten years, and in his sixteenth year, as a friend.

360. TIAT ww: fugds yard) yaafga: |

=yrgafy gtEfa & gaswaty gq

oo $HTs %&:'33;5 B8 $8K8gs!

LI, FEWD Troifod 8o PIEFLTD cw& Il

A king, a drunken man, a child, a madman, a purse proud

man desire what is not obtainable—how much more

that which can be had?

( 456 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

361. TTAT TIF&A 91d Ty gOifea: |

waT ¥ TetEd urd faramtd qEEsa |

oo T é S’Q)éo N0 TCPRIONO 1@8"8%1@81

Foo <3 _‘%Dj(@éo Fvo gRgIHo K Egj‘égn

The king must answer for his country’s sin; the priest for

the king’s sin; the husband for the wife’s sin, and the

| ——

Guru for the disciple’s sin.

6

=

362. Troe_ saaagtfu =fy w39 gufa |

T aEya afa arxify fH9za:

DORE" ?s’;és’égjs% éogoaa “665@ a’og\e?!

@TK%-IS_L)@&U{)'%& 000 TS 0d Dossl

O king! a rain of gold falls from thee in all places, but no

drops reach me, covered with the umbrella of misfortune.

363, TTATIANATYE TATHATAIRT |

m&bmaﬁn&m&ggo Lol SYopt Yo sate !

The battle between Rama and Révana islike that between

Ré4ma and Ravana.

i. e., like nothing else—nothing can be compared to it.

NN ANATHIC ATATEETATTYA, |

TRUTUATEE TR |

AXSo XX~ 8o 75*?(8573"(37(8"5?()5)81

mz&wén’c‘iﬂ&ggo Lo R SR pd-Tartas vatorll

d

0

The sky is like the sky, the ocean is like the ocean ; the battle between

R4ma and Révana is like that between Rdma and Rédvana.

58

(457 )

364. TTATY wita Tawry @fiq o

DO OH f<>§_?\3 oe&Tran KSRl

Blessings on Rama! Blessings on Révana!

(See TELUGU No-. 1853. )

Applied to keeping on good terms with both parties in a quarrel, and

not espousing the cause of either.

365. wUAIIANTAT (TIFFHEHAT: |

frgraaT 9 WA (qtar T3 fFagaT

FE IS IS SoB Ty DHIHoToF s

&)mﬁg’nwv S §70508 RZope 98 o ssl

Though possessed of beauty and youth and sprung from a

pure stock, the unlearned shine not, as the inodorous

kimsuka flowers [ are valueless].

Kimsuka is the Butea frondosa.

366. WHH YTATTH I

QOFIK0 VISTKEol

Fasting is the best medicine.

Feed sparingly, and defy the physician.

367, @MS(T €A TEET |

oz é?;::—o:mon

Modesty is the ornament of women.

« ¥ will therefore that

*

*

women adorn themselves

with shamefacedness.”’

1 Timothy, ii. 8, 9.

368. wwTz{M{@ar T@T t{fimgf 7 wFa

0O PT® Ty K)&S}fé’)mro S 5‘%’5511

The line written on the forehead cannot be effaced

(See TELUGU Nos. 1344, 1637.)

( 458 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

369. wWTZWET 7 ya: waria

et By~ 8§ P (D05 B

The writing on the forehead will never fail.

( See TELUGU Nos. 2431, 2450. )

d

WAy w¥a Awqar 2arfy d acfag a =

ST a4 Wrefa « Fewar | surewwr 9 g9 warfq

9’855,855350 0B ;5)53&&5’8 BP~d 8o T~Bowio & F¥sl

©8% 5 T § DT Do vemwBy § PP (HE0I

Man obtains what wealth he is to obtain, even God is not able to prevent

it; hence I neither grieve nor am surprised—the writing on the forehead

will never fail.

15

370. @rar fw=ef=:

o¥8 DIy HDsl

The world is divided in tastes.

( See TELUGU No. 1614. )

371. 394 ar T

SR 8t 58,358l

‘Who is poor in speech ?

Good words cost nothing, but are worth muck.

372. FEAATGAT TIAT YEET YAFIAT: |

AruTEEEaT 9raf garEar gigaaan

[RH0BSST ST BHWe P A fescat~oaky

W PRGSTHT ToETY Sy B BT STl

The spring is the youth of trees, wealth is the youth of men,

beauty is the youth of women, intelligence is the youth

of the young.

( 459 )

Vo

373. FEAT JYYT FTHT |

S R e SHI FT

By dress, by body, and by speech.

374. ITRIEC BAT J4 |

—mgs“ém ST Sosdoll

We are ruined by foolish speech.

(See TELUGU No, 1347.)

375. gifsy gwa @< |

a’vz%ég 393 e)_c%sn

Fortune dwells in trade.

gifesy gaq @=iEaey afuFdiv |

azy Trsaarat fugrat 93 87 w0

awe%ég 55 e%_(;aseﬁro é’a%\si_tge%l

BEEe0 TrRIT S0 DEFSH0 DS D W

Fortune dwells in trade; she is half in agriculture, half of that in

Government service, and not at all in begging.

376. ATTHET ITAT: |

mé@%‘s 03_553 Sl

A ruined alchymist [ makes] a capital doctor.

377. fagar W% WA T IAAET FUA

DEYSE Wi WHYHZo § Jos BT SIS |

One should die with his learning, not sow it in a barren soil.

Better that a man’s learning should die with him than that it should be

thrown away on the foolish.

( 460 )

SAN SURIT’ PROVERBS.

378, {FEmEINTE FTWW FFITATY TIHH |

3325"’570"?'“0& S’ervgc'ao ‘é&ogm%'“o:{: f?’s-z}S:SoH

Marriage is ruin to learning, and the consummation of

marriage is ruin to everything.

379. fagrea |ETyHE |

Sbmgééao BHF8EsSoll

The gem of learning is great wealth.

sifafirdzaqs Srawrfa 1 Ngq |

TTHq3 w9 grfa fFamce |agud |

2 OPELoL RS T IgER Bon B!

AR Hovo S8 amﬁﬁé&o SosFsesSoll

The gem of learning is great wealth; it cannot be shared by cousins, nor

lost by robbery, nor exhausted by liberality.

380. fyeiaTa, ywaATA, WIA_ |

T YT FITE FRS I

The possessor of learning becomes the possessor of wealth.

“ Get learning with a great sum of money and get much gold by

her

.H

Ecclesiasticus 1i. 28.

381. fagifa=sie: wag:

83?5'“583%—0:68 D508l

One void of learning is a beast

fagr ey gwa « % wd Gafids: awge

DTy %0 t@—msg S & B850 83'65“’883%"\’58 HFo8ll

Learning is honored by kings, not wealth; one void of learning is a

beast.

( 461 )

508 3BT Hen.

382, fyzTHa fasrarfa fassulios+d

q f% dar fasmnfy w6 wwaazat

DTLRS DT B DHLRIHYF ool

$ 3 Hogrg DT %880 &, s3Bsw ol

The learned only know the labour of the learned, the barren

woman knows not the great pains of childbirth.

(See TELUGU No. 807-)

383. fafyc=r awarfafa & «afq:

QAT WOT°I D sl

Lo!

Fate is all powerful, that’s my mind.

wfufraatardefied aeysinagfy dus |

afqwatw fawirs Tfigat Gt swnfafa @ afa

6‘%’&31'%/6&3*@?0‘6‘%&%;60 K2iH2oXHT~8d wo&sol

$BHT 0 S g)esv%s’,s BB E,B°0 DHEHST oTA8 o HBsll

Seeing the seizure of the sun and the moon by Graha, the restraint

[ exercised ] over elephants and serpents, and the poverty of the wise, lo!

I am of opinion that Fate is all powerful.

( Bhartrihari, )

Graha is a name of Réhu, the personified ascending node.

384. fafufafes gfgraecia

DHDI~To m%&:&‘.ﬁd@ll

Mind follows what Fate has decreed.

385. faaraame fauQagfg:

DTS 95850881

In the time of calamity, the sense is perverted.

386. fyuzgeiq WAy dw@Eq wfC

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aé&moe‘z’o :69’?)9‘3513

Let misfortunes come upon us often, by which Hari

( Vishnu ) is remembered.

( 462 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

387. fqufy Sdwarzd war wzfe aavzar gf fwa |

gufe wifwcfades gav natafeglag & awmaet

DHR TEYHFHPLATH K SBD ToHT® S0 DX, %!

OHT D W%Dtﬁ@élgrforéo @5’“ @5@@%%3&350 o5 ;s::é-sngon

Fortitude in misfortune, forbearance in prosperity, eloquence

in the assembly, valour in battle, eagerness in [ seeking ]

fame, attention to the Vedas—these are natural to a

great man.

388, fawrut STaar Sw If¥FTAt G NI |

Eboie arwmaav@g\;:mrﬁa s

@@Wo gjzée?(s Eqsa@&go &f\@dﬁw‘fﬂo & §)6§E§sl

JTgTTo z;végasééawg &) T W fa:gésu

Among Brahmans, seniority is [attained] by knowledge;

among Kshatriyas, by valour; among Vaisyas, by corn

and money ; and only among Sudras, by birth.

( See No. 163.)

389. fnzaw HiswwadfEarEat |

NPT B30 SHIHKo&T 7 oll

Silence is the ornament of the ignorant.

( See No. 169.)

390. fad =wwT TRgw gg= axd@ fag

Do WP HOE, Y BYKg Bwed Dol

An assembly is poison to a poor man; a young wife is

poison to an old man.

( See TELUGU No. 1779.)

Poor men’s words have little weight.

(Greek. )*

A young wife is an old man’s post-horse to the grave. (Germau.)t

* Tav yop mevitov &iow 61 Noyor xévor.

tJung Weib ist altem Mann, das Postpferd zum Grabe.

( 463 )

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391. faugw 'ué\rﬁ@f I

DBF00 D= Snoll

A vessel of poison, with a face of milk.

(See TELUGU No. 4, &c.)

e ATEEA| vea (aaifed |

geigwTg® fa¥ fauas waraw |

$58E, T8R0T Yo @ég‘é &, o0 T80l

B,

asga&gj’&e)go [\

(.

o JRXFoFo VT swgoll

Such a friend as, like a vessel of poison with a face (i. e. covering) of

milk, ruins [ a man’s ] business behind his back and speaks soft words to

his face, must be shunned.

392. {aufwfa=ra: 0

8)&&@&»:3*50&8“

Like the worm living in poison.

393. fawg<ifu W9 @y Fgwwiyd |

3)&&359)&’63) ‘.60&58? Qoo ﬁ@ﬁ)a‘ho@éoll

It is not right for one to cut down even a poisonous tree

which he himself has reared.

TATES A UTAMAa varefq 99 |

faggafu daa e gw«iyd 0

Qé{a@é{gs ,ﬁ‘,j’g@%ré 5)331253@ & ool

83659)&1'62) ﬁoégg B0 ﬁ@&ﬁ*o@éon

Hence has the Daitya derived his prosperity and for this very reason he

does not deserve destruction: it is not right for one to cut down even a

poisonous tree which he himself has reared.

( 464 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

394. fagw Fusras 0

DIFY DRSSOl

Poison is the remedy for poison.

zf¥ 2 gad@ sfcorgaar= |

Faq & gU wra v Gudtey

Bydo B PFTY B BT Bt ST

Fooyow B o Yo o8 DRKY PSB!

Caste your sight, broad fawn-eyed damsel, once more [ upon me J—have

we not heard from the olden time that poison is the remedy for poison?

Poison quells poison.

(Italian,) *

One nail drives out another.

395, fawrzwas ury ararzfy garfeq |

sfa=rzla sgwaaafy si9+ 0

&&n&‘é,gsﬁnééo @t’mfgo TR Sd HP dBol

@ T)BD ﬁ&gagm}%wg&% ToWSoll

Nectar should be taken even out of poison; a well spoken

word should be received even from a youth ; rectitude

should be acknowledged even in an enemy, and gold

should be taken even out of filth.

396, TuT Ifgewsg ¥ TAT TW q A |

ZIT YUY T4 ZfOF "vae gAr

HE :,sg)ax

o

A

SR By & Fouol

YT IS %o 583 ) oK HyT™l

Useless is rain to the sea, and useless is food to one

satisfied ; useless is a gift to a rich man, useless is youth

to a poor man.

( of. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spriiche, 2890, 5031.)

* 11 veleno si spegne col veleno,

( 465 )

397. g g1 «r) ufawar n

-osagv 8 cEOER

An old woman, a chaste wife.

398, TZT a1 auf@E< |

ée)-gv ﬁa'“__g éa’a%{g%n

An old harlot, a female devotee.

TANREALRTEATY: F&UT Jeafewar |

M 9 TIqTART TFT IWT qui@a i

OFY B _B\eHs KD V88 S8

—_0_0

&FR 5 BSTEET g Bemg G

A feeble thief, a good man ; an ugly woman, a ehaste wife ; a sick man,

a worshipper of the deity; an old harlot, a female devotee.

399. 3g® I ArgATIERTE gufena

BSP)Z%K),S o) @&’Tﬂ@&iﬁé@"’b_’é ;’roogw%’gll

Anold man’s advice should be taken in a time of misfortune.

400. 3fgww fad g=% afesrar &9 fug

wsiw 3w gyr w9 gwa 39 0

H8YFIg OS50 Yo HE T SH DB0 sl

%'do?{ﬁg B0 o B $o=foXo e&:g'—ia DBl

The poison of a scorpion is in his tail ; the poison of a fly is

in his head ; the poison of a serpentis in his fang; the

poison of a bad man is in his whole body.

401, INFEE FHYTZH: |

BB F¥ e BBy IE oK sl

In a fight between bulls, the calf’s leg is broken.

( 8ee TELUGU No. 212. )

( 466 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

402. 3t Gegragras:

0‘@_@’88 DTQSFBY sl

A Vaigya is a betrayer of confidence.

403, 1T Fref¥as o

m,ga‘ﬁtfo @a’yvn‘.'boééon

Trade is treachery.

An ungrammatical, but common saying, corrupted from “ Pyapado droka

chintanam’’ in the Amarakosa.

404. T |l

SN

Vyésa’s pass.

Said of “ any difficult passage in the Mahdbhdrata’ or of ¢ any puszzle

or stumbling block.”

(Brown.)

T

405. TufadEar ar

%’-ﬁ)i{)é?_tg‘{wm ol

Is not Sachipati Maghavi ?

Both names of Indra.

406. WS T FATITA |

¥3 CASINS RS- BTS ||

DeQeit must be p?actised towards the deceitful.

AT 4T FATSHS T4 GATINA

I Bogo WES sﬁmygp% T°¥g0 BESTS )

One must be upright towards an uplfight man and deceitful towards a

deceitful man.

( 467 )

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o‘{)b_aéeyéggﬁw

407. wa fF=ra Arw"

T80 DFscH 2,5“5_322680[(

Leave off a hundred [ works ] and eat.

Food is the first thing.

408. amia«w dfeq:

«s’ég)’séﬁ 50883l

A Pandit by a hundred stanzas.

Said derisively,

409. WAY ATIT FIEAERY ¥ ufiea: o

TR aron B %o—vtfﬁ‘ba’rv@a/p % HolBsl

In a hundred, one hero is found ; in a thousand, one Pandit

410, WA 9T TA; FYT

¥Rs DSogrs ¥ 38 Yool

Slowly along the road, slowly through the quilt.

A quilt of patch work is referred to.

TR GYT WA YT TA: g€ |

TH: W ¥ YAY U4 U9 WA wh: 0

¥Rs Bop s YR8 Yo~ ¥R FE{BooTol

¥R ¥8 3 557 38 Wois ¥Rs ¥3Rsl

Slowly along the road; slowly through the quilt; slowly over the

mountain ; slowly through your business ; slowly in your charities—slowly,

slowly, through these five.

The admonition, nothing rashly, is everywhere useful.

(Greek.)*

®To undév &ixil, mAVTAXOU *OTL XPHOILOV.

( 468 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

411, WA qaq€E« N

¥ 38 DTGBvoFoToll

Slowly over the mountain.

HTHT AEW GIYT ATEA TA: |

FTTETRTHYT T4 WA gaa€ds |

OLRS s&::.&%tﬁ’s%,g BoVoFe oo B ¥l

Elab Nty g0 ¥ 38 SELBoogoSol

The right path will gradually be found in a forest by wandering in it; so

wisdom will be gradually acquired by study of the Vedas, as a mountain

is slowly crossed.

412, wa: wa: fauwre

FRs ¥R8 & Kol

Slowly, slowly, place the foot.

Be careful in each step you take in any business.

413, I =Arfys{zT

¥8%0 wgpModol

The body is the abode of diseases.

L EIURTTHGITHIG 99 9 A& |

gt gfa asfa: A afyEEiz

HsPT BT ESHYogerFo % F) § Lol

ByFe S5~8 ééaﬁs 850 TR HI0oBoll

That soul, in which there is no perception of sorrow, beneficence, or

virtue [ in others ], bears in vain a body, the abode of diseases.

( 469 )

414, TAOTATE TY HAATYH |

78851550 oo RSOl

Is not the body the chief instrument of doing good ?

( See No. 261.")

=fq fivard g afweg serfy emtafygarod)

=fq mwwAT aufe vaa8 AT @9 yHATHE |

©d 35 Fo Hogo SN, Fo werwgd Ay SV SrB3 B

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Are fuel and Kusa grass easy to get ? Is the water fit for your bathing ?

Are you engaged in penance according to your strength? Is not the body

the chief instrument of doing good ?

Said by Siva to Parvati—( see the Kumdra-sambhava ).—Kusa is the

Poa cynosuroides.

415, MIRTH JT FYIEIWTH JT |1

FTTOOH T ﬁﬂggéwm = }5"’85[1

Tt will do for vegetable, or it will do for salt.

Said by a beggar.

216, wrariy worefy

FoED Fooldl

By curse, and by arrow.

FIAFALT LT IBAEAAL ¥: |

SurEt ¥ ¥RYfE wrargfa wofy

@@é{)ms"s BovE SAPCINELCRAE

&P PY0 =% 'éaﬁgsas-oo T SD Foo XDl

With the four Vedas before ﬁle, and the bow and arrow behind me, I am

powerful both by curse and by arrow.

Said by Parasurdma.

( 470 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

417. oy ?ﬁﬁa T

887 TR 35°Eg T

No head, but head-ache.

Applied to irrational argument, &ec.—( cf. Morton 861.)

418. W& |9 WYY |l

%00 166(8@ R0l

Moral rectitude is everywhere an ornament.

i. e, it is an ornament to a man wherever he goes.

419. T T 7 qmErw@ W {1 9 TH |

T8 T ¥ arar® s & 9 gEs

HR By T 8 Iz IVRH T S KFR B

659)“55 H2 ¥ AT oeRT=g 80 % &g'smll

When a dog is seen, there is no stone; when a stone is found,

the dog is not seen; when both the dog and stone are

seen, then what can we do to the king’s dog?

420. TTHW WE FITHY ST ||

PG 3P0 )0 OHFIY TToFBewol

In an auspicious [business] haste, in an inauspicious

[business ] delay.

421. TTHAT (7378 9 9 gY@ @

%) o Do B ¥ KT OB 5N

Entertain not groundless enmity towards, nor quarrel with

any one.

( 471 )

499, W: FTEAY FTa N

CAY: 3“68353(‘58 é:tgégon

Do to-day what must be done to-morrow.

Be beforehand with your business.

Take time by the forelock.

W FTIAY FaY g\afr% smgTi{eEs |

7 f¥ vflwd =@ 9@ 9 a1 &4

¥Qs TUERHAY ¥THSo Fro§ T BT ol

35 O @@@8 Koy Bog 8 xyBovg & 5ydoll

The business of to-morrow should be done to-day, and that of the after-noon

in the forenoon : Death waits not, whether the thing be done or not done.

123, ATTCTR TCAGE PACATARGAT: |

FLHPERYHw0 HEBogo @m@ﬁgﬁ?ﬁ&wb’su

Tn the father-in-law’s house is the greatest happiness, but after

the third night [the son-in-law is treated ] like a dog.

424, HTATCIS TS |

T e o HET ol

Wheye is the pleasure in mounting a dog?

g

425. wguf faga =0

By o5l DERT Ho B sl

The six-eared counsel is split.

i. e., nothing remains secret which is known to three persons.

yzaf fwgd d@=eaan mﬁg FTRT |

fanf=fgaaa €= srgl a9«

ﬁéab_gs @6583 $08, g7 (33 Iy wrYS

{850, 8,808HS o Fs TR SodiHarl

[Knowing ] that counsel is divulged by six ears and spread by report, a

king should take counsel [only] with a second, his minister.

(cf. Hitopadesa, Book III.)

( 472)

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

426. ufg: wat faurfaa: v

‘MZPS s’g‘ DB Bl

By six, was Karna made to fall.

@ET WAT 9 RT 9 UTQYT JIEIT T |

stazma THw ufy: @t fGurfaa:

EGSSm HOH I H0T°g I FEHY FTOBS Wl

ar*&iatﬁ?%gigé TO D a&&?;s S/g’s Ao BSall

By you, by me, by Kunti, by the Earth, by Visava, and by R4ma, the

son of Jamadagni—by six was Karna ruined.

427. §ET THETET §q@ HHIH

a&ﬁ"z'a 0 T»mro oo (O, prsoll

Of the six flavours, salt is the chief.

The others are sweet, pungent, bitter, sour, and astringent.

|

428. Wae@y gyrfeg Gfeartuaran

VoBK)Qono WEFTB DI T HHo~Trosll

Good men are energetic in seeking the good of others.

429. EATIT FTH 49

%087 HS Sox S I3

Happiness is in the Nandana garden.

Naigdana is Indra’s pleasure ground

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( 473 )

430, Mfawrsgragfa

o2, B ar-g g w3y Al

Food should be eaten with affection.

(See TELUGU No. 1581, &c.)

431, dwasT Tregar wafa

SoRgae & BT FHodl

Vice and virtue spring from association.

AtaTeET faqrasr a@q q@ ¥ gfsw |

=% gfafuTriaea srar T@ToE: o

=% |t 994 wOrta et @ gewafa

A a9 9T 9w farfg G@Aear Fygar yEfq

&‘3"‘-&8'5"’ %W%ESM 35955 éro,S B $S el

©i~0 RIPTIB) THE” Kaed Rl

W0 FndT0o FWKo ‘9’82'5'%8&) Ko ¥Faom~o 9 :6-:5'??’%3:6’8@1

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The mother and the father of me and of that bird are one; I was brought

by Munis and he was taken by Gavdsanas; I hear the Munis’ speech and he

hears that of the Gavidanas; neither are his defects nor are mine good

qualities—vice and virtue spring from association.

Gavasanas [ lit. ““ beef-eaters’ ] are outcastes.

432. GRTTATAT '@ |

[ONEIXT Losyoll

In the world’s ocean is grief".

433. HRTQ T @ FAE QU

Soan8 Hah saygd Wi

The worldly man is a man of sorrows, the Sannyési is a

man of joys.

( 474 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

434. ¥FE Mo\ FATFA N

$¥wo 38 56‘6‘28355%’011

A good disposition gains all.

fas w=awr [y q@awEy waQae

Fraw fgwargla gafd Fe e qadyae |

g deafafine nmfaﬁmz\é SCNELE]

fraeiclas w89 a5« N9 FIE™ 0

8,0 $CH B 8Po SowwTPHo FREFLTo

's”‘ésn BY B & Teo SS0FBo 2 oo o woE

&R X085 8PHKH0 @m@%)&_:&o SgrEyFo

Doy HEITo BIS $¥eo §85 SHomgEgFoll

A friend can be gained by transparency [ of conduct]; an enemy, by

prudence and power ; a miser, by money; a master, by service; a brahman,

by kindness ;

a young wife, by tenderness; relatives, by patience; a

passionate man, by praise; a priest, by reverence; a fool, by stories; a

wise man, by learning; a man with a taste, by humouring him; and all,

by good conduct.

435. wfq g5 fa=ad

<8 ®Tg DI ¥

Where there’s a wall, you can draw on it.

(See TELUGU No. 824,)

436. ¥TYH: FEg uE: |

‘.66305@8 N8558l

A good son is the light of his family.

TADUFHE: gHTa uar T |

IMWAET yHewGE: FEIGE: |

FEL0A8BT T 05,8 3,578 B8 6

E e?"s’,séwéﬁ é_g'ép)éooséa 08D sl

The moon is the light of the night, the sun is the light of the day ;

virtue is the light of the three worlds; a good son is the light of his

family.

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( cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spruche 2968, )

( 475 )

4317. €& garf%qzi TATH q\mmwwﬁzﬁ u

frd = qred JERY yHEEHTEA: |

‘6680 @d&w 8y oo @d&w:ﬁ& @dﬁr‘é‘bégm@o&aol.

Qo0 S 7\7‘59)60 @dﬁr?ﬁa& ?,S_Eg‘(v‘bwéésll

Speak the truth, and speak to please; speak not the truth,

to displease; speak not untruth, to please; this is

eternal virtue.

438. |E« wratarata |

K@Snﬁ o g sl

By truth, he conquers the worlds.

439. w9 yfwHe fagr

-‘6@ 3HEHET SRSyl

Eating in a Satram, sleeping in a Matha.

Satram ( Chuttrum ) is a travellers’ rest-house ; Matha is a convent.

Said of one who leads a wandering life.

440, s@afa: =g {5 7 sty dat

$8)ox s ¥Fah 8o $ ¥E7B Yool

Say, what does not good association do for men?

sre fumr solq fa<fs anf‘\a qa |

arrafa frafs aramasda o

Ia: wargafy (g9 a=rfa RNF |

agafa: wug & @ a0 g=i

woigo T~ BT JoU FD B ol

SRy 8o BFS DI

Bds 5, 5000 a& S8 Lgol

%8yoxBs FFoH 8o § ¥ETB Howoll

Say, what does not good association do for men?

It removes the

dulness of their intellects; it sprinkles truth in their speech; it gains the

highest honors for them; expels sin from them ; it purifies their mind ; and

spreads their fame towards all quarters.

( 476 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

441. €, HE @ FWA N

BEQs Poo H KoRkoll

The effect of music is immediate.

442, ey T(EwaT: €47 arenfa sqcaw

$573 ST HHYs $8TY TR WHEBSal

A wise man gives at once, a wiser man at once refuses.

443. afggr afz & wdTuaar gafa & agan

BTy oHd Bo FREVeS” oy B 8o Sydogwll

If there be great learning, what of money? If there be an ill

name, what of death?

444. ¥ dyat fedy @rg, w fuar g arow: |

7 w@r 97 fyarear wrEt 99 fqgta o

8 20308 e o BH RE © 2T oy TS

d B o9 @) DT IV POty o T, EG 3 Bsli

Who befriends, he is a relation; who supports, he is a

father; he is a friend, in whom there is confidence; she

is a wife, in whom there is pleasure.

445. GAT I1 9 UATHT IHS JT THSY |

st a0 wafy fsfaa

St @'ﬁ?&m@ :5502680 T° BHodol

@@ESSS@FST‘S% ol EAENS) 8@23%\!1

Either go not into an assembly, or if you go, speak

well ; if a man speak not, or speak badly, he becomes

a sinner.

( 477 )

446. GRTHIWTZT xS Fqiaa=afq |

fyaraarfuarfees: gws vzamafs: o

ﬁa&v@dﬁwméé K&%o dﬁu-voéaﬁzﬁ(sx)l

%wﬂé’a—vs%é'vs%‘gs NH¥eoo ‘{)e)émé%wsll

On the strength of his position, the serpent dwelling on the

wrist of Pinakapéni (Siva) asked Garuda when going

along the road, whether he was well.

(See TELUGU No-. 751.)

447. ¥9 UTAT '@ WIATHAL UG |

VLo VLT o Msgo ‘.658;&7:62365”0 Sogoll

All entrusted to another is grief, all undertaken by one’s self

is joy.

JYUTIX FH qagad Iaga_ |

ITHIN | Wiwa@ad gaa; |

w8 QAN '@ WAATAHIN GG |

vafggrmaren @9¢ g |

o B BFo ¥ é_éésé&ﬁ SESS |

m&gmﬁéfs’o & ﬁ*gggé‘séé o&aé&ésu

BBQo DYSF o Wosgo ‘;6'663@_@%26?3’0 Bogol

éé&‘Sm,Sé‘)&-ﬁ%;f & 00 BoPLHsPTIsll

Endeavour should be made to relinquish whatever business is in another’s

hands; that which is in one’s own hands should be done earnestly: all

entrusted to another is grief;

all undertaken by one’s self is joy; these

should be known, in short, as the characteristics of joy and sorrow.

Self do, self have.

If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself.

The master orders the man, the man orders the cat, and the cat orders

her tail.

( Portuguese.)*

*Manda o amo ao moco, 0 MOco a0 gato, e o gato ao rabo.

( 478 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

448, W3 EF AT |

W0 wxwy B

At Jagannitha, all are one.

No caste distinctions in eating

449. g3 wr=EYW T wyH 0

VLY B3y 888 (Fpesol

In the whole body, the head is chief.

450. GAE@TY WHI=A

SRy §¥ 0 SENERET

All seek their own object

gaiat uisar@iAsfageaufas: |

g9 ©9Td {suqwmaeEty aq=a |

CHETT0 FooRFT) §E 8L 0 X, $HBS !

SoHo HvR I aog:xéﬁ(ysoga-»‘boggo BB B

Let the Pdndava sacrifice; let Indra protect Svarga ; let the sun shine ;

we will kill our enemies—all seek their own object.

451, WEUTH: wEAT GO |

K)?é&ab@os PR Jmggol

By every means, one’s object must be accomplished.

fafamerazfu aaarar @ g@csfy @ 3 qfdw

AN NTwieurs: weda 914 |

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DE, D Sd T T O

¥5F8 B SHosee

45325:5?_5@ &ﬁﬁié&"ﬁé&é‘v@ 8 PORS ';b—va,igo I

Though a dwarf, he ( Vishnu) became Trivikrama and Stikara and

Nl;isir'nha; by all means, whether base or not base, or the basest of the

base, one’s object must be accomplished.

( 479 )

452. eIfxgrat 994 vyt |

00 ® S0 SawEo (¥, ol

Of all the senses, sight is the chief.

453. €9 S9T; SrSqaATHE(E 0

;6'8(3 2R Foﬁéﬁéo&o@u

All people segk gold.

( See No. 345.)

454

wd wareRfEar wEa

BTG BB P o~ FFooll

May all people be happy!

Said on auspicious occasions

455

FRaTHa: gwIwr wifq swArEar grager wEiq

S TS8s PHragroT® F¥0d S5 3S”T Ss T FHod|

By association good qualities are acquired, by association

bad qualities are acquired.

( See No. 431.)

456

wear fazfa 9 fHar

B DEHE 8 (8 %ol

No business should be done rashly.

( See No. 419. )

457

R TAT gEIWC

»

FSheates ol uesﬁéésli

A companion is an additional strength.

( See TELUGU No. 480, )

guar fanar arfy werar q@wIwT |

asurfy sfcggedget atgraa |

K%es :Ognﬁ"g T BG5S~ VOSB3

HRTD BOF)H Kotoer? T oNTow Bl

Whether he have talent or be without it, a companion is an additional

strength ; if deprived of husk the rice will not sprout.

( 480 )

SANSCRIT PROVERBS,

458, WIRETZSA @ |

ﬁ"cﬁ"’ﬁﬂbﬁ@?ﬁg e)_%sn

Fortune is secured by boldness.

Fortune favors the bold.

(Latin.)*

459, TR W= N

R AR eéell

Fortune is in boldne§s.

460. faFqraarE

d¥T o w0l

A flower-bed of sand.

461. g afcas fusmmezfa gl

%gﬁ:xﬁ&o $oBgay PSS B3l

A foolish man leaves the food which is ready for him and

goes to beg.

462. FEITHAL '@ . @RFAL TG |

wraafiadad gy v gy 9.0

Bop-g¥oBTo thego aSasgp;%-vgéoétSo Bogol

BE, 3885508 tHagd ¥ Bogd Hll

After happiness, sorrow; after sorrow, happiness;happiness

and sorrow revolve like a discus.

(See TELUGU Nos, 561, 568. )

Joy and sorrow are next-door meighbours.

(German, )t

463. g\%’taﬁzrgmwz i

“6o-°-§)’$/é.rv?’mm§ot<asll

A needle and a boiler.

The first takes a short time to make, it should therefore be made first.

*Fortes fortuna adjuvat.

1 Freud’ und Leid sind nahe Nachbarn,

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464. WIFTH gTIa |

ETTEy 0 PHorBKol

A servant and food [ are good ] old.

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A new cloth, a new umbrella, a new wife, a new house are everywhers

good new ; a servant and food are good old.

465. WTEAT TTATATH FIGTATT AT N

QST KyHow=FToH VLT T S ool

A brother-in-law is the ruin of the house, a maternal uncle is

the ruin of everything.

466. fmaraR< gaum Wil v 9 wrefa gar agan 0

B )80 YWY FOAYo B~ § wrs0d HS” Syl

The gods know not a woman’s conduct and a man’s fortune,

how then can men?

4617. (k=T g\amﬁraf I\

f«g o 5331@35358"075—'0[1

Women are the cause of mischief.

468. Twt fymw wrerdr gigwl wqien

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Women are said to eat twice as much [as men], to have

four times as much sense, six times as much pluck, and

eight times as much desire.

(Cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spruche 412, 5306.)

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"SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

469, TINUTATHIES &=7 0

B mosrerSsso ol

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Without the advice of women.

i. e. Admit not women into your counsels.

470. TAIE AW N

3 880 By oK

Take an excellent woman even from a bad caste.

syt gt fagrargaEziu

sarz{y o< ud wa geEzia

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90'6”56533 W¥o a§_tgo _%) 66&0 ai:a’)pb_erv&%n

An assiduous man should receive good learning even from a low fellow;

excellent virtue even from an outcaste, and an excellent woman [ li. a

woman-gem ] even from a bad caste.

471. Trafea: wrgearfy fiw: o

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In a strong position, even a coward is a lion.

(See TELUGU No. 2124. )

st T |9 a7 wwid asluar wsife wwcw

TTH wYTH A 99 wurd ewrafeaa: amqaarfy fd@w

T T }65& 8F @?p"’:éo goé%&?ﬁ ?\'g% Fo¥E/RI

—%—»50 B, 580 § wwo (K, 5% gmé%?és TTHHXED doseen

O Serpent! I know thy power; dwelling on the neck of Sankara ( Siva %

thou dost hiss: position is the chief thing, not strength ;—~—even a coward is

a lion in a strong position.

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472. TEGHEFATD: N

%ﬂé@ws’wgmsn

The pot and a grain of boiled rice.

(See TELUGU No. 1921.)

473. fegawm afafEGadar o

éé‘ég K@%&oé‘%dﬁvu

The disposal of what remains should be thought of.

Without vain regrets for what has gone.

474. % ¥ 949 FZ(Y T 0

%&"c’w i w0y ¥oUR S8l

Where there is friendship, the friend is never far off.

(See TELUGU No. 186. )

475, ARTAYTHUERTIRATEITST N

-éogwégqsodoasmaw(ssm—gmaigéoéwsu

Hard working men in their own business, but rogues in their

master’s business.

(See TELUGU No. 2652.)

476, WRTIHZLATH: FTEHE 9 F@ar I

'K?S‘g'végrx»a(g’é T B8 —3‘125,8250807% I BT

A wise man gains his object; in failure is foolishness.

JIATH JLERG ATH FET T UEA! |

GRTAHFLATH: FTYHE ¥ FHAT |

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Disregarding honor and even courting dishonor, a wise man gains his

object ; in failure is foolishness.

( 484 )

SANSCRIT PROYERBES.

477, TIR &1 Fuia

foogxfm Sl Al

What deliberation is there in one’s own house ?

Said by very intimate friends, meaning that no formality is required

to be observed by them in each other’s houses.

478. IR YHA YQ: QAR THA TY: |

QW ga T FFRTEAT g=a |

n;gxé‘%—o @w@g@ Sw-vgjs SYWES ?@-0%875 &) 303!

S a@-vﬁ§3 oo DTER S, Ty Bl

A fool is honored in his own house; a proprietor is honored

in his own village ; a king is honored in his own country;

a learned man is honored everywhere.

479. GHTAT ﬁ\ﬁi gaqa I

LTI Smgy K

The natural disposition stands at the head.

Taw % v Q=wa @HET FaT qun |

e & g wdregaET afd q@qaq

YGRS T W8T LFe > RET wweal

8] B NTE TYH ST T Sy = ST B

The natural disposition of every one is investigated, not the other quali-

ties; the natural disposition excelling all other qualities, stands at the head

of them.

480. | FYEAT YTTH_ ATCIAA_

“awo @:_O:S DOCET TE0S Il

Having crossed yourself, get others across.

Help yourself first and then others.

Self's the man.

( Dutch. )*

* Zelfis de Man,

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481. TqTABTAET WA FAArfy 7 dfean

FLHIHTY BHTH #HITo~d § FodT sl

In their own actions even Munis are not wise.

gorge wENd w4 ug ¥ dfearn: |

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BEFTH BT INTH WG DI F WoAT sl

VG RODRSY FHTH ST~ $ BoldT sl

In teaching others,all are wise; butin their own actions even Munis are not wise

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482. TWid TgITH

Foe 080 @ﬁa’o%‘éon

Sanctity as far as the plough.

If a Brahman commence to till the ground, he loses his sanctity.

483. vafy: frga =@ zzfgTaaaa

588 (8,008 ¥ 658 Exgon Bl

Laughing, a thing is done ; weeping, the fruit of it is suffered

(See TELUGU No, 2425.)

484. =f@maTFaT

m_%aﬁ:%froééou

The diflerence between an elephant and a muskito.

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455. gu {F=r 97 {5 99 nfFgwar:

&0 DBo Koo Do oo ENBS-$Tosll

‘Wealth for a moment, the mind for a moment, our life for a moment.

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gaw aeur qifia yaw afcar sifq:

o DBo &0 DBo Ko EDES-HTIsl

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Wealth for a moment, mind for a moment, our life for a moment;

Yama has no pity, [ therefore] do good works quickly.

(See No. 24.)

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SANSCRIT PROVERBS.

486, @ FwriE T N

= g';‘)“%_?\; A 8Kol

‘Who is honored in adversity ?

gaifa ==q ateEemar wafq awmea:

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Fire barns forests and Wind is a friend [ assists ]; but that very Wind

proves destructive to the lamp.

Who is honored when reduced [in eir-

cumstances ? ]

487. T @ waEE ANl

& PTG HYe*¥o dFoBI

When the reward of good deeds is ended, [ souls] come back

to the world of men.

488, FNTFATI: I

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Like milk and water.

(See TELUGU No. 1283, &e. )

Close friendship.

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