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He smokes half a farthing’s worth of G-anj&yi, and fouls the whole house with spittle. Ganjayi ( Hind. Gcinjha ) 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 Bhang .—A Dammidi is the twelfth" of an ana ( anna ). Great injury caused by a little evil. 1035. ■eF” ~=5ti §^3 sStf'Sser’ ‘3S■&£&. Cs> oo The monkey rained himself, and all the forest after him. U ( 185 ) 1036. ‘eF'd^So -tfsSv^Sb Soo"^& 'SiSbSoTT'’. oO oo CO Will hares he frightened by the rustling of palmyra leaves 1 1037 . IF® $3 ^gb Acnl^^3. Like the sun setting in a palmyra grove. Left in great difficulty. 103S. ■er°£3 XjiSo "^1^. 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. "cT°&b <3booog . Like ordering the well to he filled up when the rope was found too short. 1040. - 'W x> '^'i^r } t^ ^OZT 0 ^ How far can you help the man who is climbing up a palmyra tree 1 ( See No 907.) A clumsy person must be helped to the end. 1041. XX iStf^Sf^TT 0 . Must you teach your grandfather how to cough 1 ( See Nos, 797, 935. ) 1042. ir > 'er 0t or D 5ogo $ozsXx> ti&yF 3 b% S) &sS^$b. If T&tacMri’s brand misses your shoulder, you’ll catch it on the back. T&t&chdri was a wandering priest who branded his converts. If a man slipped away his shoulder, the seal caught him in the back. Not being able to evade something disagreeable. ( 186 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 1043. u zr'tioir'-zy* © 0 I 3 , 7T°"fe> &<b. When the grandfather was asked whether he would like to he married, he said, “ Who will give me [ a daughter, ] my boy V 9 1044* & *15 ° TSo^yoB £5 (bo £o£^o. 0 grandfather! Sankr&nti [has arrived] catch it! catch 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. •sr’TT’Si He has not even bran to eat, but he wants a pig every week- 1046. .’eT’^bo'^a ZY°0Xoo<b £><bo, ^0^0 Host o5t°97?0o. ^ CO He lives in a pit, but dreams of castles. His ideas are far above his position. 1047. lF°c$y3$cS ^Soo c£tfrle§ sr6 . The sin which a man commits goes 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. IT’ASb &oo~^£3§ -g-®#). eo co The hare he caught had only three legs. ( See No. 1676. ) Said of a pertinaceous person. ( 187 ) 1049. 1T& X&X §^^1 7T>oo?<o eo co The hen he has caught has four legs. Exaggeration. All his geese are swans. 1050. IT 0 ^ ■’Sjo-Qtf S^lbex. •tfosS'a&to. cO 6s>&J Like the ram reared by one’s self being killed by one’s own hand. 1051. IT’tfbsr 8 ^ cS^oo £^63 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. TFc& S)oo*7fo Stoolfe You should look what you can swallow, and what can swallow you. ( See No. 617.) Look before you leap. 1053. Tvt &0 CO Is a cat to come as well as himself 1 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. 1 r>tfr° ££ 5$ b^ix7T° ifc-o ££ 8 ro ‘|ip\ He calls himself a man, and the bran he eats, bread. A vulgar person taking airs. ( 188 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 1055. ~W°~^ $W°c5$x>7oo^ e)^b§^^^3. 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. “SP1^0-D^a. When he planned one thing, God planned another. Man proposes, God disposes. 1057. TF D ^)<y FTc^o^b S^ 8 o5bS5oo. 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. £9oo oTT 3 What he has planted although it be Strychnine he must cherish. Mushini Molilca is the Strychnos Nux-Vomica. A patron must not forsake his dependent under any circumstances. 1059. IF 0 2^65* £5^0 ^0. oo O 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 affairs in which he has no longer any interest. 1060. “0^25^"^ After being refused butter-milk, when he went, him self, he ordered his servant to write for curds. After being refused a trifling request, to demand authoritatively some¬ thing much greater. ( iao ) es o o ^ §\ 1061. fog cEo-D^Ij:. Like a drop of water on a lotus leaf. A very unsettled state. 1062. -^-°-C5b^5o ^o&8fo ■^’■CSbA5o. Patience will save you and your neighbour. 1063. -zSoSzo ~s&&o$b -i5odSb. OO CO OO 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. U 75 g‘^ 0 S x oT°8 §^ 0 ^, J&gsfca Part [ of the hook ] is the poetry of T&llap&kavaru, the rest is his own rubbish. Said of a man who has spoilt the good work of another. 1065. 15“°g A man that kicks the heads of people who kick the tops of Palmyra trees. More wicked than the other. 1066. KoK. He thinks the woman he loves to be E-ambM and the water he bathes in, the Ganges. Rambha is the most beautiful of all the Apsarases or courtezans of Svarga, the Hindu elysium. ( 190 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 1067. 0K)STo^ll !3o£)Vl5z)o. If I eat I can’t move, if I don’t eat I can’t stir. 1068. So~iD7V>S 5o-u> l^DdSbcSb, SAlWs e5^eSo H>0d£>&o. 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 , 106.9. ©o<S§ 2o5o^r°. He’s not worth his food, and is a burden on the earth. ( See No. 13S6. ) He is not worth his salt. 1070. &ocl§ D<$5bT7°^, ££>§ He is a Timma E&zu (monkey-king) at eating; and a Pota Rhzu (buffalo-king ) at work. (See Nos. 73, 518, 1381, 1385.) A s greedy as a monkey and as lazy as a buffalo. Like the smith's dog, that sleeps at the sound of the hammer, and xoakes at the crashing of the teeth. He eats till he sweats, and works till he freezes. 1071. ^-€yyT°^T° £5-$VyO u oO Have you come to eat or to visit the shrine 7 1072. -c5-££ &£)o-£> { ^&§Z)'Zr’c&n> ~£d$o. No man has ever died from cursing, or lived from blessing. Ho one dies of threats. (Dutch.)* * Van dreigen slevft man licit. f 191 ) 55 §** I -tS o ^6, S". 1073. ©43ll TV'S I S^&S, Scf& ^TT 1 sfr*&. \-aJ The abase which is heaped on me goes to the winds, but the food which I eat goes within. ( See No. 397. ) A mean sycophant. 1074. ^(boTY^Tr 0 60 _o I am not abusing you, my good son of a slut. 1075. o&SArS (dryrdZSx) -v5*£)y58. 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. © SoS^Sb S5<g 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. 8^oooo£ 3 o3r°rir°ex> e>cnb, s3n8Ao£3§ 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 V 9 ( See Nos. 267, 636, 665, 1078, 1079, 1850.) Gross ingratitude. I taught you to swim, and now you’d droivn me. ( 192 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 1078. ©‘c^oooo&3 73 ^ 7^00 cSo^oT 0 ^). A man that counts the rafters of his benefactor’s house. A story is told of a man who counted the rafters, &,c., of a house in order that he might tahe 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, 1S50. ) All's lost that's put into a riven dish. 1079- e)£hooooo ef)olb,' oooex) o3o5b oo O co Ab£5b<3b When asked, “ Why are you digging [ for treasure ] in the house where you have eaten V’ he replied, “What do I know of a house where I have not eaten V 5 (Sec Nos. 267, 635, 665, 1077, 1078, 1830.) Do good to a hiavc and pray God he requite thee not. (Danish.)* 1080. obb^TT 0 ^. lie that ate prospered, and he that prospered became a Ma¬ haraja. 1081. 0o5b'c^ 2joe)§ ©c&bg^^&b ef>£^bbo. To a set t )f monkey-like scamps tasteless broth and plain rice [ should be served ]. 1082. £> 0£>ojb "-di'A^dSo. —d — b — & —d — 0 He makes Timmi into Brahmi and Brahmi into Timmi. (See No. 1215. ) Timmi is a familiar name for a slie-monkey ; Brahmi ( in the Proverb incorrectly Brahmi) is a name of Saraswati, wife of Brahmd. Ho calls evil good, and good evil. * 1 0*1 t il - <u .1 lulu lui/aci thg ikl-e, { I: *2 i 25 ulOi Yti .tillOCi 0 § -C5 o^,S\ 1083. $d&g/Y T> 0dSbg7T> 77°Xs5bo, Z&txdXtT 0 Z$xn>(DX7V> S^XsSx). The more you practise the better you will sing; the more you groan the more will your illness increase. 1084. Sks&gS d^XsSxzxr*, X&p 55bo&bexr 0 Are there sweet diseases, and delicious medicines 1 1085. BtfX 55b8A£ ^exr* Bto 55b8Atf The feet which are wont to wander, and the mouth which is accustomed to abuse, will never be quiet. \ I 1086. £*7^1$ ZhtfX zr°rS§ e>g)7T\ Will a Mussulman become a Ddsari by going to Tirapati ?