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Said of a hoary old humbug. 1261. TTb'g&ntX) zxr'bg'z 5boex>, 2r*£3££tf5$boex> fctboex). Plays are unreal, your wit is your beauty. 1262. 7T°^>^d ~£$ TTTT 3 ZS^SbeX) ^9ooo^5(S. A kingdom without a ruler becomes disorganized in all ways. * Sangrarle y purgarle; 6i se muriere, enterrarlc. ( 222 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 1263. 7T^7T°^3§ TrXo^&o. Pine away day by day, Mgambhotlu. Said to a hypocritical Brahman, who was neglected when his tricks became known. 1264. rJ^TT* ZbxSoVo ^rd '^^o§ YT, £ c ^'|o 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. ZSSzSj-w* 7T 3 ~^>ooX^3 HooKx>,3b. — i> My chastity is known to my first husband. Said by a widow who had passed herself off as a maid, and married again. 1266. TT 3 l3l6 o. I will eat as much of the rice as my Dal has been mixed with. ( For Dal see No. 183.) i Said by the greater of two men who, when travelling together, had mixed their food, the big man having brought ddl and the other rice. Applied to a grasping, selfish man. 1267. rP 3 X& / My foot is my safety. The disciples of a Guru on commencing to cross 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 9 them, stepped into the water saying “My foot is my safety” and waa carried away by the stream, and drowned. 1268. 7T> Scoo&tf Xo ar*. What is a big pot of gruel to me 1 Said by a glutton, ( 223 ) 1269- oooo£3§ £>0§ Z>oX7rs&2$x>. o • oo eo I am the head of my house, I order you to put a Panganamam on the cat’s face. (For Panganamam see No. 789.) The folly of a mean man in power. 1270. 73^0"^ b^)^b 1320^ex> ^if. 0 Tongue! Tongue! don’t bring strokes on my back. The tongue talks at the head's cost. Let not the tongue utter what the head must pay for. (Spanish.)* 1271* 73"°^ e^^er -0 -0^ TT°~A ^oex>. Of all times, childhood is the best; or Of all sects, the little sect is the best. Nadu signifies a sect, it also means time. When App&ji the minister was asked by the king which sect was superior to the others, he cleverly evaded the question, by making a pun on the word. 1272. tt° ~i>zx> ir^Tr 3 ^ 3 . Have you poked my eye with my own finger 1 To confute a man’s reasoning with his own arguments 1273. tt° Sag'Tr^ 7T° §8 My sister’s fortune is greater than mine, and my fortune is greater than my sister’s. One no better off than the other. • diga la lengua por do pague la cabeza, ( 221 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 1274. f)o$So &oa & r? £9g'ab. 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. © If you tell the truth [ it causes ] annoyance. (See Nos. 320, 321.) Truth is bitter food . (Danish. )• 1276. £>2oS5bo ~Bex)K>D<3o. Truth will he known in time. Truth is the daughter of time. 1277. c&7&y33r°8S 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. You can wake a person who is asleep, but not one who is awake. None so deaf as those who won't hear. None so blind as those who won't see. * S a milled er on siiur Host. 29 1279. "^do§^4j). Like falling at the feet of a sleeping man. Useless endeavours at a wrong time. 1280 . §0^5 e3 §- Yesterday there was a heap [ of cut corn ], to-day there is Allu [ thrashed ]. (For Allu see No. 82.) Sudden advancement, speedy progress. Yesterday a cowherd, to-day a cavalier . (Spanish.)* 1281. Will white ants attack fire 7 1282* S>s5y&j~° ^5jo IS "^s5"°s5bo. The friendship existing between fire and water. They agree like cats and dogs. 1283. y TSoeSb £>$5)77°. If you cut fire it will be divided, but if you cut water will it divide 1 ( See Nos. 469, 1949. ) Inseparable friendship. They are finger and thumb. 1284. So Sy s5bo|3£>§ ^ooog 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. <Italian.)! ♦ Ayer vaquero, hoy cahallero. t Non ischerzar coll'orso, se non vuoi esser raorso. ( 226 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 1285. zx>ytfj. A bowl of water to a bowl of fire. An answer to a threat. 1286. $sSyex> £5^ ^)7J^jSo. He has fire in his skirt. 1287. $3o3o Like watering a lime tree. 1288. e>^r?6g$§ es£e). 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. bzr* ~£S&b. GO —£ No shade to stand under, or branch to clutch. Helpless and forlorn. 1290. £>ex>-£>bo£B‘5r 5 K)&D 2r*7V° si If you get a place to stand in, you will soon be able to get room to sit in. Give me a scat, and I ivill malic myself room to lie doivn.'(* panish.)* 1291. £>S5)5o Sfrytf Fire covered with embers. Said of a very learned and humble man. * Dame donde me asiente, que yo me hard donde me acueste. ( 227 ) es o 5^ § r *l vJ o S'. 1292. £§yr ,, £fsk> ■zr°'£ hvX TT'X'^S tr°'5^ $5jo££s&3 7T° ef^gsb X'ST’. * He ought to have died on the day of betrothal, it is my good fortune that he has lived until the fourth day of the marriage. Said ironically by a girl who had been married to an old man who died before the completion of the ceremonies. 1293. £>& h ^ 7^°oo, £$do,^,55oo © CO 9 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. t The sacred formulas ( Mantras) ought according to the Sdstras to be pronounced in a low voice, inaudible to the people. 1294. s5o£jb ^kn>~W Xi zSx). When teeth grow in the palm of your hand, I’ll listen to you Sing something that you don’t know and that I cannot bear to hear. Asking something which is impossible. 1296. T5-°;D&, -&30 £)££><§>, Tell me something that you never knew, that I never heard, and that never existed in the world. 1297 . &odB£>bo, <b &o££s$ba. A bow to you, a bow to your food. Said when offered bad food. ( 228 ) TELTJGU PROVERBS. 1298. 7T°&r> You and I don’t like each other; let us throw the mortar over each others heads instead of rice. ( For R6lu see No. 1141.) Said by one of an ill matched pair at their marriage.— Talabralu is th rice poured over the head of the bride and -bridegroom. 1299. &8 55cn><b "&bo. An unjust word is the throwing of a stone. 1300. orafo §** 8 $^ f)&>. An unjust man is worse than a monkey. 1301. b isotibiS ^gb sir Did the sun rise on your forehead only? Are you the greatest in the world ? 1302. £5&>s5fbo ■5^&b7Y T) ?£n>, 7T° 1g)So£>F30 § 6^00 So ^00 Ruin take your ten fanams, put my one fanam in heaps. 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. 1303. ^}o*S ^^bTY 0 o5)g^£> 7\°^ TT° ■er , ozxr* 0 n>£>§ Your marriage is rubbish, come to my marriage and betel. ( 229 ) £3 0^6^ §^05 O^S'. 1304. <b'lx>tfo6j"cSo $ftf£To-C5b 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 Niyyogi class. Forcing oneself upon another. 1305. & e5S'dr*lf s£r>!37r , £>, & S'g'ScxoQ. CO If there are no alms for me, never mind, but tie up your dog. ( See No. 311. ) Said by a beggar. 1306. fc 7J° ‘Sccog Take away your left hand, I will use my sinister hand. ( See No. 295.) As broad as long. 1307. fcSo lb So Water runs towards water. Men haste to help those of their own caste, &c. 1308. £)8$5oo l^sSSoTfcab. Water finds the low ground, Grod knows the truth. (See Nos. 1401, 1910. ) 1309. ib<D <S r *zk>$b S^ox>^5S). When the jade went to the well, the water was too low. Said of a l$zy person glad of any excuse to get off work. ( 230 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 1310. Softer &>55bo3 CO —4 v -' 1 —i ^ Lime trees lived in the water, acacia trees lived in the jungle. (For Tumma see No. S69.) Very common. 1311. fo$> o$bj^&o^£3o5£oo. co eo eo Tying up water in a bundle. He draws water with a sieve. 1312. ib£) fo ef)20^ If you won’t do it, your father will. i. e. a better person. 1313. -t5-o>y5 6^2^° *e52$b, ^30 c&xEyS 6^2^° ^asb. 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. 1314. •&■£> eT^^oer* sT^er*. If you were to die, would the whole earth be bones ? (See No. 1337.) 1315. “^"|boooex> Though you don’t give alms, point out a house where they do. 1316. sS'So&bSo S^l5>, iSab 's$So£$b& irvfc&TT^ab. 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 s. appetite. j Diamond cut diamond. ( 231 ) es oelT* I -u) o ^ S'. 1317. £> *^^>, TO^ooAb s5§6 May your S&kus become stones! Give me four B£kus. 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 “ Saku?” (enough?) Some of the guests would reply “ Baku” ( wanted ) and help themselves moderately.