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e>^7V°5o l§ev> The mother-in-law put her finger ill every dish prepared [by the daughter-in-law]. No work and all the credit. One man knocks in the nail, and another hanos his hat on it. (German.)* 97. ef>s5a" D ^r :> i6g ) ^5oXoo o7T°. Will the new-moon bring out the brinjals 1 Vanga (called by Europeans “brinjal”) is the Solanam Melongcna. 98. 7V 5 gDoA0?5 l£o§\ h The only goat remaining unsold. A wretched fate. * Dcr Erne selilagt den Nagel ein, der Andere liilngt den Hut daran. 3 ( 17 ) 99. e)dbbg The hride enters her husband’s house, and the bridegroom enters the tomb. ( Sea No. 711. ) Regarding 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. 100. ^£ 00 So £5bo£bSo sSSfdj -0 . — i Ci Is this miserable wretched woman to wear a veil 1 101. e><3b ~^)<b£b, Do The mother neither gives food herself [ to her child, ] nor allows it to beg. 102. loX 'iSo £<^§^73^ XS'lb. -— & 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 had is the best, naught must he the choice. Whatever tvay you take there is a league of had road. (Spanish.)* 103. ~"oybp TT^ooAb-* ef>7Sy^ Ibgll TScx&gTT 0 . If you had beaten me as my mother used to do, would I not have done [the work]l 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 nial cavnino. t No hay tal razon como la del hast on. ( 18 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 104. §^8£). - & 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. Buy and sell and live by the loss. •°z^8§ s5cr°oy°8i ^ °z r°. “Were I to be employed in Aithampudi, and possess six milch cows, would you supply milk and curds to your relations or to mine 1 99 The story is, that the wife being ashed this foolish question by her husband answered “ to my people,” on which she was beaten. 106. £9ooo~§ £5er°c^o, z3^?6oTT^er°a3o. “If we succeed, she shall be his wife; if not, she shall be a recluse.” Said by the parents of a girl, who had set their hearts upon getting her married to a certain man. Either Ccesar or nobody. ( Latin. )* 107. £9ooo*el es5oA, '^Soo'lb £oS>. If the Aruga fails, we shall have Kandi. ( For Aruga see No. 82. For Kandi see No. 32. ) A These are both sown together. The Aruga crop sometimes perishes. To have tivo strings to one's boiv. Good riding at two anchors men have told ; For if one break, the other may hold. * Aut Ctesar aut nullue. ( 19 ; e o^e5^§ Y ^|*e5o^r. 108. ef>ooo£^r°tfo&5o e3 sVtw, soa" 3 ^ £^p§^;D st^^oo When all liis friends went away, he caught hold of a Jansram and cried for three hours. O Taking an unconcerned person into your counsels. Jumu is a watch of three hoars, the day from suniise to sunset being divided into four Jumus. 109. e>c*5og§6 ^ooV 8 £5>£) o3o6Xfik>. [ The son ] is glad that his father has taken a second wife, hut he little knows what quarrels there will be between her and his mother. SDcAg VcSo, When the husband has no learning, the wife has no pride. 111. 1^)e3TL C5550 SJoTWoSo "i£)&3r5S. Zj or> ej 1 —^ eo When the master fed the Tasaris (devotees of Vishnu), the mistress fed the Jangarns (devotees of Siva). Applied to a spirit of contradiction. 110. <H>dSb?So Cf>55bSo ~e3ob. — & 112 . ^ cl A Sob, ^o5^c)5o'3V"c3og5 v ^ ^’ox5b§ YT> ^) W°/h) The foppish husband gives himself great airs, while his wife is living by pounding rice in Bammayapalem. 113. fcf>c£5bg w^Soolb ^okocrsr 0 . If the priest does not come, will the new moon wait for him? Time and tide wait for no man. ( 20 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 114. WcSog •a l T3 ; When his lordship brands the buffalo, will she get over it 1 Said of a clumsy fellow, who makes a mess of every thing. I meant to cross myself and put ozit one of my eyes. (Portuguese.)* 115. e>cx6§-5y°a{0 e>ooo^a>. His attempt to make [an image of] G-an§sa ended in [the moulding of ] a monkey. Mud images of Ganesa are made and worshipped on the 4th day of the light fortnight in the month Bhadrapada (August—September). A ridiculous failure. 116. <Sc£6g ) ^>& <y£3ro&, e3dS3§^3-°5 -^oS^S3oo '^Soe*. The Brahman is like a small pot, and his wife is like a basket. Spoken of things which do not match. 117. ef)cbg 0oX^bo The man [weighs] a seer and a quarter, the lingam [round his neck ] two and a half. ( See Nos. 2070, 2074. ) 118. Like a man with butter in the palm of his hand, calling out for glii. ( See No. 2002. ) 119. l§^b?oo£3§ e)£^5bo o Do you require a glass to look at a berry in the palm of your hand 1 ( See No. 1741.) The berry spoken of is the fruit of the Zizyphus Jujuba. As clear as crystal. As plain as a pike-staff. * Fui para me benzer, e quebvei hum olho, ( 21 ) i e$ o^e 5 ^'§^|-e 5 o^^. 120. "^<gli es&l^oev) &zx)-&§ r * ti'&c'So. 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. ^6o^55oo r He offers heaven in the palm of his hand. Deceiving by false hopes. 122. <e)tfr3g Lamentations in the jungle. Of no avail. 123. o§o<3o^). Like a Tamil mourning. Among the Tamilians, women are sometimes hired to mourn over a deceased person. Applied to an unwilling performance of any duty. 124. cSooas ooolf £f)5oex> o5b5ooo. Q- OO When sixty years have passed, dotage. 125. ef>ET^ abogoootf £f)£v7-° After sixty years had passed, he cried Amm& (mother). Second childhood. Old men are twice children. (Latin.)* 126. 0{f3Jc&o£ox>tfa, ■SMeSo§ r 'oKX 6 ^r> c$7r°^iib. Sixty years have passed; am I to do without learning 1 ? An ironical speech. An old dog will learn no tricks. * Bis pueri senes. C 22 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 127. e>tf^55tfofr<ex> ooo-Dyr 5 e^55od3 ^tfg'dSb. Although you pay sixty Pagodas, you cannot obtain as good a handmaid as your mother-in-law. Said jokingly of a mother-in-law not allowed to have the manage¬ ment of the house, but kept in subjection to her daughter-in-law. 128. <H>S^S S'S'sJ iStfob. A barking dog never bites. Great bar Jeers are nac biters. (Scotch.) A barJcing cur does not bite. ( Italian. )• 129. ^§6 s5boo£3£)cH>£5 Z5^~° S"sl55bo, 55boex> ~u) a eo 7 oo o5*u)\ ef)8&r x, Sfo£)cn>25 §"5x55bo. tJ cs eo The plantain leaf alike suffers, whether it falls on the thorn, or the thorn falls on it. (See No. 419.) 130. e)8d3b5o£5b 550-0 ^)Ox3i5|oo. Like placing peeled plantain in one’s hand. ( See No. 2004.) Applied to any thing made perfectly easy. 131. £f?5b5csc$o, £9SSoo -0 55tfbj-6o I can’t see the star Arundhati, botheration take it! I can see nothing hut a debt of sixty pagodas. Said by a man who had got over head and ears in debt for his marriage, when the priest pointed out the propitious star. 132. £f>8 dSosgpo £35b~R)ej>ex), §"dsb^S) £o§^>o §"o"s^e;o. The grief of the neck [ lasts ] six months; the grief of the womb, for ever. The “ grief of the neck ” signifies widowhood, when the marriage cord is broken, t See No. 878 ). The “grief of + he womb” signifies the loss of a child. * Can ch’abbaia non morde. ( 23 ) 133. e3o u IF^S&j-® "^^^r*° ^~° es§?6s5bo. 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 power. 134. 17° The man unaccustomed to burnt-offerings burnt off his mustaches in the attempt. (See Nos. 95, 396, 474. ) 135. e>037e303 §^>§^3 ^boocr 5 f * The miserable fellow is ruined by his wretched marriage. The folly of being headstrong. Marry in haste and repent at leisure. 136. £>ewy5& SD^tfg£5bo S5j|, 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 . There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich , (French.)* 137. es© ><SAjSS, ©!> cao-OySS, <&>© ^n>cJ 5 o 55 o 3 Alii asked for it, Illi gave it, Malli made away with it. * II n’est orgucil que de pauvre enrichi. ( 24 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 138. £f)ex>&0Ali S^IT 0 ^. OO If the son-in-law gets in a huff, he will [only] take away the daughter. Said by a father-in-law or mother-in-law. 139. ef)exK^§ ~3cxxroQ £o^l6 l3<3b. There is neither ghi for the son-in-law, nor oil for his friends. Said of inability in a person to do that which his duty imperatively requires of him. 140. ^£^£00 § rv d&$b$D Ibg Sim 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. ef)ejocj>e5^ £5boo oo oo O Mallu is a great man among" the weavers. Great among low people. Among the common people Scoggin is a doctor. 142. £3oU£5e>o ooo~£, <H)S5e5©§ S^ooo _D CO When sacred grain was given to a luckless fellow, he went away and ate it up (instead of placing it on his head). The term Avalakshana is applied to a man who bears unlucky marks on his person, or whose manners are inauspicious. 4 ( 25 ) ' 0o^^§^|-j5o^r. 143. esSoe^ tt^So 1§0,3o "^ 3 ^. Give the man who is in a hurry his food on a leaf, hut give me mine on the floor. The food of Hindus is ordinarily served on a large leaf or several small leaves sewn together.