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—i What of a hundred sins to sinners 1 qffl flfifg rtsR^if ^TTTT^7r^7 fsjr | ©V C\ trmTw^rr f¥ =it ii 'ticxkr 0 'o5'^ A u e5'^Po •sjp’^osflitf ;o ^pl O TT° I 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 sins, how will even a hundred sins affect those already sinners ? ( cf. Morton’s Bengali and Sanscrit Proverbs 811. ) 266. fa?TT ^ ^^TSTI^UTffT TT’V: q^5sr^TX?ft?i: II vJ N5 vJ &TT I ^j 8 oco&sl 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. ft|<r^:r=T <5 qwv rj I 1)^^508^30 e&> t5o z$r>&^&>B£po £b ^T D rP 5 ^25b8qjo 5^^" T, 2 )' cro § fttfo^tfoll. 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. 55 ( 433 ) So wo. 268. f^T^TSTT fqTn^r-J^TTTiT II SjV'^oT’q EjT^^PSxc^o'igpj^tfo ^cfcboll Devils should be answered in devils’ language. 269. w?r s n ^)s5^§“ o<^5bo§^ 2§$$?5^E) Sfc^&^sSafcslI- A man of evil repute is, though living, as one dead. 270. U3T qffT^rTT: II c^)i3o-^p^$5b^T , '^?5 7r>c5g8 oo^^eT’sii In the absence of men, all women are chaste. 271. gtcps f^rT tlTW’Tfi ’Iff I tnnjmfa ^'gT --g n q5)7$S"o s5£)e3"° £>e5o X>tf£r>X>Xi$o X&ol _O -D -O $$Z£zr° ^)?5u T 'c3ip'd Jtfo o5 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. ^ ^IT ^ I 7$ iffrRTil ’I *IT fip3T 5f r{^5t j| it c$xn SEPg -tf cfcotftfol •£$5oab &> ^58,-slr 3 .'^) ?5 -^p> ?jsr°o 76 ©^?5o!I v—^ —° V cp Learning, in the book, is not learning, and money in the hand of another is not money when the time [of need] arises. 273. 5OTT^TTt H ^gST2fcngo**o*8l Falling out of the teeth by a stroke on the back. (See TELUGU No. 1766.) Applied to inconclusive reasoning. ( +M ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 274. •RSWtfsra TlfWRTri: II Fall of a fly into the first morsel [ of food ]. Said of an obstruction at the very commencement of an undertaking. 275. II sSocxS' -6 *) Without an object in view, not even a fool undertakes [ a business. ] 276. ■Jrefrraraf^’jl Ttfrr ^ifowrsmr^T’T ^TTTW II / Knowledge of the possibility of the act is an inseparable motive to perseverance. 277. thm II oStfoll Keeping away from the mire is better than washing it off. 278. -RTW^ TJT*likTfiTV^(5 I ^fnwt ^Or titwV ^ob^calSosS po$>8 ^r^cV 8 s5or°?5 es-tfo^cT'tfS'oll Even at the cost of his life, one should preserve his honor; life is transient, honor is as lasting as the moon and stars. C 435 ) 279. ■JJTTPSmY t? SpglffT II .-in. 76 j§£Sii >_ y —o He whose time has come, lives not. 5TT3TT# I W5‘. ■RTTI^T^V sffafa II tt"°'S -0 ^>e)eo 8 76 £§s6©II 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. TfUqt *T^frT *Pl fq’SrmrPN ^tWT^: II X-ti^Q cJSo^, jp s5 <35b -B ol[Pg's5&8ll Wherever the fate-stricken goes, there calamities generally go also. ^uft *re?r^ 1 *1^57 ^<T*iftT$<TPing T lf?: II yraTvjg<Tr?TWif <m?rT *rcr fsn:: 1 aT^qV *T^f?T II sp er^45"" 5 S 85"& £>•£,£ J^^oePfbli 85 oj51§i &>U' v t§o5o £&r°ejo Ke5sII '&$W 3 X>&vo §£>8! cSx^ ?C-t5^0 crsS^ ^s5£-°?5shv> 1| (3&r>!3^£ ’sSK'eil 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. SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 281. tflcvnftNn. 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.) ill: fwarr^Y vTf%wr wfarcn i trig *r^nsr w^rr tnr: t^^iOrer: #1^8 9*^8 y £ry&-zr*o sS#S'oS'c55t'I ^5#^ ei(S^c3 ’s3o^r°(5$3-'o wS'e S'sil Behold, Lakshmana ! for fear of destroying life it places its feet softly in the Pampa lake, the crane is very virtuous ! 282. tpTSITii II A crane’s meditation. Cranes appear to he meditating when they are ready to pounce on the fish. Hypocrisy. 283. irerei ij*r f% n^trarr H sftr®eio tr° % n Ov 5 o 8 ll Women are the great root of the firmly-rooted tree of enmity. Women and dogs set men together by the ears. A woman's vengeance knoivs no bounds. (German.)* C' * Weiberrache hat keine Grenzcu. ' m ) 3o 6 So oo . 284. II ztvzSo&o •Oie^^o^'ll The strongest should be cured. ^sflv sfrii f*rwifr 1 '€tmf%?pR: w^rr srera?r ii sr*-fi &€T , a s^ssJi cp ^ —o ln>TT t, Sr , ^^o e5^"g^ 2oas5o$o •Si^oSoiT|| 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. H 0 o C 5 b o i #b $ S' S) c d& 811 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. *nsr <TO ^<rt *rt ii w&t 5 g*? 5 g woo wooll He who is wise, is strong; the foolish man has no strength. w afe Oi4t^<5 =j*r ii ‘ f^VT fqvTfka: n wwo §0(5^ wool &o' T Sr o o-' ftcJr’O&sil 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. sTlT^T^ sH^ST: || W°j Brasil ■" d >■ ✓ ■ |J By the knowledge of Brahma, a Brahman. Spiritual wisdom makes the Brahman. ( 438 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 288. \\ For rivers, water is the chief thing. ¥ 289. nfgRfa if Web totRt: II ;6 3™o<§ Y * € 8 ll 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 sacrifice was made to secure it. 290. WTO *R*rfir wN Rtw ^ ^ ii $■ Scr’g ^F&slol! Fortune is fruitful everywhere, not learning nor human efforts. SmsTT}^ ITT f=Pi I ■*?tto wfh wN tt few t ^ ’frwi ii o Kr^fT* £>sS,ol ^ ^ 3r>S3&o|| At the churning of the ocean, Hari obtained Lakshmi- and Hara, poison ; fortune is fruitful everywhere, not learning nor human efforts. 291. WTOTfa WTHTT ^felTJTfa I C\ ^ Tpjjfef 5TWTO Sftfa Wt II ^T’-TP'gS 4)ex> •tfo-OT-r’fti cX5o^ps5 Fortune, acquired by former penance, brings forth fruit to a man in [ due ] time, as do the trees. ( 139 ) 7$ o So ex>. 292. *J3iT ?:T^I^T€tfT It One should eat and sit like a king. 293. HjefiT W^T *^<1 H ^ssir^g 11 After eating, walk a hundred paces. After eating, cither stand, or walk a mile . (Latin.)* After dinner sit a.while, after supper walk a mile. 294. ^tTsftir w 11 Sfc'&oX <&sS £r o ft"ei po&oX-tftfcao ^Ipll 0 friend! the serpent only knows the serpent’s feet. ( See TELUGU No. 1419.) 295. ^ 'rofff *r*;t: ii wJ5^TT c 8ll^ Fools learn by the past. ?;t5jt tjTgfff grwmr fV^r tr^frt qf%?n: i vs?: v*af?T vvv ^ v^fa vvvt: 11 TT>^ $C$£r* cS^gO© ’SOOfS eF°8l o 5^)8 o5#g© Xol^ti ^5or°"^ c5^goO 20 sll A king perceives by his ears, the learned by their intellect; a beast per¬ ceives by scent, and fools by the past. Experience is the mistress of fools. (Latin. )f Experience is a dear school, hut fools learn in no other. * Post epulas stains vel passus mille meabis. fExperientia stultorum magistra. ( 440 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 296. ii o K I cCo 8II 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. II A frog croaks. fV^r TTTiEf si 5igf ^TfrT ^Yfcntjr: i ®\ iftrTT cPTfSpSTClW II 8s$go js 5^ §^§£>81 g'g^-^&cSoo wSVycSSolJfl "The cuckoo feels no pride in the possession; of a delicious mango ; a frog is set a croaking by a gulp of muddy water. 29S. II ^ s5b b §7T>g CS5o 811 Like the bee and the worm. ( See No. 296.) 299. II S$^&cz3tf‘i6o$xr°&o "’ItfSlI Even a single lion tears to pieces a herd of mad elephants. 300. nut fhefh ii sSb^g s5cr#s$8ll M&dhava stands in the middle. When two persons salute each other, it is as pleasing to Vishnu as if he were himself worshipped by them both. 56 ( 441 ) 3 o & ey 4 ex.. 301. ipr sttw n Sfttf 6 s 5 sSbf&ifc’g^o -$-*$&o < ao#'^>$\cS3-'8ll 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. TfTT(?rTT l sk^gS'c) SftfTlgS'o ^*s*s K ^s*sVips*sg^4^ 01 ' At heart, in word, and in deed the good are one; in the wicked, heart differs from word and word from deed. 303. ^K^TcfTpf ^Tf% II ITS Q—. Enmities end with death. 304. n S& i &7T°£ CS 50 811 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 Vadagalais. ( See No. 313 .) 305. II o5b^TT > S5bC3^6^ ?$oll Q O 9 Pounding improves the disposition. 3>r^t irff ^g^ff i t &tfrfo "sr"o-l5?5o ~£bo t&sl o 2d T eo eo A bad man, gbld, a drum, a bad woman, a bad horse, stalks of sugar cane, sesamum seed, and S&dras should be beaten to improve their qualities. A spaniel, a woman and a walnut tree , The more they he beaten, the better they be. ( 442 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 306. wtot: <5 stt ^ifn: 11 Sost^Xst’S o5er*d&oli s5b^'ir’'Fr x o So *5"° X&sn When huge elephants run away, what hope is there for mosquitos ** 307. *r?T3i^r £r totw w: II sSb^K^r* c6o?S Xe£?