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r 11 cX55p5g 7r° <y*‘tf7r*yrgo 25£^ra8 io S'6sSg8ll What will the S&stra 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? (Greek.)* 345. *n§Tfl?r (ItT y yr: OrfVTj: i y try shist y y cfffyynTyyfcT ii c*6>g_S £e|o *fo ?5C5s £)sS f) x$ c35o8 o —° d 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.): )*r5£ 'S _o o-C^?5^r , ^dS3o0|| 346. yfwm ^taffr yWfy ^ yt^fr? ii c*£>|>§“ £'c 6Q 2§iSo& &> 2§z$dll He [ truly ] lives by whom many live. He lives a worthy life who supports many lives besides his own. * T/ TV(f)Xa> xat xarompea. t Pecuniae oheriinnt omnia. ( 452 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 347. ^71 qT^qqf II cssS^g - c&n^EPtfa ■£n$o'£8 r * * * § £ ) £>$ctfblfii In every country, that custom prevails which has come down from generation to generation. ^77 if Mt^iq II ^f^<5*?7<ipr*irrfq ^rfxri fT^JT I qftTiq i-TT ^TT^TT: qTtqqf fqvfaq II ^ (S^sk 5 g&oX'il tT 5 ^ ^o^r°^o^uj £)^r°“ fjn> ^Js~ p ^,£)l§ ticp’i CSo£T>^tf8 £)§d&lfll In Magadha, there is no crime in [drinking] liquor; in Kalinga. in [ drinking ] arrack ; in Orissa, in co-habitation with a brother’s wife ; in Gauda, in eating fish; in Drdvida, in marrying a maternal uncle’s daugh¬ ter:—that custom obtains in every country, which has been handed down from generation to geqeration. * ■ Every country has its custom. (Spanish.)* So many countries, so many customs. (French. )t Every land its own custom, every wheel its oxen spindle. ( Portuguese.)j. 348. 7j: q^qxttTTSJT rrrfTT qqTTqh II As a man’s heart is, so does he speak. As the life is, so will be the language. (Greek.)§ *En cada tierra su uso. t Tant de pays, tant de guises. + Cada terra com seu uso, cada roca com seu fuso. § O'ci a /3toq, toios 6 Aoyos. ( 453 ) So 3(^4$ eT* F 6 ^ e. 349. *JTf^ *TT3*TT *1*3 M^wfrf 3T^"5ft II GSr-tS^i cssWg SSS^^S tT’^lll As is the perception, so is the fulfilment. Success depends upon faith. cft*J IN% I WT33T 3Tf^ I' is^ i <3$r>Z$^k ^T’aeT’ l>S^s$© eT^§ll In God, in pilgrimage, in a Brahman, in medicine and in a Guru, as is the perception, so is the fulfilment. 350. *U?n 3Tf^t ^ r^l I Like mother, like daughter. ( See TELUGU No. 1019.) 351. *lT3'53ft3 Tf^nfri II <5$r > s5^s5o •&?££>:>11 I shall make offerings all my life. 352. *JT33UsT3ri ffi - # ?TT3 S 5TO*TTTW II <3$T°‘£&>SpX&0 oboSoO - ^ ^ As long as there is food in the mouth, so long will the words he sweet. ( See TELUGU No. 399.) 353. *lf?6*pR 3THi WUSlT^fa II cJ5boic5^oD§"o tS-ST* iiu s^&o vr’er’ 1 ^ — o —o v y o A reasonable word should be received even from a child or a parrot. 354. RFftrp^* i N C\ 3T^T*iWshfr 3*i ^ 3*i 3*i ii dSooi^S'o w25§^5Scn>e;5Sb’^r o ^’o w£i§e5&8l —i, —i 2T t> ^'U^cx5br375owo5r S c55bcncS5oO c55bo-°cX$bo t6cS5oo uSc^5oo|| Yours is the jujube root, mine is the jujube tree; ours is a jujube relationship—You are you, I am I. Said by one who had pretended to be a relation .—Badari is the Zizyplius Jujuba. ( 454 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 355. TWTTW *13 II oSotf ■*§# Qs-'^vd ^sssk 8 pti\\ In some way or other, become a famous man. 356. ifaT*RIT *TftRTfifT *lfa: II c&iiE’S&Tr 6 ^ lfih?o sr®'cr B rai) NSsil For those who have no other resource, VMnasi (Benares) is a refuge. ( See TELUGU No. 2680.') *TTrnfwqft;ai?fiT $ WffiT I ^iffT^TfrrT 3iTTu€t *rf?r: h ob ^giT* $wo>$o|)8l if ij?o ^r Q 'cr D ra|) XSsil For such as are forsaken by their parents and relatives, and have no other resource, Benares is a refuge. 357. *?m*r 3^3 II VJ • cSx’Kgo a3r*l^?5 c55boglfi Like joins with like. (See TELUGU No. 735, &c .) *TT3T * 33T3ft ^ ^331 | 3JT3U3T 3f3i%3 3T73 3T333 II l£o ?5e5g-j "^cX5oS5bs^o c55os5TT^£^55bsI zr’&rzT* akr>Xgo c55boglf II This my wife is a dancing girl, and I am the lowest of Yavanas ; [ so are] my son-in-law and wife’s brother-in-law : like joins with like. Like loves like. ( Greek.) * c, 0 fxoiov V/J.OICO (piAov. ( 455 ) cS o & e5' _6 §'' 6 So vo. 358. % if f% fT^r II c&n> cS3o^g Sr> e£f5g <&-tf$ll What is dear to one’s heart is not far off. ( See TELUGU No. 186.) OpcV 3>TTift ^ i ^v^’Nnw wr *r f? frer ii ?\W* ger>h XXlS Sift’S'* 23e§£fc sS&ol S}o?3bj3 t)o^6 r ^cX5o';6g £p e£?5g £5 j“o£>8II Tlie peacock is in the mountain and the clouds in the sky; at the distance of a "hundred thousand yojanas is the sun, and the lotus is in the water; two hundred thousand yojanas away is the moon from its friend, the lily^—what is dear to one’s heart is not far off. Kumuda is the white esculent water lily (Nymphaea esculenta) which expands its petals during the night. T- 359. I mx <5 *rteir n • 'D^^s5^\0-t5s5'0^’£8 (^^S^TT 0 ^ TT'tfoSfcTl 03 A A s5~^ S)o^ ) s5rr’-^’^^~ii A son should be treated as a prince for five years, as a slave for ten years, and in his sixteenth year, as a friend. 360. Wtt: i wtwfrr f^r ^ ii Vi -0^zr> S&&8 S&’l^sS Of '&£&)£) zr° o^oO lo s^liS) cssS^ - n A king, a drunken man, a child, a madman, a purse proud man desire what is not obtainable—how much more that which can be had? ( 456 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 361. 3^tftw: I WT ^ ^pftSirf tTR ?T^sfim s II tr^zr’ tt ° |x £p>°5o tt°^'^p 3 's5o ^S^Sr^sl ptr^ -£> "^r-o'Soo #s3^'sJn>o5o XoS 3 ^lUTlI The king must answer for his country’s sin; the priest for the king’s sin; the husband for the wife’s sin, and the G-uru for the disciple’s sin. 362. T^TC,. =T?f% I ^rai^TO srr^nffr fsj^r: ii TT>z?W~ e£§ooo s5tf §>l 0 king! a rain of gold falls from thee in all places, hut no drops reach me, covered with the umbrella of misfortune. 363. ^TWTW^^TPp- ^TWTW'TTCltf^ II 7r*s5ou^r3a^£Jo££>o ‘cr D s5bTr o ^c3^r o 6o5il The battle between E&ma and Havana is like that between • • E&ma and H&vana. i. e., like nothing else—nothing can be compared to it. ht*t TRTiTsrir ^pncwmft'ro: i ii XXtio XX'Fr>’S- t tf o u^s5ozr D o5r3^cr(33g^o ^sSbtr e o5c3a5r B 5s$il The sky is like the sky, the ocean is like the ocean ; the battle between R&ma and Rdvana is like that between Rdma and Rdvana. • • 58 ( 457 ) i3 o e$ e?" 6 §**80 e. 364. II TT’&rc&S *3J5_§ O^^ctfb JJ||| Blessings on Rffma! Blessings on Rffvana! (See TELUGU No. 1853.) Applied to keeping on good terms with both parties in a quarrel, and not espousing the cause of either. 365. i Optvt xx f^spn: it S)^)^§oo^to^sr°8l £>Z 5 "°gbr>Tr° 76 JOtfo'qr 0 sjsS io&T’sil Though possessed of beauty and youth and sprung from a pure stock, the unlearned shine not, as the inodorous kimsuka flowers [are valueless]. Kimsuha is the Butea frondosa. 366. tTCTfrtrV II e>o$$D?So ^itfs^sl^oll "Fasting is the best medicine. Feed sparingly, and defy the physician . 367, ^nSTT 1| vzr* i> ^r° Sira oil O' . Modesty is the ornament of women. “ I will therefore that # . * women adorn themselves with shamefacedness .” 1 Timothy, ii. 8, 9. 368. wrcfM%?TT ^tt iper 11 \3 vzr'tD&speF 0 'sSd&rZfas-o 76 ^g^"^ll The line written on the forehead cannot be effaced. (See TELUGU Nos. 1344, 1637.) ( 458 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 369. *T TTOTtiT II 7$ ^c5Sr*0ll The writing on the forehead will never fail. ( See TELUGU Nos. 2431, 2450.) n *r i ^<fr TrHifa r 3*r: WTtfrn e>?j5!i $5b;5bS^g t§^5pti e£o sr°tfcooe&>o #^f8l &>&* 76 Zj^^SX) 76 sySaSr -’ 0 1S0 7 $ "Qtfs ^ / c 36 b-©ll 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. 370. fVR^fa: II 7p^0o-£)$II The world is divided in tastes. ( See TELUGU No. 1016.) T* 371. ^ II' 76-3^ £8^,811 Who is poor in speech 1 Good words cost nothing,, hut are worth much. 372 . wr: v*rmw: i Sj WtJTTTimVsRT qn5f II ^Sv8 ^^C5 ^s67T^8I ^P^r 5 ^d^r°s57T^ d5bo^r o ‘Scn> 2Doftd^ r, s5'?T8ll The spring is the youth of trees, wealth is the youth of men, beauty is the youth of women, intelligence is the youth of the young. ( 459 ) 3 o 6 e5' r6 So e . 373. ^TOT WT^T II <s> sS ■& ra sS^Sj'S? 5T 0: v3 -o ll o By dress, By body, and by speech. 374. ^TT^tTO W TO li oT 0 /^^^ Sr'eT’ S$c*5ooll o We are ruined by foolish speech. (See TELUGUNo. 1347-) 375. toB II "Fortune dwells in trade. WTfrtr^ TOTf @fTO*ffw I ^jsjiNtot fVr^T^f ^ it •£)•*£%!§£ s5f3li ejik g~o S^f\S^£% I $£e>£s-o xr , ?zf)-sr o <56j'o ^)5\ > c5^p>o l?>?5 1 ?>s 5 -tfll Fortune dwells in trade ; she is half in agriculture, half of that in Government service, and not at all in begging. 376. ^T^rrr |X8II A ruined alchymist [ makes ] a capital doctor. 377. faTOT ’TO wN *T TOrT II S>o^gc5^3- S5o^^5go II One should die with his learning, not sow it in a barren soil. Better that a man’s learning should die with him than that it should be thrown away on the foolish. ( 460 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 378. fiRiT’Trcrrer •aitvr^T 11 Szr > £7T* ,! r > <5& S'er^rao *r°^' ,, cX5o Marriage is ruin to learning, and the consummation of marriage is ruin to everything. 379. RrgTTsT TTWIV’T II £>r3-°gtf^o 3Sbs$-6#tfoll The gem of learning is great wealth. 'ftWTfa 57 sfl*m I mf?7 fimTTjSf 77^TV*i II • / |T>©7ptf§oA)l§2>B$ &cSSlil Z3^^^'c 6 cM^d&o <35 j^ 8 sfcsS-Gtftfoll The gem of learning is great wealth; it cannot be shared by cousins, nor lost by robbery, nor exhausted by liberality. 380. f^TcfT^ II Srr’^'sr 0 ^" ll The possessor of learning becomes the possessor of wealth.