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2261. 7T’&n> . Svaha to the wood, svaM to the twigs—svaM to the* shares of you and me. Svaha, is “ an exclamation used in making an oblation to the gods” ( Wilson ). When an ignorant impostor was heard repeating the pretended formulae contained in the first part of the above, he added to it the second to shut the mouth of the man who had found him out, by promising him half his fees. ( For the first part of this story see No. 2282. ) 2262. S'lb Cte5b, TT>b *^$j, ££^000 ~2y°S)X&g>$b There is no firewood, there is no dry cowdung, there is no water to boil—come away to the well 0 son-in-law ! The son-in-law should have been provided with a warm bath, but his wife’s parents were too poor. (21) eso^^^T 3 ^ § ol55oo. 2263. S'go l5<& &£fl &§'S^tfo£r 3 . Has she a right to say “ there is” or “ there is not” 1 A beggar once asked alms from a daughter-in-law when her mother-in- law was out. She told him there was nothing for him. As he went he met the mother-in-law who enquired whether he had received alms at the house. On being told by the beggar that he had been sent away, she brought him back to the house and after chastising her daughter-in-law said to the man “ Now you may go, has she any authority to say there are alms for you or there are not?” Told as an illustration of the fact that a daughter-in-law has no anthority whatever in the house. 2264. $£0 ’ZSQ exxr^cE^ fj^)<i50§ K)55bo Like pulling away your own mother by the legs and saying “ Offer the rice-hall for the maternal aunt.” 2265. 55bcr-o~^) S'ex If you shut your eyes, a dream. After death the unreality of things temporal appears. 2266. S'gbtf Like selling needles in the blacksmiths’ street. ( See No. 2286, ) To carry coals to Newcastle . 2267. I shall never forget the lady who burnt my stomach [i. e. who fed me insufficiently ] in the famine time. i 2268. Like selling a child in a famine. Selling in a bad market. ( 22 ) ; TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2269. ^c5b 5 $^d&S$bj-* ^<£ 0 . There is no end to religions ceremonies, and there is no find¬ ing the times [ fixed for the observance of them ]. 2270. S'OAtf -zr>Q§ &o &Scp> -C5 oir°~£. eo All are relatives of the rich man. ( See No. 1557. ) A full purse never lacked friends. 2271. 13 20 ^ 00 . Blows with stones to the hearing tree. The liberal only meet with ingratitude. The best bearing trees are the most beaten. (Italian.)* It is only at the tree laden with fruit that people throw stones. (French. )t 2272. "* rT5 ;0'3" D os5boS6 £ooo?o<b s5(&)0o S^oootfSD. CO _ - Q In an evil time birds flew away with the cloth off his body. Alluding to the story of Nala.—See the Nalopakhyanam Book ix. 2273. §^oS5 -5^-0 One must watch and ruin an enemy. Wait time and place to take your revenge, for it is never done well in a hurry. (Italian.)j 2274. ^^oSo ^8, *9&)5ooSo oootid oJ^TT 0 <x>o£x^y e3° ^ &7T 3 ( ^ i ZZ£j. “ If done at the right time it is pleasing to the gods, if done at the wrong time it is pleasing to the Asnras—Pll dis¬ appoint them both” said he. Said by an irreligious Brahman on being asked why he neglected his daily prayers (Sandhyavandanam.) The Asuras are ‘demons of the first order and in perpetual hostility with the gods’ ( Wilson.) * I megliori alberi sono i pit! battuti. f On ne jette des pierres qu’ft l’arbre charg€ de fruits. t Aspetta tempo c loco ft far la tua vendetta, cbe la non si fa mai.ben in fretta. ( 23 ) 2275 . S^^b, &n>kj ^>oo-C 5 b^ 5 b. Time will go, an accusation will remain. (See Nos. 1395, 1928.) 2276 . -^°§§ S^SSoy^TT’S), £9ooo7T° 'ST" 5 ^ ^-CSo^TT 0 . If you walk on your feet you may go to KAsi, but if you walk on your head can you even pass oyer the threshold 1 2277. i$£rolS§o—ese>3§, ©tftflSg, ^)oX3§, A When one said “ Kim&lasyam V 9 the other replied “ Alasya, Arasasya, Pungasya, Puliyasya, Y^pasya.” A learned Pandit once asked, in Sanscrit, an ignorant but witty Village priest who had named an unlucky day for an auspicious ceremony “Why this delay? [in explaining the matter]” ; the other replied, punning upon A the word* Alasya, “ Banyan tree, holy fig tree, Punga tree, Tamarind tree, and Margosa tree.” ( The words used are Tamil. ) The Village priest had previously to the disputation agreed with his fellow villagers that the man who spoke most words should be considered the more learned of the two ; they therefore thrashed the Pandit and turned him out of their village. 2278. &o^3(3b SdSbgJSx) A Kuncain of raw-rice and a gourd. (For Kun$am, See No. 619-) A modest request. A thousand Brahmans went on an auspicious occasion to bless the king and on being asked how much rice and vegetable they would each have for their meal, replied as above. The king angry and disgusted at their greediness ordered that each should be forced, with the penalty of his life, to eat the whole quantity demanded. The Brahmans however cheated the king at the suggestion of a cunning Komati, by distributing one Kuncam of rice and one pumpkin at a time among the whole number of men. ( 24 ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2279. Kbo^r^&<§' r6 A dog’s greed will be satisfied with a grinding stone. ( For Gundrayi.—Sce No. 770.) 2280. So13ooo§ ^o^^^oooTT 0 ooooaSbTT 0 . Can a dog ever retain ghil He always throws it up. 2281. S6§^_ $5jb T7°ooo *< 7*000 <3T°8§li SoS^_ TT°&). When the dog comes, a. stone cannot be found; when a stone is found, the dog does not come. A thing can never be found when it is most wanted. 2282. 3ll o&0z3-°£3li If a dog crosses a wet wall and recrosses, the Reddi and his lady with all the family perish. There was a certain stingy Reddi who paid nothing to the village priest ( Gr&ma Purohita ). On one occasion when the Reddi was making some additions to his house a dog jumped over a freshly built wall. The village priest, who happened to be present, determined to take advantage of this circumstance, simulated great consternation, and repeated the above sham Mantra. The Reddi was successfully taken in, and at his expense the priest performed expiatory burnt offerings, &c. ( For the continuation of this story see No. 2261. ) 2283. lloo, So£5bi) eo ’ eo —& If it stings it is a scorpion, if it does not sting it is a mole cricket. A man’s character is known by his acts. 2284. When asked to dine he comes to stab. 4 ( 25 ) 2285. S6<^5'~57^8od3 ^o^Scr°e^oga $*&ooQ>, How can the potter’s bride help coming to the kiln 1 She must appear in public, however bashful. 22*8-6. &So5cex> Like selling pots in potters’ street. (See No. 226J5. > 2287. §6$ • So? ^0 “S^D By decaying and decaying the fruit is destroyed, by burning and burning the wood is destroyed. / ( See No. 2044. ) 2288. So“°&y}<!l Ooioo-^o^ij, §^ 0 ^ If you sit still and eat, even a mountain will be consumed. if you* spend your principal, it will soon disappear, however large. 2289. o<&&j-°S^o-D ^>o& 5^8o-0?5|j3. Like rolling a boulder down a hill. It is easy to bowl down hill • 2290. r^wSySc. s^„ ^rtS S$oooX> S5d|&. When he went to raise a new loan, the old debt fell upon him. i e. His creditor reminded him of the old score. 2291. ^S.r 0 §^ 0 ^ &r°zr D tiSteh If you take it away by degrees even a mountain will be removed. <Se*No.48I.) ( 26 ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2292. §^^6 s5o“3^d&, ?<o5&&’ S^d&. What he bought was a brinjal, what he got to boot was a gourd. (For Brinjal see No* 97*—For Qutnmadi Kay a see No* 517-) " <x otir°d$ b7T° §^^>0^^) o^ooo^^.. eo 2293. §^^^3 The crime of Brahman slaying at Koll§ru fell on Kr&pa* ( See No* 353 *) Koll£ru and Kr&pa are adjacent villages in tbe Krishna District. 2294. §^<^03 ?6e3D^) e>oooli, ^b^ofooTT 0 If the daughter-in-law be black, the whole family will be blackened. t i. e. a bad daughter-in-law will bring disgrace on. Ler inusband’s family. 2295. Xg S^oootfa. The fowl was carried off by the kite. (See No. 2175.) 2296. §*B t 3-$S), tfoSo. A monkey’s death, a Koinati s adultery. Both are concealed from the eye of the world. 2297. Anger is a cause of sin. Anger is a sworn enemy. Anger is the fever and frenzy of the souL 2298. es<Sli, .§^8 esiSbiSb. ¥ If you shake the stick the monkey will dance. It is the raised stick that makes the dog obey. (Danish, j* * Holder man ei Kieppen til, agter Hun den intet Bud. ( 27*) X. 2299. XoXeT* 55bo0A7T° XrorS e^&oo'sr’. Though' it bathe in the Ganges, will a crow become a swan 1 ( See Noo. 609, 1086. ) 2300. Xo^ r7V>&~3z$13. Like a donkey carrying sandal powder. 2301. Xo$£x> e)£x>£ -ST 6 ^) ^^ex) i Like selling firewood where sandal had been sold. Said of the ruin of what once was beautiful. 2302. X&-D e>$ Xo&>ex> ■^d&gTT’&b. Don’t jump about saying you have got through [ your diffi culties. ] Don't halloo till you are out of the wood. 2303. X"5oC5 ~&£r~ S5bo&o££ cxSooJ*, Xd<Xp5oo “ds5e5^Xo. ux 65 v y The horse without grass, dried up and went to Devaloka. Devaloka is heaven, the * gods’ world.’ 2304. Xe&Soe^ 20e£o&5ex> o^ooo^S). When he went to lap, his livelihood went*. When a greedy man went to spoon upon another for his breakfast he \i©s kept waiting so long that he lost his situation. 2305. XX>^o&r|^ 5 -sbs5bo £13. Like a snake seeing Garutmat. Garutmat or Garuda ( No. 751 ) was “the king of the feathered trib6s, and the remorseless enemy of the serpent race.” ( Vishnu Purdna—Wilson’s trans. )* fsnranirw wfY ft ( 28 ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2306. XSeT 8 &$sSb oootf o5bd S'axXoTT’. Will a large gem be found in a crystal bead mine 1 2307. TP&'S TT’cTS, An ass is an ass, a horse is a horse. ( See No. 1494.) 2308. 7P0 3-Q^tiZrftioXzr 0 &r°7T£$ £ ^§^2515^50.