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9 ( 65 ) o ^ ^ §^§-C5 o ^ Si 55bo. 2545. Kbd£ 13o ~&7V° bcSo§^ s513^5o. oo Go 65-00 The cloth which has fallen upon thorns must be taken off slowly. 2546. sloops -s^^§6 *)ozs-°ex>^$ s&>o<&e> TT V $> Holb^dSb. oo oo A man who ties the fore legs together and breaks the widows’ cords. Said of a crafty swindler, who having made his victim as helpless as an animal whose fore feet have "been tied together proceeds to plunder. Widows wear no cords ( See No. 1415 ) ; the expression signifies a state of helplessness. 2547. o&oo&b ^b^55bo7T° 2f Looking irom the front it seems to be the Brahman’s horse, looking from behind it seems to be the Sahib’s. The Komati’s evidence ( See No. 729 ). The words are ambiguous and bear another, meaning viz. “ B.efore, this was the Brahman’s horse—now, it is the S&hib’s” ( i. e. the S&hib has taken possession of it). c§oe> e^lF 0 . When you came before you cost me three hundred pagodas, why have you come again, you deceitful jade 1 A man married a bad wife. After getting 300 pagodas’ worth of jewels from him she went off to her mother’s house and left her husband to shift for himself. After some time, the jewels having been sold and the proceeds spent, she returned to try her old trick, whereupon the husband accosted her as above. ( 66 ) TELUGTJ PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2549. o”^j ^^ra55bo If 1 touch your nose will you lose your life 1 A Guru was endeavouring to initiate his disciple into the mysteries of Pranayama ( see Wilson) and touched hist nose which the unwilling disciple pretended caused him intense pain. “ This ceremony is performed in the following manner: 1st he [ the Brahman ] presses in the right nostril with the fourth finger of his left hand, repeating the name of each Deity; and counting them nine times over upon the joints of the fingers of his right hand with great rapidity, half closing his eyes the while, and drawing in his breath : then gently pressing in the left nostril with the thumb, he breathes out, repeating the same name as many times over. Then releasing the right nostril, and still pressing in the left with the thumb, he terminates the Prunayama [ Pranayoma.]” ( The Sundhya by Mrs. S. C. Belnos. ) Said of a lazy sculk. 2550. s5<b£>;T^ ‘C5b^ r _ex> ojP &bl6 £). When three women join together the stars come out in broad daylight. The above is taken from'the following verse dtitfcxurf tfoeo0£b£io§6§""l 's5£j'S5Xz>o <ll [ At the sight] of one woman, will not the worlds tremble? When there are two the oceans will greatly sinh ; when three women join together the stars will appear in broad daylight, 0 Possessor of good qualities ! 2551 . £ oX&b. —6 The old hough will not bend. (See No. 901.) It is not easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling. <Gaelic.) ( 67 ) e SlsSco. 2552. sSu&d i 5-D^7T°, 3306 ox>&$7T° sSX’Q) ~£&. If [ a man] ripens and dies, if [the grain] goes into pieces there is no grief. ) When a man dies at a good old age, his relations do not greatly grie.ve for him; and if grain goes into pieces when pounded on account of oyer- dryness, people do not care much, as the grit is nearly as good as the. whole grain. 2553. ®5bo£&<tf ‘sbSo 1313, o5<3b^) 1313. The name is spoilt by affection, the gait is spoilt by strutting. . / A child’s proper name is corrupted into a familiar name as Sinayya for / Srinivasayya, Kakkai for Kanakamma, &c. 2554. Sfco^ooo o 5xr*£&> §**&) lis^exn 5 &r°<£ 55boSc^_ m TV’S), 7r 3 7T°d&Fr &Z)2)Ox$ Kv TT. Thirty-three crores of gods joined together can make me hold tily nose, but can they make me say N&r&yana'? (See No. 1835.; You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty, (French.)* You may force a man to shut his eyes but not to sleep, (Danieb. )t 2555. c§oog> S'gxJio s 5 bo^ ox> c§do&o K>d^55oo e>A5b^S)o-0^o3 There is no one who has suffered thirty years of trouble, there is no one who has enjoyed thirty years of happiness. 2556. S5boo<& s5bo2&. o An old man is fond of women. / i * On ne saurait faire boire un ftne s’il n’a pas soif. t Man lean node en Mand iil at blonde, men ikke til at sove. ( 68 ) TEtUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2557. TioXQ ^XvXy, jgfrg S& X&x oxn> 2iX£x>Xot& 7T°Sb cxo£$ ooosx^r jswoesb rT°S6 •&£>. I can tell my state in three births—in the last I laid up nothing by generosity, in this God has given me nothing, and as I can give to no one here there is nothing for me in the next birth. 2558. "^o^oSood -C50"^ ^§6^_oy T5 . If you scatter grains [ of boiled rice ] will there be any lack of crows 1 ( See Nos. 2345, 2507. ) 2559. S>s?§7r‘$> S^cooKSS, tf-Qysa. The days of bedding are gone, the days of straw have come. The reverses of fortune. 2560. l5oS63b "^5§tf £13. Like the monkey that drew out the wedge. You know the story of the Monkey, don’t you ?’ [ said Karataka ]. “The Monkey drew the sawyer’s wedge, and died: Let meddlers mark it, and be edified.” * No !’ said Daraanaka. ‘ How was it P ‘In this way,’ answered Karataka :— ' In south B ehar, close by the retreat of Dhurmma, there was an open plot of ground, upon which a temple was in course of erection, under the management of a man of the Kayeth caste named Subhadatta. A car¬ penter upon the works had partly sawed through a long beam of wood, and wedged it open, and was gone away, leaving the wedge fixed. Shortly afterwards a large herd of Monkeys came frolicking that way, and one of their number, directed doubtless by the Angel of death, got astride the beam, and grasped the wedge, with his tail and lower parts dangling down between the pieces of the wood. Not content with this, in the mischief natural to monkeys, he began to tug at the wedge; till at last it yielded to a great effort and came out; when the wood closed upon him, and jammed him all fast. So perished the monkey, miserably crushed ; and I say again,— “ Let meddlers mark it and be edified.” ” f Arnold’s Book of Good Counsels from the Hitopadesa pp, 49, 50 .) ( 09 ) 2561. “skxDOcIi $$X S>oo£5<3b. O A master fit for a skulk. 2562. *^ooXd^ -tf-fryS £5boO&&0 2joa tf-DySS. After her husband’s death, the jade cable to her senses. ( See No. 2525. ) 2563. l^ooXoXo £}£) zr°^)l <^oo£5b§6. / What does a woman without a husband want with a midwife ? 2564. 13oo<^£j s5j"°^(^b, - u)~^ £5b 0dSo. At firsjt one Monika, after the calf’s death a potful [of milk]. (For Manika see No. 1704-) 2565. ”aoo&ex> ToolboX ^5p-C5b^r°. Will [ a branch ] bear Moduga flowers at one end and Sam- penga at the other 1 Moduga is the Butea Frondosa, the flowers of which have no perfume. Sampenga is the Michelia Champaca. 2566. ^r-o^&y 6 rstfo X>£3;5a. oo eo A neck-sprain in the knee. Like saying “ He has a head-ache in his big toe.” 2567 §" v ■:.>© £>oor3A£>£> t9£) 55ooSb^_ cooooxSb^ o&r*'tT\ Because the water is up to the knee are we to plunge above !lie nose ? .Because we experience a little difficulty, are we to giveaway to ( 70 ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2568. s5bo^-g>y-°tf. The rough man’s anger is on his nose. Said of a very bad tempered man. 2569. "Sg'sFli, ’Srpska Where there is no love, there is no delight. (35b, 2570. d&'qr T5 d&3> v o ~3zx>z$tfo S^7V°, ^3)er°&5 tt° ££> obSbo After all the great men had been carried away by the flood, the leaf dish said “ What is to become of me 7” (See No. 745.) 2571. d&qv^s5boK)§6 c&o<&> *ux>kx> 7j5£$b. For the truth seven twists are not required. When you tell the truth you can be outspoken. Truth seeks no corners. (Latin.)* 2572. <3$x>7V 3 (D7y > & A Yudhishthira of the olden days. Applied, ironically, to a great liar. He shall have the king's horse. 2573. c&y^Ai S^a! ^Ai There is no sleep for an ascetic, a sick man, or a rake. tf. 2574. TT > S'zr 3 &r> 5^AJ5bo ~S^SJ r> i^j-° !§<3b. There is no one who cannot hum a tune, there is no one free from disease. ( See No. 643.) "■’Veritas non quaerit, angulos. ( 71 ) 2&T5. TT°2r*o "8r°cS6 Sr^f^od^, c36en> 5b^7n8i 3 * 76 “° o5o?fa. “0 king! accept this cocoanut’^j^said one t J “ My elder brother is agitated at (the sight of] the Royal Court” [said the other. 1 There were two clerical Brahman brothers who were-very poor, but well versed in the Vedas. Vexed at their poverty, they proposed to go to the king, present him with a cocoanut and obtain a present in return. Having arrived at Court, the elder brother held out the cocoanut to the king and attempted to say XT e, 8sr > fboT’CSSS ^)-£^§^0<S (Raja tenkaya pucqitkondi) “ O king! accept the cocoanut” but being -quite confused, mumbled nonsensically V r, zr°o T*cf& Si-Sy^i^otijRajan kaya pichchihonda). The younger brother, attempted to apologize but was equally flurried and stammered odt <5$r* ^T^oSoS'© (Fa mannagariki bhasapan - r-* kam) instead of saying p£r ft9^'7r , 8i tf^PS'o'SSo (Ma annagariki sa- bhakampam) “ my elder brother is agitated at [the sight of] the Koyal Court.” The king was greatly amused and gave them each a present. 2576. TT°2§“^° i^zr 3 . A bargain with the consent [ of both parties. ] (Hind.) i. e. the purchaser and the seller. In the days of Muhammadan Government free trade was unknown and the poor were forced to sell at the prices fixed by their oppressive Eulers. 2577. TT 0 ^ sSS'S) es~S. Even the king’s daughter must be some one’s wife. 2578. ooao ”sWxr°. The wealth of kings goes to stones and harlots. Kings addicted to debauchery spent their wealth in constructing houses, temples, &c. and also lavished much on their concubines instead of spend¬ ing their Revenue for the good of people they governed. ( 72 ) TELUGTJ PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2579.