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A COLLECTION OF PROVERBS
IN
TAMIL,
WITH
THEIR TRANSLATION
IK
ENGLISH.

BT
P. PERCIVAL.

PUBLISHED BY THE JAFFNA BOOK SOCIETT.'

Ameri6an Mission Press,Jaffna,

1843,

ADVERTISEMENT.

It is hoped that the following collection of Tamil Proverbs may

be useful to those who are in any way connected with the interest
ing people who speak that language. Examples of concise and for
cible expression are hereby furnished, which may tend to aid in the
study of the language, and occasional allusions to national, social,
and religious usages may suggest heads of valuable enquiry, whilst
the modes of thinking,-lhe natural shrewdness and other features
of the Hindu mind will be seen through this medium. It is presumed
that the translation generally conveys the sense of the original, al
though not always with that force, nor with the elegance which
might be desired. Should it be called for, a future edition may re
medy some of the existing faults, and also supply the deficiencies,
both as to the character of the translation and the number of the
examples.
Jatfha, Chriatmai, 184?,

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A COLLECTION OF PROVERBS.

1. a|arffipfid?&#g})3{pjty|i&ar.
If taken to excess even nectar is poison.

2. ^asFCsopoaLpiii- rsirifi uTluupOuireo.

As the dog looks up at the squirrel that has
escaped him.
3. 3|t-irgiG.aFiidEGuir uuTgiuSait.
They who do what is wrong, will suffer what
they might have avoided.

4. 3|30o*ainlSi5ff u^asoaaTtLSsui^CuTGv).
Showing the teeth as the jackal from the gin
ger wilds.
5. siiaFOTOTiBgjiigp C^ifiai^swpejiagiiiThe king administers instant punishment, but
God delays his judgment.
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6. s|uuGuiOTg;D iSil@aaTilLGaisiBT@icirt
If really bread, is it necessary to break it in or
der to prove it such? Or, shall we break the
loaf to show that it is bread?

7. ^uuTGaiOT2)?i##gsiP!5uiir?
Will the exclamation my father!-cool the
crown of the head? or, Will words of commiseration cool the head?

8. ajftfiqsabriJTgj)^) alffanffqsabrLTixi*
Where there is rice there is honour.

GatlLgjiGuirsv).
The crow imitating the gait of the swan lost
even his own.
10. sjjDLijaLi ua|a3>aj|EirsS) d|^jir.^ifu!?iD
When persons of low rank are elevated, the
umbrella must be borne even at midnight.

11. a|sira;sTs<Bfjl$sajDt-J g^uSaii Guitot Gair@

Chastity forfeited for half a cash cannot be re
trieved by thousands of gold*

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12. d|u.65>i_sniusr(B|5i Cm^sm^uSsv) snsu^T^ug C*
ibentBSSMii- GjT)63)i!)anajjif(Q)Lc,.
Though the woodlouse be placed on a cushion
it will again seek the dunghill.

13. smgiunffsSrSsiT SlsuGsirCupaCsussirSu'.

Though she weep with the pain of parturition
she herself must bring forth.
14. 9\3m&&<ksS3Si\u aaijGa>[5.&i3soaj)iiia SLp^gi
Gutso.
As One jumped over the shrub under which he
had buried half a farthing.

15. S)pffIUTU3JD2)I?.65)1U SUOTlli)UilLsw6m&ll9j Ga>T

@ffiGajir?
In ignorance that it would fall into the hands
of the barber, have I allowed my beard to
grow?
16. si^JS^dir ififfia&soGsoT sjiiuuLarGussar GiIs it not from the abundance of his wealth that
the barber solicits in marriage the daughter
of a nobleman?

17. ^^aaicTLi-T^siisSrgaiiiri^iiSSsoiiu^G^ilLifsuTGSr.
Fifty eight sickles by the side of one who can
not reap.

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18. 3|Bi!iuii>-^aii^iaf>- GuTgjsv) oSpaajioitLLnfr
CaiTOTSffsquiTiluirl.
When the over-scrupulous go to market, they
neither buy nor sell.
19. sjigcuinLpGUTCiisoGOTjl ^Biisnj so ^jsuairGu
6mIS).f^ZI&a>LgSUTifGO 8so .
None weeps for Tiruvan's wife, but all on ac
count of their individual sorrows.
20. SiaseSeh iSarSsw&a, ffira&ffG^T gjeabri^^iSsir
Is there scarcity of the pulp of the young pal
myra fruit to the young squirrel, or of rice
to the child of the mendicant woman.

21. ajuLisiraiiGiOiEgignxi $icafjETdB^Geoujy!#ii5).

Ambrosia at the tip of the tongue, but poison
at the root.
22. sj-jSsbjil)^ ffjjGTHjjjaginTLB iSilffiigilGuniKB
The sprat not having been mixed with the rice
cake in due time, now refuses.

23. A|ai!ifiiniJi9if.|Deodr {idrf^sirirf^so a|q.i!iuji

Gincar or ^&ouuj5^GuJsSrair?
If the waiter be one's own servant, what mat
ters it whether one sit first or last at the feast?

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84 d|S^Gu3Hsu$iiCLi3KriSar2sTtusiia{iiiGaiariP^
flTLii.
A female child is bom to the destitute on the
friday, and under the star Puradum.

25. ^(Bi!iuij.^^aiTiiiuiJiuiuii268TiiS,sv)ffig^^TiT.
The scrupulous has fallen into the pan of gruel:
or, The erudite has fallen into the pan of
broth.
26. s]sutji$!ijE arSj5!iti].
His evil stratagem ended in his own ruin.
27. ^^^aaBTOTmu iffLffiuuTS^^irsoiEigii) Cuirorarr
s$sig>liGuTOTanso.
The broken fig is every where porous.
23.

oraidr sejarggu&avsJituGiixoMiiii] Cuifi.

To the timorous the atmosphere is filled with
demons.

29. d|Si!iiJil@<x GaTSYTGsuGssrdrGj)sTrstraT*snGai

Does the thief, when going to plunder, expect
to be caught?
30. dff GatirS^^dWfMasT^cfiLLiqLgacnraGsudbr
(BGiuiT?
When one furnishes his own rice is it needful
that he eat it in the house of his eldest sister?

31. )ji|ig^SSsoa$OTGOT icTsoafa*ui.

A cornelian in a dirty cloth.

32. 3jjff2sarjsilLS'i!iL|!5s42airuS'y!sG^6r.
By confiding in the king I lost my husband.

While the father sucks the rind of the cocoanut, the child is crying for the pulp.

34. ^if^ujslrsiPairaTailGuTGv).
Like a crow that has taken away rice.

35. sj^oOir^aiGWffljTuS'GsoffisrrSsrrGiiTff.
Pour toddy into the mouth of the worthless.
36. sjleiDt asrrsifGi, gj,ssiLanuj^^6wjjoj GoieSwGexxiqdbrGLir?
You worthless woman, is butter to be taken af
ter the cream is eaten?
37. sjgiuLja&irso) eieSs^ ;sT^iGussirffir^.
During harvest the rat has four wives.
38. ^3OTsnrOTGaTiiiLjixuiiui,>'iraS>i5Tj;
Even my brother's horn is still imaginary.

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39. spasi-Ssnu) myiGuiirilGnL.
Excessive sharpness is as bluntness.

6OT55)I_ ajTlflGuJ.i^U UTBU3T?

Is the chfinde fruit burdensome to him who
sustains the globe in his hand?

41. &{6BSrl-{kgeS3i)<301lbl lS16OTI_^^Gsv)GuJT?

.; . Is that in the body which does not exist in the
universe?

Though only an eighth of a measure of rice,

yet three cooking hearths.
43. 3|uugjili-gi! ^lsbuuSGm 3|suqSV^SI>i<bfi1ij_uS
Geo.
The bread is baked in the mortar, and the rice
is beaten in the chatty.
44. gjiuiijGTrerr airsouisigGaiTsiHr ^ssinQiurri^srrgi (>
uGuir<iHri_i56tra<35^jri_i5OT.
During the life time of Ayar they purloined
with ease, but now behold.
45. ai&mmmii gn$&pi5nj i$GiJf3)^e)i)i_uj sjanjgT
The yarn spun by the old woman is not suffi
cient for the waist string of the old man.

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46. sH#6inffuSCso Guirgjgjiii sj^uanutuania; t.
Though a wooden spoon were conveyed to
Acheen, its price is only half a farthing.

47. ^GO^a^iii^i^(^!^^6wj!)sudrafo8soiq&asv)a?i
He who has eaten the point of the root of the
alley will even dig up stones to obtain it.

48. &\uu& GairaisMrjian^Li ujifgiGa;TsnrSGuirii

The kite has carried away the last rag of the
father, and yet the child cries to be dressed
in silk.
49. AtSsnraMU&aL^GaisirarU) df^ffgaixiajRftoT?
Will the flood that has burst the dam return
if one cry after it?
50. sjif.Gpiri Shsr'iuiruGor&air?
Is the root noche and the top the castor plant?

51. sjaignsar.gr
&p$C.<B&%)sfc.
He whets a knife for you.

52. sjaijanLiu.f(D yipff(sgiGuiruS'jr)3B.

His wings are broken.

53. s|iD#Gfftl(S yiig islLliS).

Exorbitant charges produce great loss.

54. 3j3)i^s)S'u}aguffiaiEia5GiOBosoir^CffL6s)i_.
The son of a widow is mischievous in all his
members.

55. sjswaruiujuiarpffu iffGW&aricUjifso&o.

There is no physical virtue except in food.

56. si*^6BiuuiS^gii!i uCsi!.iD$i.

Seizing the destitute and demanding tribute.

57. |aiGsOTGjjr.&aili_ic$i#<3:esf\
He is to me Saturn in the eighth sign.

58. sjsiO^uiffaT^iGuiarSiDgiGuirCsouSja^iDgi.
It is as if one said the difference is as great
as between the elephant and mosquito: or, It
is like stating the difference between an ele
phant and mosquito.

59. 0|$a& ifOTgijfsOTLTgjsonSujTLi Gusawgguiiu apS

<ffanidutJTQT.
An ignorant girl may make curry out of five
and three ingredients.

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60. sisosojDLiilLirjjog^igiii&oSB'BRiPft Ga^jaidiands&GiS
The tears of unalleviated suffering are destruc
tive of the oppressor.
61. 4))jD8sa5Tiuso ^poaiTgi.
The lizard opens not his mouth.
62. ais^GvKjnsuC^iusupOLcGi_iiijgLc.
As depravity wears away, virtue increases.
63. s)GUuGuTlgjJlflPGlluGuTlggl.
Penance is preferable to indolence.
64. ajaiA-airsoirso|jn^^^sn^465)a6ujirwS'^ssaa.L*
What he tied with his feet another cannot loose
with his hands.
65. SjajOTsTeOTiDJnffOTo5)^ !sTg)6UTsOla5GpOMr.
His foot-marks I efface with my tongue.

66. siaiOT#p3<SGOGOTi!iunoanGU.
He is a bird without wings.

67. 3|if.aGuiTj6msiu!kOTaGiDir!5sina;.
One hand smites and the other embraces.

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63. ^anLusinuLiiSSiEi^OTsuZcOTLiuTuiLjsii^agii.
A serpent will bite him who destroys another's
fence.

To kindle a fire in mid-air.

70. sjOTSHseOTLGuiaiPaaifQfsoSso.
His body has suffered no decay since he was
seen the other day.
71. ^suOTi$^aS'L^jDLj60gygffiriajTgi.
Even the grass will not die beneath his foot
steps.
72. 9\air if^^aJLiiuiiipSCujifjIgiCuTii.
The ground he treads upon will ignite and be
consumed.
73. m-ujT^|Eir@ uifittiirgii.
Subordination in a state is the result of disci
pline.
74. sif5*sir<GLi!Das jsnjriL|uiGaj@guiS) gj,fQan{Daa,L.
A horse is wanted for five cash, and he must
be able to leap over the river.
75. sjffi^^SsouSGsoGuTifgiaJuj-^iDgi.
The suit rises on the head of the indigent.

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76. sjsuSsojEasm-^gjirasodii^a^iagi.
To beat the empty mortar thinking of the flat
tened rice.

77.

jisssirggsugj js^tu|fsic.
A tearful eye and a running nose.

78. jairsiniLL6frtlii).jD adrsmi_so[iCuiir?

Is it right to break into the house whence our
food was obtained?

79. a|*so^swg)iD uan&gjyijDaj.

If distant, even enemies are as friends. '

80. a\$8UT&Liu\g$opJQii& affarmu^A Goiaraiiteo

aii it
However near the tree of ripe stone-apples may
be, the flying fox will not alight on it.

81. ajarswui tfilLTgjGsv)GOGv)Tiii JfLffi.

Where food is scarce all is scarce.

82. aHi)Li#a;giEi aTT^^6maigui icantfuSsosodaJLLir

If no rain falls in October and November the
elder and younger brother are on an equality,

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iojssiic a.i!jL|# ffenicpsjtiijDGiDifiqii.
The excellency of the father is estimated after
his decease, the value of the salt is discov
ered after it is expended.

84. SJI^*'el,8sV)# #3I6!DlClL)li) Gui*C5U0lL|ti.

The mere -size of the snake is not a matter of
consideration.

-85. jaJGaidiTsir G*iiujib

geHri$> CjniiL)ii.
GurtjCcrrar-sTr Gffiiit)iij i^aiani euff^Gffifuqii,
What will rice effect? It will awake the five
senses. What will wealth effect? It will sub
ordinate the surrounding country.

86.

ffL.i^.garGsT asaanniGuTLi-eoFiixiT?
Can one make a summerset in the bottom of
a chatty?

87. aiuffirifiutrGi^pDgJ geopgiA&wii.

Female licentiousness is a disgrace to her family.

-88'. sja^aaifaTiul gi&wr.

To the destitute the air is a help; or, The air
is the refuge of the destitute.

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89.
i

Neither the elder nor younger brother can ek

feet so much as the rod.

90. ^tujFidEairigpjigjLj
iLpfiifi&.
He who is in a hurry is deficient in sense.

The least desire vitiates a myriad of penances,

92. 5>|f#Li GuT^iqi-Gsar ^joiupJ.
To go to Tiruvarore with -a sack of rice.

93. ^|u>-iL|iluL.(hu L|gi?^ uoiriiisirojl ^sirsar Gaidar

(Bum?
Is it necessary both to be punished and to eat
sour mangoes?
94. ^fsuTL.<5ilani_LiGuTG^ aTssso mTryfoGsuii!
Can fever be .cured as ,a hot sickle is cooled?
95. s>jiiG* ^uiSuffiitG* ^uiS1 sjiuuLffisGatrswr
Tumattipattan escaped here and there but was
caught at length.
96. S|Uf.Glll3CH.lUUL^^IT50 SiXU|(L|PEAjl.
Even the grind stones will be affected under
repealed strokes.

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Impurity destroys impurity ,and ignominy over

comes ignominy.

8. sjif-uOjDp until Guir^.

Like a: tree' withbut root.

$9. spjpjy GiBa)sv)irGswOT.

I am become as paddy eaten by insects.

100. siU)^uidbriD pitsSetsfieu efit-tymnuirGyst!

Will he eat poison with the tongue with which'
he ate ambrosia?

l'Ol. sjjffaifA)^v)TLi uasi_GaiiL(i).

The battle of an army having no chief.

As a lamb that died during continued rain.

103. &{<!iL\ ffT6u tos6w auljU iSu^s^iDgI.

The son seizing the pillar as his father dies:

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eraigsiJi
lt is not fit that we should' put our body intothe river.
105. sjliusitli uiriiiSfB^inffn if ifiiipiiDq-.
The bamboo is king to the- untamed serpent..

106. siBuigysgs CanCBilLjfaCaTCOTUifipsfi'Siii.

By severe twisting the rope breaks.
107. sju>.iGui^Li u|$i aSb-MffCanOTe^iS).
The ball rebounds in proportion as it is beaten.
108.

C*irC30(fi^5U|i#!r GunGeo.
As the blind who threw away his stick.

109. d|9fi-ii ^irSsiriGdBi^ugi $an^.

Seventy rags for sixty daysi

110. &\f>*&tasif p<t&&\uiiii 3 i3,u iffaraswu Gup

It is said that the delicate lady has brought fortha young monkey.
111. atJWGojnffi ^;iluj_ajTiiJg)j3>i$3ij'T!li1
Will one enter through a small door-way on the
back of an elephant?.

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Is it difficult for me to swim a tank who have

swum a river?

113. Aj,pJsw s$ uifiEia^#.

Cold- gruel is old gruel.

114. *j,?airff5{\)SBO* aTsisrgvaiX, Lc<jnifu^ui.

The elephant regards neither sun-shine nor
rain.
115. ft6) uyj^Tsv)iiiGs ^j* ui^^irGtfi&Ca.
When the banian bears, there, and when the
figtree bears, here.
1 16. gjoWJLIUllL sTlfl,Utf #uGuiTll5iDgJ|.
The thing once desired is abhorred.

Even in the heat of July paddy has no sale.

1 1 8. gj^tuaiGso uiti^uj ti_GjDThe foot accustomed to dancing and the throat

accustomed to singing.
119. g^pfftu Ljsjjranfguuiea}!
There is, a scab on the wound that is healed.

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Where there is, no desire there is no grief.

tDnff&arGliJ.
You,,are born as t^e insect to destroy a thou
sand bushels of grain.
122. gyi5jLG oiiugi

Gffesrgi . Gtf^nrgjjii 9\}$?>

Though it does not occur before a thousand

years are attained, death : is regarded as an
untimely eyent.
123. 5j,*sgonifuGu3r ajf^iuTtiSpi^Gcaj^r .
I will either overboil the rice or take it off un
boiled.
124. |H WiaiTSOlCUJTifUJ[Tllf.<# ,!HTrEJ<$T\) J JlhiaitT
gtiGeurar^pg'.
To cry sangara sangara .after playing the har
lot through -life.
*xr~.ss~
125. SM S5sf -ifsur!5i4uj GijiTarguu) icTificSeSariiiuj
G UG33T f)J(C JOT> IE .
Gold agreeing with the assayer's test and a
woman. agreeable to the mother-in-law are
scarce.
126. ajanjaiaroTGUstTaiui sjSso^-ff^jyiexir.
tOne of excessive desires is ever perturbed.

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Dancing was begun and it ended in an, hour.

128. g}.ii9ii< u?cwit|arswsiiLJM01iiL tS$2) usx-QU

He whose father possesses^, thousand palmiyi
trees has , not a. fiber to pick his teeth.

The flower of the olive tree is esteemed sugar

where, there is no sugar mill*

us.
The quantity ?f fish c#ught .will be in propor
tion to the fishermen.
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131. gtZamiTcirnS'uj Gaj@wi) iku L|i9njihiaTajaJ
UJ GaJEOttBll).
To know his fellow one must partake his qual
ities, to know the quality of fish it must be
seasoned with tamarind juice.
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132. giGeirnj L(BdBuUaiiif.GiuarpcSso ifi-niIGuir
Geo.
By being buffetted by every one my head ha*
become as large as a caldron.

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iifsoSsoGujii ?
If [there be time to wait while it is cooked, is
there no time to wait while it cools?
"134. gj^sm^uffi^rt) UTLffiigsffGaT ^ujOT GlCTSTOT
Whilst the mother endures tormenting . afflic
tion the adult son cries for the breast.

'135. fj,&w'snujig^^ *anfairGso jf(B<jD$l.

To cover the elephant, one has. killed with the
hand*^-winnowing. fan.

-136. |j,(i)5ugfM)Tif-u LiirsjuxTu^ui utj}$]&<ti&x)t.

The dancing is over and the pakal fruit is
plucked.
137. sj,aPsw^Ssj *sxni_irii CgsasP i^*auuiraiii.
When the dhoney finds her pilot unskillful she
pitches.
jl38. gj,SaijDLiCjaTU) sulTpv) yiaairjnLisjwiii.
The price of the sheep is a quarter of a fanam
and the price of the tail is three quarters.

;139. fj,&w Ga(t(B^gi^ G^irLif.ffLi iSswasir?

When the elephant is given shall a dispute en
sue about the goad?

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Let the thing entered upon without consider

ation and pursued without due caution end*
in death.
S41. gfairgaaj |ETfS)gGGU5S)a.iia)LiranuiL)ic L|s?at86sar
lL)(HlCilTOT(B.
,
Being deformed and ulcerated for whom shall X
be fit?
142. *t,(B GiTl^^TstfOTUljgul&SOTLiii.
If the sheep grow fat it is advantageous to the
shepherd.
143. sjijiustfituiTiiii air&ouS'L.nGiS.
If ignorant of the depth db> not put forth your
feet.
V44.

psutij.ujJG* G*Tev)^iit u^j^ G^afujJG*

The river kills when its flood subsides, famine
destroys when it ceases.

Does the hand' that has caressed the elephant

caress the sheep?
1'46. ^COTiS'sffSsiraGGffsvjsoTf^icSijy^^fwiD ufar
& Guabr&aGetrsuGorjija) iS'jaiGan?. an^^i i
A> famine in which the men cook their own
food whilst the women are waiting outside.

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No matter who pounds it if it be ricel

1*48. gj,6&iu^ uia'ss)Gsiri^.ujTes)si G'stfU)jtfii&r d'Sj J^-l'

GU I6JT.
If he be really the" son' df a mendicant he will*
blow the chank at the proper time.

i49. 5j,srrT6jrajirLaft5*aQS'i^,2|LiLira ffiirso^Gsv) st

The raven demon cries for canehy when the'
opulent cannot obtain even ricel
1*50.- *j.esirJf. goat if.65)urp ^ilifJfiQsi ujDuugj ffiriiuel;If the bottom of the mendicant be struck no-'
thing but dust flies.
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1'51. ai^stfijii^iriGaiririq q^^^l^TjDiDe&isnt_.
When an elephaht dies his tusk is left, and;
when a: tiger dier his tail is left.
l'52. *},[i aT6OtDjl$li, Cu,IglfelitT6OllGuT^U).
It will-happen irt its-time. ft Will gota ittftime:-

1:53. giSGffi'Tsror'Lanjrif.^^ifaiSi G*irj^G4ireHri_GUiiS*.sS$iT611 it.

They who have bought sheep will wander a_
bout, and they who have bought fowls willgo about cackling.

354. ^u5
gLi!f.5.
The lamb shears the fate of its darn,

155. gj&w QtciLjiii ajr.dif.ai g^iLS&giLtf,

Glcqjqjl i

In the pasturage of the elephant is there not

room for a lamb?

i56. ajGS)iDiqLG(3ir jfiuso jfuajiuuSuuGuiTiiii ftasri$f

The hare in its attempt to lay eggs as the tor*
toise, strained its eyes out and died.

JS7. g^&oriqiCTSsiruiuj lyigyajifsSjff p@Gstiu3,ji)<<$ Ct

The destruction that happened to the eye-fly
iwhen the two elephants rubbed their sides
together.

Even when lying down is not the elephant as

high .as the horse?

Will not good fortune happen to 4he cat as well

as to the elephant?

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=160. fjilffiCsusrarCaarifi gj,il(B Jfanjfaga st^ji. .
The butter yielded by a ewe is not enough loa
the churning-staff.

U U lOJlt.
They will , catch the turtle and they will turn
it on its back, but it is a sin for me to say so.

362. fj,suGa;Tisj3iL^i uir^1 gngiCftTeaarLgj ut.

One half is flooded and the other half is desert.

163. I^Sott sili!/_uj irsrr ghtot jpilu)_uj GuirS.

The stalk as thick enough to tie an elephant
to and the heap as high as heaven.

164- fJiT^^Tsfr Gff$$iu> oS'if.^nrrDCpof'iLjU).

After day-break it will appear whose mother
is dead.

165. gJq.i&gaii^iijSiTsv) icanif sw)^giCuTi5).

If the embryo clouds of July fail there will be
little rain.

166. *j,u9jir, Guam* GiiOTjoaisranflLiuiPaiif.

He who has killed a thousand persons is half a
physician.

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167. fj.snriif.aEn- muiBiaiKB^nogi CuirCso.
As mendicants build choultries.

168. gj,2s5riqui8jiaij) L^stfGso

Even an elephant stumbles in the grass.

Is it consistent for the mouth that has asked an

elephant, afterwards to ask a kid?

170. Sj,3sirUJ[ru!?3U) GLirDineoii^ujifiTiiS'jii) CugiCmT?

If the elephant be worth a thousand will the
mark of his foot be worth so much?

171. gj, ]fcBr^QSi_isG[r LiLi^GuTffiiSpgi?

Is the fold to be placed where the sheep may
wish?
172. gigiKi airanuju iS&SGm G^iPiqui.
The future fruit may be known before it is ripe.
173. ^OT^GOGOnmsoirGU^mpSaiirGair?
Do they know the future as well as the past?
174. gjaPsvjsoT^giAsmigjjirayii ^jirgi.
Though one weep for the absent his grief will
not be assuaged.
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175. gj,Sso ajicq GuiiGso.
A a the sugar_cane in the press.

176. gj,aT*iDil(Sido<Ta>5ui (tjuLj^gJi^* G*5)tfiP

Can the white ant eat the iron pillar which is
as high as the heavens?

177. gi&aTiiS'ftjEg! sjiffirsKirLa?L^G^ L4,2otuS'5[s<Sj Lj

The cat sits lamenting where an elephant sway
ed the sceptre. ,

Are a thousand stars equal to one moon?

, 179.

Cuirgrigaisij cD3,&uGuir>
Though you are going a 4>egging go decently
attired, jh Al f-ftc-l' C */ <*i

180. @jjii^ sirso LfG,*-TS' fsljldBaBTsvi SG^oJ.

A sluggish foot is the goddess of Poverty, an
active foot is the goddess of Fortune.

181. (gij&anuii saniDujTairf^^lTjd iSsir&naaujLi

GiTerarffiGuiraiG^T?
If the white ants could eat iron, would not the
kite carry off the child?

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182. !^a5fDaisw GffiianuiiuTuS'jjl^TiD Wja>;Dai
If he who is being shaved sit right, the barber
will shave well.

183. @LraaeirLTsosiS'(BaiTg) tuiijLiuTCijar^^i6w?

With the chances of success in view, will the
Ceylonese relinquish his object?

184. @aLiuTg)iagi!i usawyiiEi &ni_tuira)i a.ani$Ulit

guigu GudbrEpj[Ei,sm--ujir|gi.
The honest has no credit, and the industrious
obtains no wife.

185. (^smfa&S ^sjraGjjGLc6jrgji CTdrsnuujiLtG*Tii)jA

aili_sv)iruiT?
Shall I who eat flesh, wear a neck-lace of bones?

186. ()ev)GOTdsgi iSjDsijTgi 3\&rcaitt&\ ganjDujTgi.

That which has no existence will not be re
ported, and that which is not taken from will
not decrease.
187. @2sT65g)es)s2iiDT(BsiiTdT ifuLj.
Though he is the youngest, he will act as the
elder.
188. @SsuTif(Ssiis5)^ujjEi G&(S<aiTir GaffiASpogi.
The wicked counteract the deeds of the benev
olent.

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189. @$mGsn\f}&LiQpek jsLjI^sudr sir^aiif.
Ere he who was seated rose, the man on his
feet went ten miles.

190. @isv)su&LiLf^e5)^< &it^ atatfGuirsoTuS'irigi.

It has happened to me as to the parrot that
waited the ripening of the pod of cotton.

191. (fijjlir;D y&snGuTso pELjE^irjD LjetfuGuirsv).

He sits as a cat, but leaps as a tiger.

192. @65)i_iuOTGaiLi^.uj icjiiiCuirso.

Like a tree that has been cropped by a herds
man.

193. @Grr5fiwaS,j5iianua assn-lTiD Gaire&soejr gewruj.

sow i^^^iuif.uLiTdr.
The smith elevating himself will beat the soft
iron.
194. gij^SsoaGairOTsffiiS'so eTSJiiiq OuTso.
Like an ant on a fire-stick ignited at both
ends.
195. @LTi5ageirauuilLGcajGiffGuirsv).
Like a rat caught in a trap.

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Will the tamarind fruit that has resisted the

iron hook shake at the sacred song?

Will a draught of the solution of ginger digest

the slab of iron one has swallowed?

198, OTsmiDdlGa;drGsiTif. ffLi^jfuuiu @argia.Gujlit

gjilGLiropLoasGair.
Why woman! Is the pot full to-day? It is the
first of July, thou son of a blind woman.
199. @San^*6rarLjT6v)I.LiUTTffiaGaj6OT6ll)T1
When the track in which it was dragged is
plain, would you look for foot-steps?

200. luuTguag Goi6rarGffUffli u&ffiwr?

Is white rice scarce to the mendicant?

201. @i_gianaa siisogjansgi&sw, aifwgisna>aLgi

ana giiffeur.
The right hand is a help to the left, and the
left to the right.
202. iDiEiaffGa: ^#ffTg)G6ogi^noG^uutf-?
If on entering you are obliged to swim how
will you reach the opposite shore?

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203. ' @Ssoiqii) uy;ijL|CiriiEigyia&r(S.
New and withered leaves are every where to
be found,
204. (>&eoapai&iGuGssr&x$ OTsteonrjagjlG^irifuJT?
Is the wife of the indigent common to every
one?
205. @>3Tff!Sifiaj* asTsij^jDgjGuuGso.
As the royal mangose is borne by others.

206. airffGarn/fai g^snaGunGso.

Like the horse ridden by the Emperor.

207. @055iD GpifisuLb CTiQgifffiii.

The beneficent deity is every where bene*
ficent.
208. iiiujs>r siesirGuT5sffilii>-a.iiiiiJ!5ifSaiftas/P
awBy amassing wealth in the least conceivable
degree, the artizans ride on the elephant.
209. @ana)## ^OT^paaiir aSuL| UQjMfietst.
One who eats flesh knows the medicine for the
belly ache.
210. af>!Q$g>isssr(3i(!9i&, srojDUJTsiEaBrgxirjsS].
The spring will be good if the well be used,
and indifferent if not used.

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211. @36r@ G^TosPsgs aijv) ra>aj,i,,B$).
Like standing upon two boats.

212. @^#^ar(D gaiig.

The ape that has eaten ginger.
213. (fariitfiPps ictotGu.tGsoLike a deer that has strayed from the herd.
*

214. aTuiJLiij-sijP *u]lajar e.f$ ajiiamsuuifuj

It is said that he who went to sleep over night
fasting inquired on awaking where peeled
plantains were to be sold,

215. @ctTSiiargi uujicpffujir^i.

The young calf knows no fear.

216. @jl^aui?.iGa|p|5irii d*ffiT$i?

What dog will not stool under such a blow?

217.

$ijt$& Gsug^55Gaii-u).
Various forms assumed for the sake of the
belly.

218. a.ij&fgi!Bav> Gaia^eS1^) sjjaLesiu aSjoiso Gai

>E^TGsOG9rsir?
What if I should prefer to be consumed by a
faggot, rather than by your friendship?

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219, S-ftfujisajtS) yii^jsirifi aiaajd).
The swinging tray falls, and the cropped dog
comes at the same moment.
220. ^-soLujai6af fb emauuifipS'siTsuMr i($)<$<$6w.
The possessor is stronger than the owner.

221. asmLujT5effili^GO jsTifi unlG5iLuujisairPGsofS'sirgj

Gutso.
Like the dog of the chief that ascended into
the loft.
222. a.anrgRj.lGffiriD uisOTgRjifiuGLiirdi.
Property not used goes to ruin,

223. a.LTLjL)sini_65iQj oiekr^s&..

Apparel not worn is consumed by the moths.

224. SL6SrafMi^iiist_giiii a.GrrerrisisiS)aiiiiS'iD jfaiEigii.

Debt contracted in one's own habitation, and
itch on the palm of the hand are alike bad .

225. a-ilffisuifuaau LjfQffiftaiS fiptgiSpgs.

Beautifying the outside of the wall while the
inside is neglected.

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226. aaM-iuGUGaPsoGOiriGaFini) 515 j^ifiiiffiil6i_.
The owner not being present the goods di
minished a cubit.

227. 2-&\jHl)-lU lt6SJlJlCuif)^T^jClDTL.UII!BlGrf,g#6v5 U

uSflirgjioir!
Though it should rain till the end of the world
potsherds will yield no herbs.

228. a.rn^65>^iL|iEi Csft^irdr Gsirarsi?aew ew

cot.
He whose eyes are fire-brands, destroyed what
there was.
229. a.aiai!iujBjB^iTguiii asoaggoS' Lijjjs^irguKi?
Though a little bird soar high will it become a
kite?
230. auSCair u>pjtpfHiipQili Cff^aT^iLdT ailamGiugiajiTBir?
Will the woman who refuses to kiss the liv
ing husband mount the funeral pile with the
dead?
231. a-jiajfstrar ^jSg^on^ CiuTaia^sosuirjiBi asiluf.
aiif.
3,->. .
My affectionate aunt come aside and weep;
with me.

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232. a.ifajiDTLirf5)9!ii5agGrrGOT ofSeOLiuLir^T?
If the ox be good for the plough, will it not
fetch a price in its own country?

233. e.L-iiLjsnif!s sl$65)$ a.uLja*OT^gia$uGLjiiii9

The ass, stiff in body, is said to be gone to the
salt-pans.
234 . 2-Gv)a6isi x G^ifijl giaPuiSi^.iijiruS'iDjpi.
The rice pounder is worn as short as a chis
el handle.

235. &6mLiuTSa9L(BGuiir|5a>aai!i65)uia6awaGaswssir?
What matters it to count the butter_milk spoons
in the house of the chief?

236. ag^aTilffLi y,2air auG^ffih usBrssaPjDjnii.

The beaded cat gives religious advice it is said.

237. a.iii<SGrr GusOTffiaar GsTKHrLsoi^^sTjD asarSstr

GaTsirsrrTgi.
The eyes are ravished with the dancing of
your women.

238. g-SuU_iaxfijonrffi isirasge&rffi, icsip@)i&ieobr jsrr

A guana has two tongues, has man also two?

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239. 2.<Dj3$i CjTeoeo aifcpgi CuiTjjsgjii).
Speaking the truth will retrieve the affair.
240. 9_j3vCutii ic^jbar^giig {fswauSuLgi.
The mortar goes to complain to the drum.
241. a_cijri_T;l GiDKif aaarLirijCnDfiLjir,.
It is evident in the appearance who is well fed.
242. 2.LIL |suianP<s6{3]ig> G<5(PiqGif>ir *py,ioS2eoDoes the salt merchant know the price of
camphor?
243. anffuSGso ^itfifjis earCjiiajiiCi-iTc^jiGuiso.
Like going round the country for curds when
they may be had on his own shelf.

244. @.^Giuirft^i>J33jE^3;s
Circumstances regulate our wants.

245. e.or&g[& J &.A diuugpjSAifo <$.

Key to thyself, and key to thy father.
246. aj^asHTL. y&ar a-jSaniuu^jSaniu^ $iraj,n9$j.
The cat that has tasted sweets jumps on the
shelf.

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U47. a.6mLuiaiOT GffirjDuiif.aijfiEiif.&SsiTupff.
Weed the arakenut-tree according to the own
er's directions.
248. a.airifa6,u Gutot giij&Lj.
The beneficent regard gold as rushes.
249. 2-sabru)- aijiEig^eo Gusabr(8<a;ifi.
It becomes a woman to eat little: or, Temper
ance is an ornament of woman.
250. a.ijLjcSa6Kiri_iiiGuirffiffii^.^^ uirSuLiir^^CLiiTso.
As the brahminee who had lost her salted meat.

251. aarG*Tsof^5Lii_|ii?6v)&OLi Ljsffa^i6v)Sso.

Thy word is neither salt nor acid.

252. a.OTGir^an^aS'jDJDi a^^;$65)&aGaireirfnj.

Sell what you have and buy ulla-fish.
253. a.strCrrjTgf5:Ei astt6rrirgjii. '
The inmate is the rogue.
254. aaJi^w$*#suT^GUSii!,SDsljS)'
Is he a friend who helps not in adversity?
255. ^joffirsiaGasirewrS ici-esis-^^et\SfQ&r.
He leaps to the ceiling with animation.

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256. &uiSiL6UOTjiqGv)syis?rOTajOTjagi5
The virtuous will remember the givers of salt
whilst they have any being.

257. a.ani_ujQjsjr sssnGgsjL-TuuiiSjifiuitsit?

Will not the crop perish if not watched by the
owner?

258. S-ffeffsoauuilLgisoaanaig^ ^uljuiit?

Will that escape the pestle that has been put
into the mortar?

259. &L-&CujDiE&OT!i$^j&)i!.<Ki.$GsosaraiT?
What is internal cold to them who are drench
ed?
5260. a.jfGso
GiciDair?
Is the distinction of east and west important
in a gill pot.

261. 2-eibr@ii[i JianauSGsx) jsenr^jiiiiLjsv)^jjaS'.

Moss among vegetables.

262. 2-fDOi|faa|tisw utSuSGno sasan6uiuiiG^.

The friendship is sincere it is true, yet do not
put your hand into my sack.
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263. a-jGsuia^jGajgBiij.
Continued repetition of sacred verses advances
merit.
264. a-OTsiTiEianauSsogai GmrnienL ttif.$CjDeSrI tie five knots of hair on the palm of my hand

265. a-iEiaSsira si_s6Gso anssLgoSGarsw.

I washed my hands of you in the sea.
266. 2.Gji)r,SJjD CffirfDpfi'Gso jEf^s &soa&(ni.
To mix poison with the rice one is eating.

267. a.(5!$Lj6mLGstiirGsT UTiiuirifiaa^aS^^).

The cloth one has put on bites like a serpent.

268. a.so4Ga) ssfrorgjisia;uiirS ujTailuana.

The whole community is at enmity with the
thief.
269. 2.L-LcGLijti &<a srarSso ici^u?Gso aii@
rrjGiu.
Thou hast placed in thy bosom the embers
that warmed the whole body.

270. a.s5rstT* 9^seafB ai&reaea^u]&.

God knows the sentiments of the heart.

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271. a.s5rsr^a)^J; GffTs&GO^LiiGueowirii^dargiB)?
Does your whole body become ulcerated be
cause I tell you the truth?
272. a-gnji&frirrBg] uS^giiCTOTe>rGaisKir(Bu).
Having seated yourself, lie down.

273. .dhsu><ijkGa) gearSuiraiTgi.

Bullets will not fly in your battles.
274. a.ig5iD(aiaiPifuuiorrG3)eu 6rn;gi iniSexmiGmekt
The ox treats the weak ploughman as a broth
er-in-law.
275. asujaGasosOTfii nnjigagGmiiiQiSpuMeS a.
It is said that the lizard that is the oracle of
the whole village has fallen into the broth.

276. eai^ss>^ig aSarrribsirifi Gffitji^giGurrA).

As the pulp of the stone-apple added to filth.

277. amffjararffiuilLirrf) ffiL^^Ti^igu lifsntfuLj.

If division prevail in a village it is good for the
comedians.

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278. BfitjiCaaPtuaiOT i9ar3suiuiiSG4tii?s6'oir6sirif.
The poor man of the village is a beggar in the
temple of Ganesa.
279. ameatSt BKuaEt^^ftnat e.g2lfscSr Gudmaf^ft
The glutton lost his employment and the mi
ser his wife.
280. eat.fGeoaPajTann ai swig)air [fisuitcar, ffi|uCuit
The washerman knows the poor of the village
and the goldsmith those who wear ornaments
of virgin gold.
281. aaiGiifiS^CeoiriGaT sjjojGsgSi'iDGailGi-it.
When the whole country runs, run; when onlyone, enquire before you run.
282. aai6B)!iiL|8soif Lf-iuTev) yj_eoirit)T?
Can the country be covered with the lid of a
rice pot?
283. eatjanLuisusar Gusmi^_3jolj iSuf-^TsoTjuGair
If the owner of a country forcibly take the wife
from her husband, to whom can he appeal?
284. eaiifGdOTj^^arGgipar ajjicfigLiiiii.
One friend may be found in a country. She
who has no acquaintance is fit for a wife.

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285. effi^CuirGa) ift_gw&GairaaPtusoGt-jiGa) envSgtA
The throat like a needle, the belly like a bag.

286. eatiTGT^smLcLiTsoajDa^jDgj j|imfiL(B|nifi jshsm

ifil(B5Gj)6ir.
The buffaloes of the country yield milk, and
you and I suck.
287. asati GuTorgi)Sf)GGv)6wo<)r Gujpiii?
Though the needle were of gold, what would
it fetch?
288. afit^misGuirasgoff'^^6ugui^Gv.'Sso, uGLiir&$
65TJ)6Ugmf\)8GO.
No one ever washes himself so as never to re
quire it again, nor does any one ever eat so
as never to hunger again.

239. eoL&G&iiis&pj&fiiSn-tff!) gjaTiaitiaGicsw.

Why so much ado in the place about threading
a needle?
290. ear(5aGaT|5G^aiii).ujT5lr ujirijaG<SGSr2)(B6u isSr.
One dancing girl only being in the country,
she has to exhibit her art to every one.

291. esuirjanLsnuiasLi GuujlTiili uiDji^Tsoaijici!

Though one flies with the swiftness of a de
mon in order to obtain another's property,
will he get it?

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292. eaiGiiiriffil ^Suilif-iaP.
Distinguished abroad and starved at home.

293. aaiigjfiDffirayiGuiT^giaGairOT6rr GaisMrUii.

Destiny and perseverance must co-operate to
gether.
294. asajLtM uan$ffi$<\) GsujLsw GaSiiIf one hate his country he will be extirpated.

295. aarsawjDjDGuirG^ aLGOiDSiuGuirii.

When food is exhausted the body wastes.

296. estsBrjDiDGuiG^ a.poGii(DjDgi.

When there is no food there is no friendship.

297. sarggaaaj yijl^GsuiaKirS&Gairgjigu i^if ^Gsus&r

(Bii.
Be first at the feast and last at slander.

298. assi(3KiruiraGaTif uj sffffiraiuiraaTairgiBetel is not good except after food.

299. sm.hs^isf.^ Gffa^^sirerrGsuflrarSuiT?
Is it necessary to assemble the whole country
to turn the oilman's press?

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300. esiifCufgiiifiaaiDgian,SsffCLtx).
Do not remit your efforts though the world
should end.

301. afflOT!!),jEG,5ir(S^^B^iif.Guj6Sr@iiJ;'$'sinujii]6inLa433i>i.
The stafflgave for his support breaks my head.

302. ear.65)U)iijif)65)U)[L|gfdGns< G&xfi&pgj.

The dumb on meeting scratch the nose.

303. aaotjaCair uTso aiirl^gienr^giLiiiSjDGsiruir

I* it on account of others, or for the welfare of
the body that rice and milk ie eaten?

304.
Be neither dumb nor deaf.

305. ear.S&ijaS'CiJoGeo aTuiuir6OTjiG^irSiasoTuiir?

Why direct Rama's arrow at a small bird?

306. asn
OTstTguLGsir su jaiitot.
He who steals needles may easily effect his
purpose.

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307. Tsw jfgJ&fSCgso aewag# GffjuUTifljagu).
The skin of my back is for your feet.

308. OTj^sosoT^jl^irjn umuujt$g.

Virtue is found where the occasions of vice are
denied.

309. ctl^lCujiIu-u LiTffi!iuiri5.5) rsasPanaigju uf

Some peep lifting up the head, some peep

standing on a ladder, and others peep lean
ing over a low wall.

310. srsiPiuaiguigu GuaareaafjA^jD^e^iij gjstfiuaj

It is better to be a slave to the wealthy, than
the wife of the indigent.

31 L GTgnliS'iar ffiaargpiig Gr(56BU} tp^iui rauGu

jGGUofreirui.
The urine of the buffalo is a complete deluge
to the eye of the ant.
312. OTsosoTaiuLGLirLLffiiEi gai6oTajigsnGsir.
The value of the canoe is in the outrigger.

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313. CTeOT6OTjDGcnjsMrsasf Gtuyj^tD GUT^^TgUif Gu
Though well read in literature the counsel of
a woman would lead to the eating of ordure.

314. erafujirstni ais6'ujTSCailLTsi GueSiuaemap G$ifi

Qj(tlGiLglD.
If the powerful afflict the powerless, God will
afflict them in return.
315. GreftrffTggiiL&iSiDgS
iSi^TOTii.
The head is the chief part of the eight_span
body.
316. er3rCaTOTaTiil,iD5j i^emGsar<us,^ CTsSuLji^i
Is it not for oil that rape-seed is dried, and is it
not on account of its being where it ought
not, that the rat dung dries along with it?

317. OTjl^ gm?>\f>$

aK-jii.
The more any instrument is whetted the shar
per it becomes.

318. stfiBtjt flA LjeftraBrif!D# aff&sffliiflp6Sr u#iujb

The ox suffers from the smarting of its sores,
and the crow that picks them smarts with
hunger.

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319. ST^T^euGaramfGiLisargio Caiug jsmtuhgi?.
If the antagonist be poor, the opposed will be
violently enraged.
320. Grifi^suatfnjassudbanu Cj5ir,jD$l Guireo.
It is like being offended with the arrow, not
the archer.
321. CTararGaJTUJffGjeoGajrrifiiJLj i3sn2sn aiSffrr^^uS
siSsvJ.
The oil is expended but the child does not
grow.
322. STlg^TQ?

^fl^Tsv! GU J IDT?

Will weeping produce that which has not been

predestined?
323. gtsosotjuj LDo-rf1^[jt asoGoOsosoTic iflTaaPasiii.T?
Are all men, men, or are all stones rubies?
324. CTiiifpjanaiuTCso stsje $ujSTaisr.
One who won't scare away a crow with his unwashen hand.

325. r$ir^GcGLjf9)s\) ,&|Slij>lj# ^eafiuuianaiijGu

dr.
If you speak, I will bewitch you with the spoon.

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326. 6rgMMffsryStmp GjJifiaJfko s*.igt&%)&r.
He publishes the price of the ghee before the
buffalo calves.
327. Grig^ajififusirSir ajirifSsns sijan^ LjiresrLseirui"
The affairs of the man who keeps not his^per- j
^sonal accounts, are like the place where the
ass has rolled itself.

328. GTe5'45i!iiS,j(rg)aj^65)^y,?6KragaGair6SjrLjiLLii.
It is death, to the rat, and sport to the cat.

329. STsffiuigfiiDG^OTaJi ySeweffffiici?

Will the cat leave her hold at the cries of the
rat?
330. 6T6otsjjiP# Gffifiuai6Sr GfftLi^. ereS*fmt&$ Gsdiu
aissr uoilif.'.
He who acts with fore-thought is a man of bu
siness, but he who acts without it, is an idiot.

331. OT^ajiragu Guirg)g!i$ ff^suir<a;guCuirairgi.

Whatever changes may take place, the marks
of low breeding cannot be obliterated.

332. 6TJ5smU)iiSj5^a;Gsoir uirsospsis GaisrarQii.

Are we not to milk where there is a cow?

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333. erstfiuaiSori searffi Lje^ujiiisTiCi u|fisjD$i.
Seeing the owner of it to be weak and defence
less, plucking the tamarind fruit.

334. 6T(5Sj)ui# ffirgsg^Lc ?4iu^$is^e)]U)T?

Will the dung of the buffalo be available for
a sacrifice?
335. CT6&rsiiaP&iaiaPaiS1a5icis SisaaPjlgl iff^rCswsfiw
To act on due consideration is wise, to act and
then consider is disadvantageous.
336. ere& y&irag* dF3oTiljLi6sff@)iaigi Gutso.
As the rat did obeisence to the cat.
337. CTjgi uaC^*uiGu[ieirgj Cuirso.
Like the ox gone astray.
338. etlfSp$^G<^ OT^GsOTifiaSLMSl Cuirso.
Like pouring oil on the fire.

339. a&nSt*^"^^ LjsiPGiua)i^!OgiGuireo.

As the lemon gradually acquires its acidity.

340. ot&u&H auj.ff.SiD |bitii jicLjsq.asicT?

Will the dog that gnaws a bone gnaw iron?

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341. ersS sfjDi&gji miaiauoTLIi_ir$i.
The rat nibbles but carries nothing off.

342. ctoS' Caitl65)Lag|i aeaJsoi^oiT?

Must the drum be beaten at the hunting of rats?

343. ere& y,86w6miu Gsusosauiir?

Can the rat overcome the cat?

344. CT^^irso aitijsotic sj^^jrso aiirtfsoTiD.

How may we prosper? By agreeing together.
345. OToTrstjigGstrearGsjaiuj Cuirso.
As the oil in the rapeseed.

346. srs5'uusjnifiuTf5)@ajl ^ofuuanifGsueMrffiui.

A separate hole, tho' only the hole of a rat.

347. CTsJsGOiHcnffjl^Gijgpii&siSso, ^6wgncfffujT^ajgaiso

No one knows all things and no one but knows
something.

348. 6rsliraraPJ- G<jii Gfft2(8 ersm^w^) G*ii Gsuott

esxQMD.
The merchant's business requires forethought
the farmer's none.
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The continual traversing of ants will wear er*
en a stone.

350. GTeSjkfBZeot&p Gairt-P eSg

GuTso.
As the axe fell on the head of the rat;

351. erSaa tpghew&i aigan^ iSajiafiLL^ini*

The ass brays before it is laden.

352. srswsw Gffiarg)^id) stot Lj|aS'|D}38oGui

Whatever is said she declares she will not re
linquish her own judgment.

353. eriEiGa ajifu^irga jsirujasga oirefiGso [f<_ii.

No matter where the dog may receive the blow,
he shows his lameness in his leg;

354. erjs^uLjfnpSGso Gr^u < i ni lj ^jJ^jnG^sargi

G<sifiL|ui.
He knows what snake is in any hole.

955. 6Tffi5 *ssiui aucjI^wGsoir

Gaisir@ui.
The burden must be set down after it has been
carried to its destination, must it not?

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356. ersdagju uuji$i eSL5)l# lLt| Gutjo.
Like burning down one's house for fear of the
rats.

357. ereffagicsaafiuuijjii^jDgi.
It is the business of the rat to nibble.

358. emjajauGuirairaisw OTgUiJ-ffuiuijiGicS^^S1

Guirso.
It is like one taking a lemon who had gone for
dung.

359. gt<##&oa siga!fm$5 ar^jD^^Gso suit.

Though the washing of the hands be all you
can do, pour even that out to relatives.

360. gtif^jd G$irerr6"S,uS'Gso CT]si G&Terra? jssoso

Ga>Tsfrsff?
Which is the best of the burning fire-brands?

361. ctiIi^iii LGot GffSji^ @soaj^ ^uuilLgi.

The cotton tree is consumed with the poison
ous tree.

362. 6r5Sjs^jLiLiT6Sr airsSsoSso.

He can rise, but is without feet.

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363. OTafbrffTgspLiiLjii g jff irgguLUiLiiGardr.
The eight span body is become one span.

364. CTarUf- CaLLgiyi6wgif. GailLgiii aS'i^jl^irjs

G,nafiL|i5)Whether my household is destroyed or yours
will be known at day-break.
365. CTG\)sv)TGai350iL|5 GjUJaiirdr Gffjs^TjD iSoTnijaa
IcTLL(TOT.
He can do every thing, but when dead, he can
not resuscitate himself.

366. CTilif-uif^G^OTsir ffan^aa suiriJ|G^drGsr?

What is the fruitfulness of the poison tree?
what is the prosperity of the stingy?

367. GTjsmiDuS'gijui GsUottsittffi g'fDaajDagGunT?

Can you obtain more milk from the goat than
from the buffalo?
368 6TIE)G<XL{9s iLjonrGLTaiislGa UjLfg2jsMrffi.
Wherever there is smoke there is fire.

369. Grj^dsraisS' aTa,uinSiL|Guiir?

iJoes the crow consider the power of the ox?

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370. gtsosotjki suuGsonffiuiruStDgi oPiuiitBTgjS s
uuGsofffu GuiriDuilmii ailLuGuT,figS.
All who embarked have abandoned the enterprize, now my uncle is embarking to obtain
head ornaments.

371. Grpff,fijDgi {fiugjiagLi u(SjD$iunosn!B<x$.

Throwing at a hare and hitting a bush.

372. CT@aii?#s<3;s ssiPaLi LjsiPGa:S<< GajsMrffiun?

Is it necessary to add acid to the lemon?

373. CTeOTffljaPujgiiif-aGsTj) lESrdPtu^vf..

An illustrious family among the eminent.

374. 6T{\)Gv)Tfj<ij5?5 <faifujsw giiiLjGuTGA) erswag*

ffatfiuGearjapui GlkiGso.
Saturn is as a rush to others, but to me he is
like a buffalo.
375. GTswaaLLui^gi# ffsiFtSV^S1Saturn has seized me at an inauspicious junc
ture.

376. OTjipicanjiKaS'iD Lje^sa^^OT^giuT?

Dost thou eat grass concealed by an ox?

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377. CTCTrOT^ggaiS) siiDgGicC-o (sir&aGul?#cr-uiu
Eat as much as you will; four dates eaten af
terwards will settle the whole.

378. Gr#<Ssoi gi..i| irsjijljua?

Can one quench his thirst by drinking spittle?

379. GTdrsffaSsos aj-isfai tot G3>ire8siLgii.&pgi.

Cutting my liver with a sharp saw.

380. CTsS'ujiiicenr^C^irGL GuiSefcpGparSgeir.

He says that the rat goes naked.

331. GTOTeniJrJ^drjjj ffsn^6aiiua Gairffi^gi aMrl^^n

GiuHaving eaten the bones thyself, thou hast nour
ished them with the flesh.

382. CTOT.iai.@aiii'<o\)Skv) iL|!Daa{fii?sv)2w.

Neither food nor sleep.

383. CTOTgipirilaGOTsosoTiD es63)ui aanrL agjuCu^

soiwSsr.
All my days are lost as the dream of the dumb.

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384. srffiuuTjiD 1Siij.uLi.T5 tyeSwt-Jet)) @i&nuLj;l ft
Where there are many attendants sufferings
are excessive.

385. 6Tp!?LijDGiDffiaat!i uj&li if.Gsirrgi$<'iBfV.

The rat makes the hole, but the snake takes
possession,

386, ereraresjrGm6vxMrnD Guirifiuiirgijj eSgi& GiciuiiiT

AH conjecture is false, writing is true.

Seizing by the hair if he can reach, but if not

by the feet.

388. CT0S>sniusdbr(By^riEiGiuiEisLsjD^<Tui.
It said that the cat is alarmed at the sight of a rat ,
389. CTerrgfijiiiisffjuiLjui ^SriSss)^ uwgaorarlS.
Rape seed and sugar-cane are profitable when
crushed.

39Q. OTSjs$irS sn&uS'ja iSsirSsir.

A child in the arms.

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391* cn?.t-iri!iy,^ C^ifiGu^giaBg.
The flower which is out of the reach is dedica
ted to God.
392. 6Tar6n;&G&igiSa|L.<D GsuSstr CaiOTOTirarm C*t
O poor plough-man who ploughest seven times
for rape seed, plough once and sow gram.

393. GTG&rGsKjri&a;
aiiD3jiGu)9iiiL|GiJirso,
Like the ants round the oil pot.

394. 6Tfflr{f^^(Dafy,#Guj.
You have rubbed charcoal on my face.
395. srgjixi-i (piicmiL Gstsht ^uant-Giupffsir wants
It has rained, for the ants are carrying their
eggs to higher ground.
396. 6r$&nrS!iiS) eSsir&,ss)3itit iS^/sSoirjsirfBfDilGuT
The smell of brass will remain however it is
burnished.
397. erG^Ljui^u GuTsajajjii itSr&titfiup ^TeSruiriri
s> GaiajbiStb.
No matter what becoms of others' affairs attend
to your own.

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398. 6TJ>uiLJ*5!s swanstii itGsodw st@)iLi1l[.
The ant, measured by its own hand, is eight
span long.
399. erf $snp9!i$ir<D
If the pond be full the border will be moist.

400. ersabrLT yii^^ffaS'yi^pBrifi eraru#qairig^ G^

fiqlDlT?
O thou hast untied the knot: art thou aware
that I am hungry?
401. srjDoS'ilCLsaaPamij oift<aSew$i GuTso.
Like removing the ladder one has ascended.

402. 6rjmjuijr^ idj^Gso 6TssirsOTLiui_T^ aitii.

The fruit on a tree no one has ascended is with
out number.
403. cranifhi if5 ae&rsasft cifiu oiirgjigi sf.
The tears of the oppressed are like sharp
swords.
404. wfr iS'uf-^jsaiGewswan' Gsifisuirdr uT&ar iS'if.^jB
ajsir LiTsiuaiTi!.if..
What can the plough_man do? She who has the
cooking utensils is wealthy.

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405. gskujL S$tkS Ljv)6OT#ffir? 55 Gjsirif.g jfs5r s
My girl have you cut the grass? It is tied in
to a bundle before the finger could be snap
ped.
406. rifij$irt\) OTLiu&anj LiTair&i.
If the hunch of the ox grow high he will not
mind his keeper.
407. srjifuaiaifSOT^ira) rjgi ui##6WiiiGairesiri_ir
If the ploughman be fatigued will not the ox
en make sport of him?
408. vaijoGuifi Cbsnssniuu i3(Bii)gii.
The excited devil breaks the roof.

409. cr^ira) Gu#gs)so s|sue(u# gssPiuii anaiu

Guar.
If you say any thing I will practise on you the
witchcraft of the spoon.

4}0. Zxtti>mya,B)8> GairSe8waaifGajil5jDgi.

To cut a crooked stick for a litter.

411. rilii|-!H ar6miaairi apffa.siriDT?

Is the word fruit written in a book available
for curry?

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412. gisiaT^iiGuirg)aa|s ^swuirsujl #6rGgJ)C<_.
Though a man may remove to the distance of
50 miles his sin is still with him.
413. g)CujrGai<ir(ng2i& QSBWM$w uiaiw i3y.fsS)&.
Though one cry alas! his sin will abide six
months.
414. g&ugjaiiuasT6OTiSsirSaTaai go*gisiiujgiLiGu6Mr.
A girl of five years to a man of fifty.

415. g)iisir4ui CLiirgjgaii 3iaLi6muuj6ai3iaT<.

Though carried fifty miles the spoon is worth
only half a cash.
416. ejij^Ssoa&6HrLi,ii&orujir?
Are there two punishments for one head?

417. 9)!sirti &n.,&i!h&)p ^b3so55)uj# ^ani^^gi Guirso.

Like shaving the head for a single day's dance.

418. gswSBuiffftuir^ sflBroP, S.drSsjri!i iS'u/.^^giffiarsjf.

O ignorant virgin the agile has seized thee.

419. fjnjsu6w iffiDjl^TiDjDsafsinui @jaiS iS'jDjl^T^'u

ens.
When one only is born there is solitude, when
two there is enmity.

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420. 95 SLiiuirgaaGsTij giaraff a-GmfDCicir?.
One drop of butter-milk is put into the pot of
milk.
421. ejj^iruS'aosoir^siijffiffii.Gasv)6oiril ^iii.
The whole country is mother to the motherless.

422. sjjui&w CffirjSgiig s5j Gffirgi up&

JD1.
...
One grain of boiling rice is a sample of the
whole pot.
423. fjjsm* ^Lif.ssjGsoiranffiuirt 56ina^LLi^.f5)GsoT
en^iLiit?
Can the sound of clapping be produced with
one hand or with two?

If one only knows the matter it is secret, if two

it is public.
425. s2{a eSili^Gso Gaisrrsrriii aijsgjgi Guirso.
As a flood in the leaky house.

426. 9j ffiresTairili^Gsv) 9j y)Ji)**- GsuLlsoiriuirt

Can a stick a cubit long be cut among shrubs
a span high?

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121. tjs&i&u Gi-i.Tu_)fs ^3sv)iiiTif c&iiif.GAOTatfppfrjg
As one seeking concealment hides himself in the
house of the Chief.

4528. 9^, aj&arijujHjff gja^j.

Abide where you have a friend.

429.

Cstlii^gi]C>5)5<ij!it^- GsiGSuurrg/r
Can he who cannot give a cash pay a mohur?

430. g5*nGiOT-Da?L.6vHc,!T)ssr.
He weeps when the word cash is pronounced.

431.

GaTeorrsgcyiuj ea:Srgi G<*n*>Tgd).

Though a broken staff it may serve as a walk

ing stick.

432. gnj tfiargJg sjfDOT'Baa.di^d'en'DS^GffilqL.

A merchant that drained the river and drew off
thu water, in order to find a grain of pepper
he had lost.

433. ?5 ^wi^.Gso GaniTanu iSi^aaBsoiruiir!

Can a fort be taken with one bullet?
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434. 2ja>-ffi {fsni_TaiGg)s5n-i5i a^g ywnLsuTsw.
He who has platted one basket may make nine.

435. ejsiPuSsofiOToS'ilLisffjjir. (gijaP^vsoTaSilLirGO

oP.
When there is no light there is darkness.
When no darkness there is light.

436. sjirjssT(D Gfftfi^aiaffjja&TT) GdrifiaiTsw.

He who has done a thing once may perforin
it again.
437. ejijoJuso Gjsii7.uS,i_Tgi.
One finger will not snap.

438. sjjicuiS'wooT^i 1$. 65i5id,aa GaSii.

The divided household will have an undivided
destruction.
439. epg^Bso suifag snsSougj G&aiensu.
The evidence in a suit where only one party
is heard; is straighter than a line.

440. gjGtiruii aijigj gsm?,,^ efig/sjttiM Oi&s&

tfiG^Tiii^ui siiil^TgaGictpiiusoiridir?
When one has fallen into a well through a sin .

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gle fit of anger, with a thousand joyous con
siderations lift him out?

,441. 6psfrofujir G^srrGiPoiiriruS'giiifiJiQS'&sir GuisttOi&i

Though ever so prudent and skilful the effects
of destiny will insinuate themselves.

442. f5ii|-iL|f6j EgeS&^Ci LSjDGsiuT?

With all his running is he behind the old wo
man?

Qjsugi jssoii.
A single cash acquired in quietude is worth
a crore acquired by bustle.
444. gi_iioS,ili_QS'LU)if.#3i(6ixi sji^iffiLLaSLGuiiri it
eS&.
The foot may be burnt where ships have sailed
and ships may sail where the foot was burnt.

445. cjil65)L uiaraTiuTg)g2iub @s5)ff iisiguiir!

Though a bell be porous will it lose its sound?

446. f?ii)-uj ynUfb Guffiu ymjoOsv)soGaii!

The hare that has escaped is a great one, is
it not?

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447. 62S5*G*T5 aitfuji?
Is there only one road to the country?

448. f$L-afrib icitlGlot iS'i^aas^ib ixm'Gi ear.

I will neither run, nor will I take hold.

449. gjf $ GaiffffAffijii'6wpDiJ ftai^ea ^smtsss?jA*^

The lizard seeks the hedge and the frog the
water.
450. qliei aLS^TGoOiL-sarirguiGaiririGffTiKb.
A cuff for the boatman after crossing the river.

451. glii aie&rif Gno^ni, siisbtujXcOW'TI_ GlcJJlii.

A boat may be conveyed in a cart, or a cart
in a boat.
452. aguudj aLuf.uSgyjiii
There are stones even in sugar.

453. auSifibvsoiru uuh.iglLGutso.

Like a top without a string.
454. ab)i_$s C$iisitGiu@^$i 6uif ui3Ja2sniuft^a, Sif.
Like taking a cocoanut from the bazaar and
breaking it to Ganesa by the way-side.

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455. jDS&3riD giorrig a_6msa5s5r|&i uso&aoGuir*
Yielding half a pint and kicking out the teeth,

456, SL.dk airg&w 6Boi4ua|aiwLJr?

Is there a stake for transfixing debtors?

457. sdSw&jwri Gafti^^ GjlifiajU) Lji^snujA Gai@

The God that destroyed the eye will give wis^
dom.
453. sOTeiruiirffi #jian&CiufngiThe stolen cow will not appear in the market,

459. s$GR0UMg!)g2iiti a<tF*<iL|(B^gi.

Though only a rag put it on neatly.

460. aissrji auiff<ja)sv) wsesmw.

If he fail in his feat it is death.
461. aiDiDsffL^Ca) s>S'^ana*T6OTi5'aasoTix)T?
Can learning be exhibited where it is acquired?
462. israrffiiii airswroS'<v2soa, GsiKStii Gsiiaafieo&o
Gujew fff jaa GsusastffiA.
Seeing, see not, hearing hear not.

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463. issraiidan- usiw& Cffsoaiaa^aiuw?
Will the money seen in a dream be available
for one's expenses?

464. arDil^LiTW {pSsouSjibGi-iriGuH!

Will the milk return into the udder?

465. as&gjLTgjgJjtc
juffGso gEircfaiii?
Though the eye be blind is the sleep thereby
affected?

466. ai^GaTsiffGso $iiiq.ssr j5iri&.

A dog tied to a stick.

467. csP|l^uipiB aBTGaraSifJix!.

The ripe fruit falls of itself.

468. spDif.tu|9)l iSsnpoiaieabn-gJ Cutbo.

A 8 the bear looked at the new moon.

.469. ailcirjj^anj ajil65>i_cmiuuiGuiiGO.

L ike a leach in dry ground.

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470. XaoeSGiuehp uuSjas KefocessfGnditpi u&sntf
Gsushi
Plants of learning must be watered with the
rain of tears.
471. aararSsssm96inui aT^^gjCuT(oV.
As the eye-lashes preserve the eye.

472. aLsfi'dr iSgiiif) SKmifiuaifilLgi Guff.

The names of the fish of the sea are given by
the fisherman.
473. {sigangEantuA SlLi^. gunicaisfrff^asijD GuTao.
Like tying an ass and performing sacrifice.

474. ailif-6tnajil^ L^mssiVjiueS^^^6SCIB aiira|* air

a|* Gqiot2)3v) aiiijidT?
At the call of puss, puss, will the cat just loos
ed from its bondage return?

475. *.najiEi a(DBiici).

Learn even to thieve but forget it.

476. ajgaWay-aStf G&pfSGao ig3,<s$il

Is it alternately to wash and tread in the mud?

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417. toehatVar piii5g)&!iij) (Siiusoiiu gOTsn&sr |suu
LitJLTgj.
Though a rogue may be trusted, a dwarf may
not.
478. aajrjfLew 6nsijGuirgdPgpjuirdr.
The learned fool will lose his wealth,

479, arabrLgj C&Li_gi G^irsoirsviG^ siril(8uij4>G)

Repeat not what you have seen and heard nor
stand under a wild tree.

480. sdbri_$j uirdbLf aii^^gi ajaajiDtlanL.

What he saw was a snake, but that which bit
him was the stem of a.Palmira leaf.

481. ftigasi^GuiGsopSf^iD *ai)Seo

It is not comfortable to ride on an ass.
482. aili^.aGaTeMrS raijtfGffirOTgjso Gaiili$.aGair
6feiffi GujiGjDGssTOT^g^r.
If one says come binding, he replies, I^will
come cutting.
483. so 8.ip $3i)GsotuseS&fi siIlit^t!
When a bushel and a half of husks are eaten
will not a grain of rice get between the teeth?

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484. affiiaiuS'iD aajsPjs^*
LjfDaaP fi^j *.
The kernal of the gall_nut is poisonous, and the
rind of ginger is poisonous.
485. aeu&o&s6ftrLTGO ptsmuiatGgra)iii ^saMUSceftr
i_ei iD aso&offairGgigui.
When a stone is seen we see no dog, and when
a dog is seen, we see no stone.
486. sstT6YTsrrffffiK) stG GsTsnerraJsooso.
The fear of robbers is not confined to the de
sert.

Though a stone, it may be dissolved, but the

mind cannot be dissolved.

488. aJ)<?2)ij565)U) ajdGj)3s6'sijS.

The erudite know how to estimate the learn
ed.
489. a6jrLgj aTil<$ GupujngiCuaji.
That which is seen is sight, and what is ob
tained is acquirement.

490. affifl) &vift$i&i airiiiGuirsir^i.

However small the seed of the mustard may
be, its keenness is not thereby diminished.

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491. a>jfjD5l sniujaraj SsoGOir^^isoisiraJ.
The acquirements are a handful and the unattained wide as the world.

492. asoetfGso nBTjifa^rogj.

To peel a stone.

493. aar<|r5a)Laj)J3 3B ajSjB^ifso&o.

Heavy articles are not perishable.
494. aijicLj ek&& enBis^eSiun]
Is a reward given for eating sugarcane?

495. asirsii aT Gua5in| as>3&Guessr<rtf.

The wife of the thief is a widow.

496. auueo oJilffii GailLgi^ GftirilsM-siirujosnicg

mi?
Will the family ruined by navigation grow
rich by spinning cotton?
497. &8JHJLJ Cg)J25uutt5i a,&\jiSa&au<i&ii.
Black cannot be made white, nor bitterness
sweet.
498. amfGso uTS^^sx^fDgiTo pour milk into the cracks of the ground.

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499.
S#angujTSGicT
ow air^uj^Cu^
Will the ass become a horse or the horse an ass?
500. SteaGaieS Qj&nGujLTgi.
Rats in large numbers do not make holes.

501. s^e^aSscuCiu^u icTdrCuTsoa sovXEig*^.

He trembles like a deer caught in a snare.

502. **uKSMtCv.to&ar miS*lklA*m*U,i,.

A rotten pumpkin hung in the bazaar.

503. MiMMiGu^f, *B**etfgdh<tauai

Though the rain full heavy, the damp willTot
penetrate granite.

504. a^sws ictiSff

CjffiS).
The country where ass's hair is plucked.

505. a6i_uSGsv) GsT6RirQ) uiSajruSGgo enai zEG&dr.

I bought it in the bazaar, and place it in the
house.

506 aiiiS'siPGicio i9ar.

Gum on the blanket.

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507. 8>tbi2frfieLi&r ant!iuirjngii6UT^r.
He who commanded, will preserve.

5Q8. afyuspanit \fis).<hjs<nGiiir aLSsoiuTiiriuTf.

Those intent on their object do not mind the
depth of the sea.
,509. aargiffgLii)- a>ilL# G&irck^tiaGsnff a,C(B^^
Was the order to tie the calf or to remove the
stake?

-510. aLGoaijDjffa 5jT,aii(S ^drasoirGicdr SJiL-soajjuitftf

The crane hoping to eat dried fish when the
sea might be dried up, wasted away in ex
pectancy.

Though a gill of ghee be poured into the cur

ry, yet say what you saw.

512. aKjbrLfffiLKTiEaisjr Gi.ienrif.so GaTeSbrLirin sir(SGu

GL6v'v)Tf6j G*(iexsrm.LgtjLiirg)ui.
It is said that if he who is ignorant of every thing
he sees, marries a wife, he will drag her ev
en to the woods and mountains.

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513. ajiiiS'ssPG^OTaw GsuGitGl ^OTa6oiiDir?
Because the sugarcane is sweet must one eat
the roots along with it?
514. sOTariDswii g^argnjui.
An evil mind is agitated.

515. ajisiair6)ff(L|Goi65)s&

GsuOTeifuysjiir GutiIL

As a silver ferrule is put on the ebony pestle.

516. B\ggnji&jk G^sifiqirnT &psttfaix&&1

Is the smell of musk known to the ass?

517. aani_uS'sof<? agjifa^aiGicir ^uffirif Ljjo^Gw

gj,u^gia5^pa|aiirGs5)?
Is the rice in the bazaar available for Congee?
Will the husband of the adulteress assist her
in distress?
518. affigGuirarsffLicT3TifiaiT ifargGuirawaS'LUM3T
W(TT.
The lost mustard seed is sought, but the lost
pepper is not inquired after.

519. aiiusrrui 6aS'jb|DsT icu?iryiSsa^^|5aaTSiHair will not grow on the coin for which the
blanket was sold.
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520. ajfanaagiuCjSffiSj aT^GGoGairOTgggyiisMJtija
g3sosarnff GcajglgJIsfi'6oSso.
Though one teaches an ass by speaking in his
ears we obtain nothing but braying*

531. asOTfgji^aOTswirajs G^irdrfffiu usMrjfi^au

Gut so.
Like a bundle of money seen in a mirror;
522; asaw&a^i&Ta Gitsosoirii iSsrraajiw GairLiFoiiruSj
He solves all problems as the axe splits the
wood.
523. aSsTjGaiKBa adwfiaiwa Ga(8aa,us.
Unfair dealing destroys the eye;

524. asDjuuirI asi|>^Tjf) aoo^iiKjaaniiqut.

When the efficient act, they wUl dissolve eve'ii
a stone.

525. as&i assn-Laj 6maGaifiuiii.

What the eye has seen, the hand may do,

S26; aswOTSa^Gairili-aairigaGuiT^rgi.
The thief and the gardener are one.

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527. &\gs>i,Ci i_jssir@iJEgLi Ljig^1 mjlgi.
Dust is medicine to the sores of an ass.
528. ajsaifaainiSGso aTgjiiuanaiqyiSsjT^^irpCuiTAj.
As the foot and the hand sprang from the
brinjal.
529. ai^em^oiucLiij,TCT)gar6i OT^jiiuGajsnrSu:.
Though it be ass's dung get a handful.

530. aei&oi&OTGifa; anauSif ij^gj CuirsoiiS).

It is said to be like losing the hand on pinch
ing a stone.
531. a&saroffgyiBJ airsons itf^G&t&p jE&jraj.
The thought of eating dung affects the crow
even in its dreams.

Seeing that it is ordure is it to eat it hang

ing down the head?
533. asrr
Gsuilq.3 SfBjjanijaa, GqiiL@<D$i.
Cutting kalle and then cutting kattala.

534. aaiGsnrnS' i8soj6sv!sv)T&j 5eBTLajcarpQ3soiL|ar.Li

QIC.
The stone thrown from a sling will miss its
mark, and break some one's head.

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535. a,&i9effuSGeo Cffi^^u Gu.tlLS loiiSGaargjiB
When rice is put on the hair cloth, will the
hair disappear by merely saying it is there?

536. aji." L| IsiIliiGso atgaa^aai^^^irrD sgsn^tupS

If the ass be beaten with a bundle of sugar-cane
will he thereby taste its sweetness?

537. ajilL) ailGLnCmSgif&GaiauLLLi ftnGesren^&.

Ants will come of themselves where bundles of
sugar-cane are placed.

538. asOTrLuirEuSeaTuSGso GsT6raretni_^pif.<$$DS>.

To tie up the hair according to the fashion.

539. 3sv)g2fGiJrijjg Q?an*nu_ii 3Gwn_irjD uajSsotftfa

Gasatijii.GsiiSMrGuj.
When you see the force of the approaching
stone, close and cover your teeth.
540. SjSajffirg)Bli fi&u&pjtg.
When the door is shut, the door-post is outside.
54 1 . aitfiDanjBLi UT&GusSrGjDOTraiaPtf; aaoifag* iDgi.
To be alarmed at a rope imagining it a snake.

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542. a^ania &%n-jf gjiii aSoiranuju iS'Ssig.
Though the ears of corn are destroyed, pull
up the weeds.

543. SOTGirjijaajLi Cuj^pC^sosoir^ ^jilSuL-i^^The whole bent of the thief is to steal.

544. sjrLir(DCnDiPiiJiiG^,T subiSetftunriKBiDitfani.
May not sheep' s hair be known if seen?

545. 5j5n^C^ii;Bgi au.Ci-a>iu5uiriiSiDgi.

The ass wearing away became an ant.

546. aiimnSsouS'stgifi ffiimili^GaTaiPaagaiiiiT?

Will the dog in the blacksmith's shop fear the
sound of a hammer?

547. aenrggjGGO acsirL^^) aauanuagpffGiusar?

Of what use is the mark of the spoon, when
the eye has seen the thing itself?
548. Sji^uSjag
losnj&iriajSjti^iT?
Is the elk to be borne to the place where the
knife is?

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549. ffij&ae&raBPuLLirjD awjuiTsir asnr^)^ 5
ixiSu Limrir6Sr.
When the fisherman has caught a karong kanne he will not turn his eyes back.

550. a>6forgjisil ffiiicTSEirw GairiKSoiTstr aiiLi^^S

so^(T&iir slKBsutsSt.
She will sit composedly in the eye, and tie
five elephants to the gymnastic pole.

551. &sSiutestsre8(S asnri_gjisv;Ssoi Garniffi #*is<9;jEj

No wedding house is seen, nor is the sound of
the drum heard.
552. ajiiLj GaiuiLiTsGff.
The sugar-cane has become a margosa-tree.

553. asMTjKjGsoScaisir aLaGLdrgjiGuirgp^yii sudor fR)

Although the soul of the washer_man should
suddenly leave him through his eye, rain
would be to him poison.
554. Aso&Gm Gidijiijtsb)<d Lji^sT^Giidr MTsuii.
If it be true that the quarrel took place he who
does not make it known is faulty.

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555. iei6&uSGa> un.fo(iQit& GuifiaKta&smiia)
90sansAaiuj i at .
Though an inferior gourd be washed in the
Ganges it will not become good.
556. s.esxssifGsoes!irGesxi afia^ii, iS'i-ffuJCsossbr
G65jr:.u aifaajiuir!
The oil put in the eye will give pain, will it do
so, if put on the back of the neck?

557. ssnrgsjar GuSaSamj L|gftrgg)ig)ifi.

Thou hast afflicted friends dear as the eye.

558. aLpafinjifljDgifiiiainfi i$giri>Gai&'gr Gicju

gliriGiGaidrfi9r?
What matters it whether the wild pine fruit on
the sea-shore hang up or down?

559. soGeo Gsirnbaapau GufiilQii anassnuiuiSV*

As one seizes the hand of his guest after hav
ing put rice for him on the plate.

560. aefftuTejarsSLi^Csv} uji^juSirSsoa Luj.aGTeKjr

(Daidr GffisrfBsffilnf-GGo sunBiToS'jLiuiiGg)?
Will he who embraces the post of the marriage
canopy and weeps, forbear to weep at fa*
neral obsequies?

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561. aLstGujS CuisffLLiriD aanaCiugi?
Of what use is the shore when overflowed
by the sea?
562. ssrrOTgjiuiT^ eSea&w iS'iq.aiJgifi?
Thou thyself the thief bearest the lamp.

563. &L-eSGso Gujiejsitiuiei s6nti^^T^ Clutoo.

Like asafetida dissolved in the ocean.

564. ffiefeiSsflwaG&Taforffi jsLuugiCuTso a-6w&sjr&GjT

eabrGS [sLilC^sair.
I walked by thy aid as well as with my own
eyes.
565. aguiiffjDgS^MS^ sT##iuuTgaa;g^ ffj&ssni
Will the dust of the ground ploughed for sugar,
become sugar in the boiling milk?

566. aLirGiDifiaau GuTsaTsuarpffaiirCgj) C$ir|fsiS'|$ji

Will the goatherd know that the ploughshare
has fallen?
567. aLtui9ot GUTiEig^jDgi uirJ^gyassnLiuirOTil).
The retrocession of the goat is the sign of at
tack.

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568. stMCTgnp CpvoaPCuvCeo*
Like a dhoney out of sight of the shore.

569. acabrenfGso eu^JDp LjiijaJ^^Gso.

Missing the eye, it hit the eye-brow.
570. &icLjsa,.s &%5irGGUtii9.f3)jD Gliitso ^lii^Agu
GuciGa>ili-TiiiGuireo.
As a weed among the small grain is cut, and as
a wife was solicited for the younger brother.
571.

gM!])U)i-|i-ii$ir^iiEi i_<i$u> ilsst^GxS

The rush may rest in the ocean if put there, but
not in the mind.

572. aiiujl^Goonffa ajKBrLcGuirili-TgyiEi &Gtv3?o &

a cg>oGiujDaGaieftru)<
Though one ascend a pole to make a summer
set, he must descend to obtain his reward.
573. SOTGifsajS aebtestfi So&resaPCw ^efi'a.ga ac&r
65aflf65)Ulll?GGO.
The tears of the cruel and abandoned woman
are in her lashes; those of the less vicious
are in her eyes.
574. Scnp&gS a>a&n&)fop ^Ssoiqifsoaso.
There is neither head nor foot to mere talk.

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575. sitiKBJ- 65>!iaTii an/fasnion!
Is the wild gourd fit for curry?
576. ftTT^^esisigu lSsStlj uosnipiqtifs&Seoa soTcwgu
aBgu lSoti-I G*TLu_|ii?\58so.
There is no rain like that of November, and no
gift equal to those of Cannan.
577. aTifuj^^Gso aswrioiKirsisoiiiDsiaSfiu^^GsouS'eoSso.
His eye is intent on the matter, not on it's
attendant applause.
578. ftirsonGso fSLtsa&iri) air^oiif ^SsoilitGgo pi-jijiiir
GsOo5iuaTa| gitaii?
If the distance be ten miles on foot how much
will it be if one walk on his head?
579. STaiG&iTj SSso eS^n& tBiriiffesr gjewnf 5
Though a cloth is sold for a mere tithe, yet
the posteriors of the dog will be bare.
580. aTaiupjuTag avu)3ijijDsiigii3$ G^fiqii.
He who bears the burden on his shoulders,
knows its weight.
581. suGgui&o oJigji^G^sSTgi gj^G^nSso *p
It is said that the young leaves of the palmira
laughed because the dried leaves fell off.

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582. sirifijl^ icujl ^siPJ4gU)Tt
Will a drv tree bud?

^monkTy " * Crane' thG flight f parrtS h a

684. atijfcB^ff^l^ Majl#soonL^?giGuirao.

Like the wind caught and confined in a kettle-

585. *iwriluaaj4sii l^utA F*M*#i4*4

The flower garden Is weeded, and fodder is
procured for the black cow.

586. airsaafCffTiiusv) CaTi^.|si!tLID.

Indolence if only an eightieth part produces a
crore of disadvantages.

687. airirW,ij!agi< *sS'Ga:irfS)8aai#i& GuffsnsGa;T

It is better to beat a tom-tom for a livelihood
than to compose poetry without the know"
ledge of prosody.

588. airso^^joGuif)^ ulsnifGuTaoTdij

Like rain in due season.

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589. sirjD8)ia3jj$ C^TsajfGiu^S^GaTi_irsSi.
A dhony will not sail against the wind.

590. smfisuigA asiGsv)fffiuuuSiiThe fruitful tree is pelted with stones.

591. sTanffiG*TS^gil; isgiicirffi G$@<93ir?

Is it proper to give a price for a goading ox?
592. aT#aLiGLiiriL]yiL^^GU# airs^Gso aS'igJifopir!
After having visited Benares ourselves, shall we
fall at the feet of a lame ascetic?
593. ai|i)sT0ii!iy)&w jfaairiDair^ uStoj$arjD0fni.
It is said that the Cat that was worth a quar
ter of a cash, has eaten curds worth three
quarters of a cash*
594. airdPGaTilL^Si* a>$ua, aS'jSilffuiirjagjfaaiiiSThe sacred tree Catpagam would avail noth
ing if in the temple of Kali.

595. aiaS'ffiu3iD65)?> icrffuLnrtfi s*i<t)a wrgic

apaLa ^^tema\& uijffuuTiuir?
You may prevent the streams of the river Caverry from flowing on our lands but have no
power to hinder the effect of the November
moon in the Constellation Cancer.

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596. aT6aaPaGsir^&i G&irif-sa;.
That which pertains to an eightieth part per
tains to a crore.

597. aiuuirgaagia ssfrsjrrsafsiSso.

The vigilant are free from thieves.

598. airsoiiGuirii auirT^an^^iDgiii.

Time passes away but sayings remain.

599. sinfiiiLjsS gj,eiPG.>)aS>!0gi Gutso.

As a hungry tiger pounces on a man.

600. &irifii|$ir@2)ic Gai^jSiGUii GunGun?

Though it be boiled, will water become useless?

601. sirffiaiTG&isw gSSCutGsuejt.

The burning place says come and the house
says go.
602. aTaif?sv)sOjrg4,T GjirenrjaiPsosoir^f^T.
The country that has no crows has no mussulrnans.
603. aTffi^jiau uifuiaS'ifjl^giGuTso.
As the fruit fell just at the time the crow was
there.
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604. a-Tso^giffigji^ia Gairv)iS).
The usage is as the time.

605. airSso#jDpSuj uitiLlj ai^^^irswdrpff aSLirp.

A snake that has entwined itself about the leg
will not leave without biting.

606. sTilffiLiy&sjra.ff Santa^fiuirt

Does the wild cat observe Siva's night?

607. sTtli^Gv) luirSewaniuaaTLi^ ^li^jd Glight Sgbi4

To show an elephant in the forest, and pre
sent the bride at home.

698. sir$aii Gufsosoirsw ayjan^.

He who has no reputation within ten miles is
an ass.

609. aT6ml_IL|l5i Ljlfl'lLjlilGuTGU.

Like a quail and dust.

610. aTilSaGanff^jEsoTa airor^Ca Guif^u^.

Moon-light in the desert, and rain in the wilds-

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611. aTjgiarsrrCLitiG^ gtHjUSM ajixLisrrsnGuirC^ gj,
ilffi.
Winnow while there is wind, and turn the mill
while there is sugar-cane.

612. airS^^63)au iSesixiuGuTsoffi asMrGLGSr.

I saw it as the phase of a November moon.

613. 4iricTp5,a&iZ.if-es)jD ssjr&QnjDiqLOir?

By changing the load suspended on a bearing
pole, will the weight be lessened?

614. abiffiGsu^^irjD ffjs^Gjiruijrii GaiairG^s?

If the forest be consumed will the sandal wood
be unburnt?
615. *irifujaaTgsw GstsoSsv)uSGso ayian^Guiifigy.
The ass feeds in the ground of the industrious.

616. airifiuiiGufG^T^fiuilGuifG^ir?
Which is greater the matter in hand, or the
applause connected with it?

617. sirdjj&TGjSs(iTjniD GffoJffiGffsifGLGw^gOT.

If one says it is an ear, an ear, it is replied
deaf, deaf.

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618. aiaCuipSu usmiHairiLi^ijiDir?
Will the palmira fruit fall because a crow alights
on the tree?

619. aT6MILiLiLLGsJ)6OTU)lf UjLiLiLlgl.

All that is visible is mutable.

620. aTf^GOirasaiguag) aiaT&sjrCutfGffGjrair?

Of what use is it to talk of golden coins when
one has no money?

621. airgiaga aSaaaiPili_T& Jfa^Siasifg.

Ear-rings add to the beauty of the countenance.

6-2-2. airjDs5)p3LiuTila,gi 6Tff#GvigiuiS'g)sv) yi&pgGsceS

&.
I f one spit against the wind, the spittle will fall
in his face.

623. airgiCao jETjTffGicjDn/ffgjxiGuTsv}.

Like putting a heated rod in the ear.

624. ainfuj^gias *tg63i^u?6Sr st^oluS'^.

Lay hold of the ass's foot to aid your purpose.

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625. Sirj5$0<ai4Sr GuerarLirili^sntu Gpfrgisupsa,
ew GaTo&rffiGuTggsw.
He who came yesterday has carried off the wife
upon whom one had long bestowed his at
tention,
626. aTilig.aGair(B^gii aLsaiLGuirifi jEinasoiric(r?
Having led the way, is it right to abandon the
project?

627. JiJaHrguu} GsulLu^ su2sitil|U) i3is^^g)}<sS(Sr)^ftl

Is it necessary for one to provide frogs for the
well he has dug?

628. 5<3aargiiGaiilti^^ irs|l}iDt?

Is thirst to be quenched by digging a well?

629. SeSwLASdsn_S, Mesiiti^m^^w.

By continued digging nothing but wild herbs
and hajr is obtained.

630. ifs)S'aj3sijfjj aai,fif.ujsi|tii.

An old woman approaches and the wall falls,

631. SsiOTgiGuiJ^'igtD ^i|aj6s)jGuT#iijU).

If the well be full it will fructify its vicinity.

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632. ^LfstfiqmaTab,'Ei g,^55)iriqMair^ui.
The *Katham of the old woman is as the Katham of the horse.

633. ^LLTG^TdraniD Gould_eir Lcpo.

Sever from your thoughts the thing which can
not be obtained as the thing cut is severed.

634. <fiarargi @esi^ks,eSes>jsi^ 4,9111.

The more the well is drawn the better will be
the spring.
635. JtaPanujGUoTrS^gjLi yJsaiuSL^^jag^ ^a&aga
LiLja?jDT?
Is a trained parrot sent to convey a message
to the cat?
636. SexsitDifBLnSg, gjsraS'st) oJig lai^ir?
Having escaped the well, has he fallen into
the ditch?
637. <sawif)6jniDa<isKir aLGsoirgifB^Li GuTsnrgiGux
so.
As the sea on seeing the well shrunk back.

637. ^eawjSgi^^ai&Trsg jsTLKBsuaiTuuGifisw?

Of what use can the news of the country be to
a frog in a well?
*A Katham is three hours walk or about 10 miles.

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638. &}js^uiiuKEi airi^!iSHr,
Two split tops for a cash.

aiinitsifana.
A palace seen in the dream of one lying on a
round pyal.
640. S^sSvS^^eSdsi SeffvS^jt ST(BiGi-rDU>rrL.i_iT
The house of an old woman, and the place fre
quented by parrots are beyond redemption.

641. ^^^2)^j^(Ei aii^ibgjilsffyiii urSaaiGGusOTffiu).

The depth of the well and the length of the rope
must be ascertained.

642.

igjGaiGiPjidg] ysiasiiLT?
What! a vail now the east is becoming white!

643. Jstn!i^aKir(Bii?@iH]a; ^tsotijutuGl-ot?

Why a song of acclamation when pulling up
the stem of an herb?

644. &MTj;*mi-&G
An opposition stall is necessary even among
green grocers.

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645. ^iJgso^aBir55)f5)S2ij6i a^iDsusw Gus$sojk$Tdr.
Though of lowly origin the {earned is of dis*
tinguished rank.
646, CtMTicGusw<930 GicGo-ouTTi^gsw.
When it is said there is a snake below, he looks
above.

647. i!6'ujT||n5'g)(D LjSBTf5)PU3.

When probed, the wound will heal,

648, .Sfiqii LiTiiLjiiGuTsv),

As the ichneumon and snake.

649. giiiiiDg^ 6wiluj. GuTsSr3jilif-.

Even the monkey thinks its own young pre
cious as gold,

650, Li^-#*<ai[fG*v G^srrGsTLL* aiKB^^pSuSG^v)

Gjs $11S'(6 urn?
Will the scorpion sting the wall, or will a
swelling rise on the tether stake?

651. gpo^^iJiirasTrLiGujDi gjnai53raTujisigig.afirj^j.

The forestress brings forth the child, and the
forester drinks the medicine.

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652. gpaaftjuraj a.jD[5Gi-i;rgaiii a^anjiiTSii&u
Though it yield a gallon of milk, shall the cow
be permitted to destroy the roof?

653. giusugiigLiusojSTsiiGsu&o ^i^aii^airrrgulCaiT

Many days work to the potter, only one to the
destroyer.
654. giln-^arajanjyiilL GaisirGstrig^aiii?
So dim-sighted as to run against a dwarf wall !

655. gasoff^jD^irnl/ffga GaTSsoGaii(S^itsv; asiGaiii

a)i5jGarrcMrGuiTi^i gSsoigii,.
If the staff be put into the mouth of the bark
ing dog it will run barking with it all over
the country.

656. garaSaaH-tlom-a G*TsoTjDg8so^^TjD Gunso.

Like destroying a bee-hive with a stick.

657. giisjidri?anuj uiijiBgiigaGaLLirs?) a.iu!ia|uj3Li

uira|U>TU).
It is said that if the monkey be requested to
^give his dung for medicine he will climb high
er and higher.

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658. if-Guir6airsSLif-Gso GujffffirsiPiLjsoTiaiui.
The rat will promenade the empty house.
659. ^eiriiiSTcX^pssu6w 6&rasafaj)ir<$3ju).ujirGgi)?
Will not the porter of the tank drink its water?
660. gjiKBuy.&w oS'Ll^jd uTifi^^giGuTso.
As the blind cat leaped at the beam.

661. grEj^icgaiicjs^ aigsm^ suTff&wujpSiLiuiir?

Does the ass that carries red ocher know its
scent?
662. g^aGgGuiairucMS&GOTsv)soTiEi ak.i_^^uS^^
uuTiraGsirir?
Do all who profess the intention leap into the
fire along with the dead?

663. $v)-j&ps!SiGics&L- GsusMriif.Li iS'LTif^SaruGusabrGi

60)ajj5^i4GaTsfrGf5^jDgi Guitso.
To take to wife the goddess Pedary that the
family may prosper.

664. L^^JdGuTGsT av.isti@!ciI?

Will gold dance in a pot?

665. a^LOT anauSXcGO oSWisisffiULiilLgj Gutso.

As an eel caught in the hand of the blind.

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666. gijuuif. saw ^aniaBauG^oiigun?
Will the sea be dismayed at an uproar?

667. 3,JrstTUUTiULjtiar gifuS^d sffig^iidr, ^smtCl

The dwarfish brahmin has fallen into the pit.
bring a staff, bring a stick.

668'

GU>^ awaflG*' sCtSCuL.

If boxed at all it should be with the hand that
is adorned with rings.

669. <DjD{pOT6irGiEf5* gffigS&gd,.

A guilty breast is always agitated.

670. guanas &5&pGpMgow&umiaui<ts&Mltu&.

The crying of the child is advantageous to the
mother.
671. gili^iuir Gairgfcsirgaii, ^^iSunCGum^.
Though the young kid become fat its flesh will
not become solid.

672. ga(Duj#G<ffireSsS' as>rDiususir.

Saying little, give full measure,

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673. gifjfrgMlti
Know the place by residing in it, and the road
by walking in it.

674. $uLjfl)<aS,S!ii *ssuS5 GwDpireufa j4*254$

Though they do penance falling prostrate on
the face, priests will not attain final eman
cipation.
675. GirjSsn$< a&i&SCi uj^^ snaG&T(8sjDi
It is like agitating the tank and exposing the
fish as the prey of the kite.

676. .jjLguigi Gaidbrif.iLi$i&QHt-.

All that the blind require is sight.

677. a)j_ia5<& ^jLarCaweMi^sasoiuiir!

Can the blind lead the blind?

678. spiM** &&*>i$Pf<'GpMy child do not fall into the pit.

679. if.iDifiKM-"_
/1
Beating will cure drunkenness.

680.

G&isuueflr&&pg>i uarcifi.
Drinking gruel and washing the mouth with
rose water.

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681. ajsnrii 10 1 $}?)> gjaSsvj&xi.
There is no priest who can change the natur
al disposition.
6S2.

p ass?) ugsic^a^iflTi?

Will the rice pounder be affected, by the (am

ine?

683. g6a3rii^aiiifiJjK.Tiu_g^'6iiu|iJi cpoiiiCiTev^'drgaui.

A hungry horse will ^at straw.

684. ^5<-g)ia.^ una) CaTi!iGuTtw.

As milk was like a paddy bird to the blind
man. - ' '
,

685. $5*&ar i?OTLp^-pbg) itgnSpuL).

That the Priests lived is as a new birth.

Though the city of Ruparan be taken as a

spoil, the unfortunate will not obtain even a
broomstick.

687. ^guInSiLjaroT a>ir$i gii(DisiD.

The ear that is stopped tingles.

Though blind, the horse does not thereby eat

the less.
689- gpaaP6tnic^iraifLLTgijibj gjGi-difoia aa&tg^a*
Though four measures of collyrium be ap
plied to the eye that is dim, it will not be
impioved.

690. tf.i!Dg! a^ynrii Q^kSfom #iEiairswic

Drinking gruel it is sai&nnd sitting in the place
of royalty.

691. gSsoi^nj juriu GaiLsmLiSif.auiT?

Will the barking dog catch game?

692. )iuajir asoffi5iCairi5rar(SajirL(r ^ani_ujir lMsoG*i

ffi SauswgiiGuirso. - It is like saying to the potter bring me a pof,
and to the cowherd bring me some milk.

693. ir)L6Sr Gu6OTif-^a;aii).;jgjGuirevj.

As the blind man beat his wife.

694. $uanuiquj$jiG$sirsar G&fL\!i$&**s$Gpizv'

What avails height in the dung-hill? Is the
town disparaged by being low?

695. $tltf.jETniG&iTsir(S GaiilanLujTi^ssrgjGLiirA-.

Like one who went to hunt with a whelp.

696. ^stfiauGuiifitf Cffgi_aing^i.

Having gone to bathe, to smear mud.

697. gi_gaiii aiu^^gaiEi GairaHri_gjG*Tooic.

The bowels and the hair are under the power
of habit.

698. 3iEiGa>sosoirGicir{^y!SiD.
All monkeys have faces alike.

699. gjLScOTLiuiTii^jirffyiif jpifsi#G*irsOTg)5i

uuirGss)?
If the blind man be requested to imitate the
gaze of the king, can he do it?

700. gajoSaa^^asjirmjaiE.
The arrow of Rama will be suited to the bird.

701. M~ftfi&} oS'Tiaaj.

A lamp in a pitcher.

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'716, g&tStt-uGu3mGfriitsa& 3;a>iiG&<Njiji$i.
The god I went to worship has come to me by
a cross est

The temple has fallen on the head f km that

went to worship.

718, $eir|)GuirtL(S< ^surribpffiflGiBLGOJioii!

Having put it into the tank is it to be sought
in the well?
719, &,6Ssry_uiSijip ujjIgiGuirao.
As a kite with its tail cut off.
720, gjaJuSdraij^^Gav) ueriaa;nonius tli!)_a,^ni*
OOiTilf?
Can palmira fruit be suspended from the neck
of a little bird?

721. $9i9)iluiTtaji *fo)Difi(W&v>.

When faults are scrutinized, relationships cease,

722. gi.*pjG>5au)jp^^3iu atf.$i$Gasarg5<D

He drinks the urine of the buffaloe and eats
conserves qf ginger,

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723. 56jD^i.j|f9ird)Lj& |ges)^5L]f ^aiiiuirgi.
It is not the full pot that ripples, but the one
partly filled.
724, QS&GB&jS G*TUiLj5MrLT?
, ,,
Is there a branch the monkey has not climbed?

725. ^jeiTGOoOT^ oS'^ss)^iLieOTi_i?

Is there any science except that received from
instructors?
7*26. gsffiiGaulLyiaTGsw yjpfeo a^sffjiaaijU)i?
Before the tank is dug, will the alligator come
and take up his abode in it?

atnSfbp.
Besides the loss of the horse by death, the la
bour of carrying the saddle is incurred,
728, ^ifjtf^soTaB<y.ja jsMuff6Sr,
The jackal is monarch of the uninhabited
ooantry.

If one has the good fortune to ride on horse-,

back, will not the horse find its way between
hi legs?

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730.

^sefcr6srff^ CsirOTafenaj^^iriDGtJir*).
As a fire-brand was put into the water pot.

As the blind man took hold of a stick borne

by anoiher.
732. ajLswgjijl^
a^ipL-SGicT(Sui'
How far will the jackal run whose bowels are
gushing out?
733. a^Lasuf-uSjiESiGuTilSi GsTswar? GajasoT
IcT?
After having lived on terms of intimacy with
me, are you come to strew fire-brands in
my house?
734. 8*.s8iE3)pi$ip\_aipG3>&2soi gsuifiG*!?
Having come to plant for hire is it for you to
dispute about the boundary of the land?

735. a^^^sirLffi i #soiiiuiiu6a)LGojL(B**irgun?

Will the mimickry of the theatre avail in the
battle field?
736. Sujfig icT&ig&irii G^Tjiiguii?
Will unripe mangoes lose their property in
gruel?
. a 4.

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737- StigigjinTsnj LSanffagicTsnae.
Desire for mustaches and desire for gruer.
738. aw.6a)!iGaip5'iGaiTifiS,uj.iu.T^ gjaiT caiirOT^an^i
Can the Teacher who is unable to climb the
roof to catch a fowl, open the'heavens and
show Vaicundam? (the paradise of Vishnu.)

The eye of the dancer is downward and that

of the labourer upwards.
740. auans a?tf $ntn Gursu gS\
He stares like an owl.

741. -6!iGu>G3v) GjfnrgiGu.nluiTsoguffiiiBiaTaiaigu If boiled rice be put on the roof, a thousand

crows will come.
742. *uGtEOT2)^JIEl SfU^jifbGUSk iSofJipiJLlfTOT.
Though it be but gruel he who drinks it may
live.
743. .GifcSrg)giiiEj geiP^gia gu)..
Though it be only gruel wash before you drink.
744. *lli_|d aii(MG#-ir<DQSj5>$$i Guitgo.
As a bundle of boiled rice was opened in "a
company.

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745. g*.a aiiiutjd G*l.Lu/bCli60.
As the crippled woman was destroyed by her
mouth.
746. CftMlt_gifj&GsTjjj CaLsmLt9iDj|^i.
Born under the auspicious star Kattar of low
family.
>
'. ,',
'
''
,.. .
. . . ') :: '!;:....
747. GailLsudr if.Gsi_il@ % 519. uBarg ffiriDcniDLet the worthless perish, yon drink pepper wa
ter.
.;
748. Gaili_irg)i^ GffLig,
s$>ir&n& uil.
Though ruined the merchant is a merclianl;
and silk though torn is silk still.
749. GailLtDTffi GisLgidrGwGuiilSU)TSG^LGOTir.
It is easier to procure eight oxen than to find
one that has strayed.
750. G&(5<aiTifi GsSjtaKtutiGsi $itGar sujiiGsffiO evil one! do not devise evil, it will come of
itself.
751. G*i!.if_*&irj6jr GuTilGLilSpirSrrsrran?).
Though expert in assuming the air of the rich,
it will last only eight days.
752. GaL(5ii) ui2i$.sar^GS.
Though you perish remain in town.

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753. GailSuGuTGw uTLiLiirguaj* GffgiuGLiWsir u
*65)Gua> ToariiiGairQj^dBgi Guirso.
As a dead cow is given to a poor Brahmin.
754. G&isiOT)aujTup.u uifGul^jixn? ;
Will sin be expiated by bathing in the Ganges?
755. C-J aTiaTaGffaTujOT aaiaiia*Ga(B4>9)iri'r.
He who listened to reports destroyed the coun
ty.
^ ,
^ .
756. GatluiS Ljj#GsLLG)tf, GaLiCis.
Do not ruin thyself by receiving the counsel
of hearsay reporters.
i57. GsS6ujijJilrGar ui^GatKBsujii.
Infatuation precedes destruction.
758. ssiauSjD i parggaag,* a 6mi faji^Gaisw (fcGwii !
Is a looking_glass necessary to look at a sore
on the hand.
759.
I

Why 'give the fruit in your hand and stand

gazing at the fruit on the tree?

760* hT>umS)\ti3>it um m
pa, gj,uL|& ousted"
i-(ts a^ii'iqGU)Gw?
Why use a mallet and wedge for splitting ti)o

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newly gerrniikted root of the palmira that
may be split by the hand; ..
761. sau!?g?ji'sv:3?o<# Gtfilif.ajiri snuuS'guifsL'SGO.
Nothing in hand nor in the bag of the mer
chant.
..... ,
762. as)a^ut?a asOT6aarGsouLLiria ana6sJaSso^ jsjifr
SugjOGua Qeux a &Gotu? , r ....
., ':j
If the hand accidentally strike the eye, will the
finger on that account be amputated?
-',.) '.. ' '
763. Gn.-ifi5iu.nl lit ff yia^Gm^uiuitCjdrjffjii^TiD jsirfili
UJirClCIT?
1 : Will the thing be effected by exclaiminglook
at the hand! look at the face! .
,
764. 65i$(IilS>5);D J.3 553TU..
If the hand be withdrawn confusion ensues.

765. ai i m :jrt! 4 ajGOTitLiiriiiGaifMrSii .

A somerset must be made by resting on the
hand.
t"f
766. b5>*iGaLu;.OTgj OjTifiaGai.Lku)^ Guius-jogi.
The mouth did not get what the hand reached.
767. anauSs^GOsoitflQj6ST aBrrerraSf*', \

' fe'

He who is destitute is a rogue. * " ". ', ,

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Rice in the hand and water in the pitcher.

769. snsuSju t9ar%irCiui(B iLsffso 6sSjf jsGa6w.
I fell into the sea with the child in my hand.
770. 6jn9,ij aL6uy)3;s<s atoTfsMjoiDeoTtoiT
Shall the nector obtained be poured out into
the cracked ground.
771. snsuSG6rsoeS,aas8f.
Like Nelli fruit in the hand.
772. 6au?Goo(S a*(ff3TGwi Giiri Gicfr^GtaeSrpo^'aiT
Si.
The fowl is not aware of danger till seized by
the hand.
773. anailGLieMr,jir iS,sir2siTiuirg)g3& Gfftiajgj L
1615 GaiiiiuGuisMiCSii].
The ceremonies must be performed even for a
widow's son.
~74. b5jauSf) at* Q)ituS'iaGj)65i*iuTun?
Is money in the hand food in the mouth?
775. GaTffiiLGairdr iDsSrwojili.^ aSiiqeff aiirgiii
It were preferable to dwell in the desert with
ravenous timers than under a despotic ruler.
10

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776. CTffi$cM$an!i
Ga>nu<t(tQi?miV$9$.
'
Praise him who gives, and reproach the p0e who
withholds.

Guiruuioso.
- - That the heap of rice may not decrease, nor
"tm ^he bellies of the children become small.

As the vulture pounced on the assembled

779. Cirt$*sa>L.4 p3so\i)tc&2eo& g jDaigns^

con-

g>]G 1-1ITGO. | "l \

" As the shepherd pointed at the sheep with
young that he intended not to give.
781. Caitffi^Cao tffarcaiaj sjfGso j$gta| sjjua^jC^
nbGa ajilsrouayffiiSiBC^iiiiGs?
. ^ > ,.,-
The eye- fly has got both the canker and dia
betes, where shall the incision be made and
where shall the leeches be put?
i?. G8,mf.a,$& me^ai^iih <$OT<s$ii!iGuirGu>T,!
Will th^gputrd' become too heavy for the stem?
i [

Ill

Can spikes be sold in the Smith's Street?

...bUlliU j iv*
784. CTeo8sou9rD a^pS1wuiiusoi-fi $ L|6v>ga a-tjaii^f^
|(

Will the plough destroy the blade of grass at

the foot of a block of wood iri the garden?

785. C*Tilif.g)j(CjBOT GantlLirjgjjljBiij?) iJsfrSawijy,,

.<. .
if it bite it is a scorpion, if not, is it a harmless
reptile?
..
.
"TV;- -^-'oir./,)
86. CiTajOTaLjCunjilLiiCiijsarswPi ajLGair^ 'i*
jStrjnGuffso.
;i > r>f -.j
As the kite encountered the eyerfly thinking
it important.
787. CjiS^sji^j Ga*S&)ii gili^#t^^
! Cuttisatte (a demon) wil* give that which has
been given' him.
<V ,K*,i'

788. Gsifj&
'A They who give have all things, thdse who with*
hold have nothing.
' \" <s*a8f1

789. GstsiwS soiSi GuffGv)ir*Tgi. . ,

(J
It is wrong to speak against the family one has
vri'j..; espoused.
"

790. CstreirSsfrsgu GiJTgi)@}i<i avuLLirsfrg!.

' >. '
,;1,.4 though going to plunder a large company is
not good.
;.;<! .
79JL , Cx(3a> G&iraGs ^3soy-{S5 iSireSr mmlGueir *
O eye-fly, eye-fly! bathe thy head. I cannot;
it is Saturday.
792. Gatn^ariBpffLj iSml^iS'araaTgso^giaairaT^irii.
For a child to be born involved in the after > birth is not good for the family.

793. CaTavgif l^mii gpaaPGiaicjbrlSGiDSM'jj^Gi-urjo.

Like requiring a gallon of eye-fly urine.

794. Gaits
ggs G^ifu^ieT GaTifaggssua GaTsSn
(SGLina?
Does the heron know how to carry off a chick
en?
795. Gaira^oSsfrt&ggaibj Gsngsj^G^riigiii sc&rt_
The young of the heron has not been seen nor
a strait cocoanut tree.
,

796. GaiiLTjSGusSr Sf.fa$iuipp a&ufc&ih.

.Kindred to the dislike expressed for comedies
by him who did not like to give any thing.

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797. GsTsoasouiiiSTgjguiEi ggaffigi!! u^auiii?
Although the garden be destroyed, will birds
. become scarce?

798. Gair^)sa$iD5)^5 Gffirgi i2ssiisu\2iipi& Q**ht.

Rice kills and rice preserves.
799. Gairifj/hIsdluS'w ibuS'it i3ffiii)g*3^
To pluck hair from a hen's egg.

800. Gairmsv)soT gjani <9Fuouame\)T Gsajae*.

A master without anger and a servant withouf V"
wages.
801. GairilanLags5rGsr LK3ni_GajLLirf
Is there a war within the fort'
802. G*(Ts5)i_iiSy uS^^iraGuirso.
As it thundered in summer.
803. QstnSgBp^tat Qpeaeni ui^ujit^I.
The temple cat will not venerate the idol.
804. Gsiruti utsuiI).
Anger is sin.
805. Gm^oniuiGiCGLit s^sraritiffiirifil^jjjnjy.
Is the permission of the fowl requested in ofder to make soup.
'

The handle of the axe is the enemy of its fami.O :, . ily.

The thief who ate the fowl walks along with

the owner.
808. Ca;ir^uji^ffi5jD^<ugagpuiGuTso@aGskis&r(B.Gu)(i?
Is a bludgeon necessary to beat a fowl?
809. GafTguljGffirsveS'.s jSjiiiSffiaiiGsirdr?
Why does he who backbites, pay his respects
to the one he injures? .
810. GiEiri^dlapSGiu6wfflgiB) G*T6MiLTif-ffG<iT6wL.si
iti <Sss)jr^^aBiL.ir6MrGidi_ff.<ai!ii1iT &ss)sp,fteSniLn
erarGU)Lt.
O Chuppa, the curry we lauded as very supe_
>,
rior; and alas! it is only soup made of the
stalks of herbs.
811. GairGSy)jB$ gnjC-^N
The blind man Who had lost his stick.
8,12. Gairuui|3)jf( gGgiriiipd). i
Cruelty will cease when anger is gone.
8|3. G*TupirOTaffiTGso iSfiuy)f&(8.
There is love where there is anger,

t. . -

14. Gaw*fttqG!J{r j$Goi.* GumsMeSSMp

. . . Is it to sacrifice a sheep and made a feast on
the occasion of a fowl being stolen?

815. CairtCuTariiiiG\)soxu)!g 36v>Gurror siiu^ii.

Like losing one's voice by calling the fowl
which we had lost.

816. Ginyi_$i<ia ai_ffGajili?_Li GueSiSCusi

Guirao.
Like offering a goat in sacrifice for the lame
ness of a fowl.
, .. ,
817. Giinf-mGuHrjGojOTSsff guiifiqGifliTjiS'aiaen.
One washing to the new cloth and one child to
" 1
the young woman.
818. GaBT^a^uiS'ilfficfi'^.mGuiiT jsmfi s^uiSCQeSi^m
Will the day break by the crowing of the cock
or the barking of the dog?
. , . k

819. Gsirtitg^$ 5^aiag# Gfft^esxL.a'l

Is the chicken injured because the dam trod
upon it?
.
,
V."
820. ff!5a.aonfli!iu|^effGcoG3iOTii)ii(P GutfipgiGuirBx)As a shower of honey on a shed of sugar.

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821. !s$!l?afruLJnSsy jetii g&o^TjD <JjI3gMa><
If the dog bark at the moon will the moon be
affected by it?
8*22. tr^aaStettaijjSasaftaiSr TajirLTarrar.
He is a clown who cannot understand a hint.

823. #n5iffic^ua!fi_$Giso tfaraswuGuaj-ijDSJTo bring forth a child on seeing the prepara

tions for the event.
824. a-ScogujDaJiD dr-irsnrGiiTlf. ugjun!
, Is not a span of rope to be had? It were pre_
ferable to the relationship of those who have
married two sisters.
825. *id

iTGnCjGiJig)ii ojTctr i_j|<5irg)ayi!i sai

Tho' the sword of the veteran be dull it is of

no consequence.
826.

em&eSiLi-GfB.
The pan burnt the hand and it dropped it.

827. jFiSiiiriiSjiEiQftiTSMiGi 6u&STsuLGuirg)y!iii w

Tho' one freight his vessel with a thousand
chanks and sails to Bengal his own crimes
will accompany him.

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828. ffjaifdwsGjsauiGosoTigj ^Smiiu GpstE&teo.
Time to gather dried leaves but none to warm
;* ,
himself.
829. <fF^C*Tiif.ff[Eia^^GoO GicTilam_^Tg)i,&$ qj|s
It is destined that it happen to a bald headed
Brahmin in a company of a hundred crores.

830. ffs&TSOTuuGWGSLQiGairif SiGair aSsot&i&tl*

Gair 6MrL^iGuirao.
The fowl of Sannappan the weaver has fetter
ed itself.
831. ffjlSujT^ G*irfMsm

au>ria& Gin

Desiring a girdle the ascetic became a house

holder.
832. ffjl^ij6Sr disOTL T6iT6Sr e3Lif-gaii i5na>T.$'&<|j)Sr.
The moon shines even in the house of the
wicked.
833. ffjjaasingl'draji \S%plGKM^$aaa&Ljta$pG$at
If bile be removed by eating sugar why eat bit
ter medicine?

834.

ff6afiusw.
Skill is opposed by saturn.

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835. dF6&ii-tf>T$$$$i& Ca^jjuutl' .ffgiy
Dried leaves before a strong windi
.. - * ..
636. ffan^BSssir a>jEiii_Caj6gar(Sil).
The knife must be used with due regard to the
flesh.

...
...I " '

837. ffaL.i5^figJ^TiD ^iuT# SlLlsujsutgSt.

The ascetic will come near if pulled by the
hair.
838. ff6uiujjJ)affiltf.Gsv) jfiuso <aj,i^uuili-rrso offfi
If a hare be caught in the cook house will they
allow him to escape?
830. &$j<uifMeatus

, . )

jsinfi^ftu iStstCao pir

It is said that the dog will hereafter go to hell

that bit the ascetic.

i,
i
,_ ,
. . ) ,
840: ff^^aiGiuGaisoiyiixi sjffJ^iuCm Gsiv>iii...
Truth will conquer, but falsehood will kill.
841. jion^uSW?.
a>JiCSu}n1
jt< t Is a witness needed on the quarrel that; hap
pened in the market place) ;
;.}
842. ffjp^^a^giag^ jFirsHr^ssnrffiAgGiBiiiDT^^irii !
How great is the difference between the sei'
and a pit a span deep? m; *v<\? r tJ.

H9
843. jUi^iffirCiuinlSag dj6u86wiuiiiii -Rg:
Is the consent of the Brahmin needed in order
that one njay eat in a choultry?

844. *$jFaiirfajii> utjiuajswi/) CuT&irgj.

The old disposition even of the ascetic will not
leave him.
*

845. sa&Lit9y.feQptf ffoFajswiSyl^G^ir!

Has a cold seized him or Saturn?

846. *rrGOirifi Gu
a 1
swot:
What matters it whether made into a jar or a
' bason?

847. tfirsSiiPniuyaOT iBfisPgaanj M<rfiU&4ir6uj$ C*t

gwSQuiifiaS'ilusj.
|
The crafty cat took away the Tamarind fruit
tho' the fish was there.

848. ffiigifiuily&ur puSifjj&iEdF vCvi-imuipiigpai.

The crafty cat licked the dish that contained
the curds.

849. ffiri^ag |pi$.<5uiiti$iGuir9o.

As the cover fits the vessel-

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650. ffi&uSso^ ^eorg GsusferGBrifj55)iut!i y#eti
Gui go.
As one who has eaten ashes rubbed his mouth
with butter.
851. <aFiri^i^.6?;sOjTicT) ffirstfsv'Sso.
No death happens without an assignable cause.
852. a:irflu^gieaaPi|^sug)iffigl# ffjf^iui jfijiii&Tso ic
il(b.
The sea is only knee deep to the man who
braves death.
853. ff*jD(pi&a)a)ir0i Qs-eaP&etstti ujie&Cttaiitfjut
LlGsut?
Is the pumpkin that is not used for soup to be
hung in the shed to be shook?
854. ffiraJiruijj&jDLiG,* a*ioJ iS";Difi_GsoaiiiD&36iy
LiG^[i4,as(.
It is true learning to learn not to die and real
food that is not derived from others.
855. ffti^puGuilif. Oitu)LjuGui1if.iutiiS'idgiiThe ointment box has become a snake box.
856. *hGshit) jfi-f f5 &&i&aj<B&).
To advance a span and slip back a cubit.

If till death one has adversity, how is prosper

ity to be obtained?

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858.
Though the snake be only a span long, a stick
a cubit long is needed to kill it.

859. *n^^5 #ji$68)iD CuTaniasoT^ ^enroBfft

If rice be spilt it may be gathered up, but can
water?
860. ffiTiswrGiriirBjffitajH. PGustgiuaxireSmi-. ; '
Of dung a basket full, of musk a drachm.

861. ffT^jUjBirifi effiluf-OTCuiG^fS^iBGLiirso.

As the dying dog ascended the roof.

Is the still-born child dandled?

863. &nSsh2e({iGuS)H)&1& tti^seSSS s^eS

The midwife will not fail of her hire1 though
the child be still-born.

864. ffT^^juiGuirtfiGiucSrgjD Sumstar^sta^iliutiL

(Ai , If astrological calculations be esteemed false,
look at the eclipse.
*? '
11 ,
Ll
B V.j ,..,:.;.;...Ur ,'>Ji oj nil

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865. #)B2)p6tn|BiS'Gti2sr[i|iii LffsnSsuGiUT GfffDsnjBuffnQ
Is the child of my aunt a child? or is the lizard
in the rubbish a lizard?

866. SrSiunnkSstfrna,! stlluG^ CffuLjagju L|6PaJ

iKSasiTififfdrirGii.
Do not give sweet-meats to the poor, nor cook
chambu leaves with acid.

867. #816SHDIlS,iB<SGi>stf S'SsOIlS'GsvJlfdlg!.

The acquirements of youth are like inscriptions
on a stone.
868. #aiy,6WffagisirGsr apif.
A bear at Siva Pooja.

869. S&iSoa'&a Gffti Gai=rrerr(ts&t otic eS^en^ib^j

Though the labour of a child may yield fruit,
it will not be brought to the house.

870. jorppigifc
tfff&GjSiriH-GaimlSGiflir!
Will the nose severed in anger be attached by
laughing?
871. #tfmnguai^6muuilL!T;D suaiap Gau@ug *
icisajic GaJggiRE.
If subject to the Sivya, one must bear on the
shoulder, and on the head also.

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872. ^liSJisHrSGaiTCifflrgig j^y^gauLiir.
Those whose acquirements are the least are
the most noisy.
873. i#jDisv)SOTLJU[D65)SU.
A bird without wings.
874. d^iXLiriffiE&B^an^ij GuiiutSuui Guneo.
As a demon looks at the circle of Chillumbrum.
875. <g)igiiti)LcL-|u] udo^iig^^sij^siju).
Even a small rush may be of use as a tooth pick

876. Ses>is^!fn}SiL.eS GffaS^^ii^ jixiuotixi.

A fee when shaving and wages when serving.

877., ,f(DgupSGsir^ ujDsmsu Guireo.

As a bird deprived of its wings.

878. #591** (fgia^arnfja) mSsoamuiijis ^sstotsotu).

Though eaten by little and little, even a moun
tain may be consumed.

879. #iiiSGju aigsiiiuiT^gi ^tf.u9Gsv) ajSsitiijLiGuTg

If not bent in the tender twig, will it be so in
the matured branch?

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880. gMtGar&eoirtb GurKigu&ai>!t.
All little fish are food for great fish.
881. #2ip]|6Si^iiSsv)oT^aff(Sii) sSlgoso, #j*ilu(tA
air<iaBpffiLji6] apffujGoeo.
A house without children is not a house, nor
is that curry which is without cummin seed.
882. #jD2)istrCsu3sv) CTili-iTsTiGsuSsoCaiTSTrsfjiii.
The labour of the feeble may be a part of the
labour of eight.
883. ssPGiuG>rG;gL^jSf9)etf<^&wiT?
If you lick the word sugar, will it be found
sweet?
884. #eoiiiu,Tuf?ipiiGuTiiJ: ftrfg-gftgaMgilSair!
Will an old mat be sent to Ceylon to pack up
sugar?
885. iftuir Gailt-irsa^ ifuiT^Tdr.
The virtuous though depressed, retain their
virtue.
886. aidjrGuiTS3)iD <$^^il|ij]Guiiu)IT?
Will death extinguish fame?
887. fan^iSjD&aaju) @evjiiianaiuif luajii.
The birth of Sita is the destruction of Lanka.

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888.

uaxflsirii.
Hasty counsel is unavailing.

389. fjiiia^^AguGuTjEioaidr fjffanuj idtjuililjij

CUJLL| Gl-ITSO
As one going to Seringapatam tied a jackal in
a bundle.
390. SUjlCTeiTjis^Tir) Cf TgiOT G1ITL-T#i^1 STSOTlLft
Gaiirui.
If we remain in indolence, shall we obtain food?
O Sitta! come let us bestir ourselves.
891. <KuuiT^^^aiixisnuiiuTi3<xs6s)jj(ju6inr^^)iiS)eS'
Guir^ir^ir?
Will not a bridal ornament of half a fanam's
value be sufficient for an old maid?
892. *jD!D!isi6ajiPiqisv)36v), jsAa^^affffiiso88o.
No cloth to put on, and no bran to lick.
893. aniul?LuuTaei) ya8araguiir?
If churie be sown, will pakal spring up?
894. *anui^irKi5 aiiEiaifgiuu^soSso.
The resting-stead pays no taxes.
895. <Sr6foranL_ffiffiTii sTfDuanrf; atsmwgn.sS tfssiribu
The price of the chundi fruit is quarter of a
fanam, but the charge for bringing it home
js three quarters of a fanam.

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896. *ayaa)Li i2dkgji&&,ttts,a>j!>&&i i3Stmst& .
Grief after joy, and joy after grief.897. a*gi<i^*i$sv) awiauil.
Prosperity and adversity are a revolving wheel.
/

898. *iiayj'hi a^ftif'ji-JdB-fuj.igjU, .

Taxes and gruel continually grow thicker.
' 899. *uSsof5T3rii).
Pious reflections at the funeral pile.

900. AS^en^uGuigna^iuieoeop ^ai^OT-SuGufBjBgiU)

soso.
Health is not recovered, nor is penance effect
ed.
901. llweargray& u#6S)ffm6irar@iiCiiiirL(Bii)ir?
Will burnt and moist clay cohere?

902. *^{bsSi@uu9t gigixLj.

Life is a rush to the really courageous.

903.
Do not break down the banks of the Cauvery
in order to obtain a small fish.

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904. aif(5p^T(D ^^aGtcif^soTiii.
Where there is a wall, figures may be paint
ed.
905. aicaiiiirjD &$G$ia%uuC.(i)i gjswuii su^t
p iSswauTiEigsutG6war ?
Since he is elated when in health, why does he
shrink in sickness?
906.

aaiguGuTa yieirgiGunjs^Tfv)
When knowledge, happiness and experience
(as the fruit of action) harmonize, final emancipation ensues.

^07. aTi_830u?iDGuir6jiri36rar^!5iiLjuiir?
Will the body that has been cast into the fu
neral pile return?

908. <ftibu}ir&s)L&g)icT Gffir^jjsoefruir^db?

Will the feet of Chonasalan be obtained with
out effort?
909. *earanLa&iruSGsoanai>SijDiiI ui| sif.&d,(D$iuir
To preserve one half of the chundi fruit must
you eat the other?
910. ar&inffujTsa3>iriijjfdijLir?
Is there any impression without dried ginger?

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911. gj$irar$$13,$iaS'Gv)23v).
Excessive care prevents destruction.
912. gjifoj&BrAan&niirso wesitB$g$ Guirso.
As the sun was concealed by the hand.
913. gSoe&rL^tar |@i!njif.J>g# Gff^soirgjA cat once burnt will shun the fire.

914. gifiuSswiffiaarL ueaPGLiirGsouSjrs^&i.

It was like the dew that had seen the sun.
915. &tfwtm&&i&tt&u{?&ppiGu\x&iefc?mif tfP
gjii1|$$$iLike the sun eclipsed, you are under the inr
fluence of Saturn.
916. gifujgii65iLiu iSuairff^gjagjfOTGair iswiaiP aj
A glow-worm glitters not in the sun.
917. ^Si^i^anciriIi^OT aiiraniu&siLLetiiriLir?
Is the mouth of the ox that treads out the corn
muzzled?
918. ^^Gsoiuif.aauu^i^Ii!iGuTuS'iD3M.
Teeth lost, by being beaten on the bottom.

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91 9. Gffifi^oS'868rGfftfi^sii,taGatti^SiL.
The effect of moral action will terminate on
the actor.
920. Gffsoai^GdF{5&g68rjDgi) aiirffpbui^. aiLjijidr
Wealth inflates, and the door steps are the
occasion of ones sliding.

921. Ga:Luj-njTd#itj&irffa<p>;ij)srrG6rr LiLLsaoriiupff

GuT^drfQgl.
Before the merchant had adorned himself, the
city is taken as a spoil.
922. G^lllf.tUTGlIeUTJ^^ ,J jE65)ts65)lljGuJ[|LiI |;J.G*lai
Come merchant and take possession of your
stall.
923. GffjLi^if^airGsarswgiairJsoiganinuuiiTasirir?
Will they make the feet less, because the shoes
are small?
924. G#0iaiir(Ssirpbufiigr siesiwsn.eS yi&&,ti$u68B&.
Three quarters of a fanam for carrying a dead
sheep, worth a quarter of a fanam.
925. Ga-fifbaiek Guarara: r^anuj (gijjl^aidran&iGair
6mtLit(dGuirso.
As the survivor took the wife of the deceased
husband.

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926. Gffuii).aniLi /IstfGgBTLiji^igiGuirsv).
As the demon Neeli pursued the merchant.

927: Cffa?L.swuirilaGilL ffubujsgiii.

As the deaf heard the song.

928. Gff^uniiinu gj,il(i>jr)ah-.

He charms the dead snake.
929. GffifiqilG^iTifGGOsosoTg 8ftna>&i unft&&)
Gi5iiimlG^Tif^iag jEasifi&SsoOf all the arts, when attentively considered,
weaving will be found unequalled.

930. GffGOGusSr GffTeis^ja&gffTair, eSisarGuirgaafS

jFITSir.
The rich fears not words, nor the veteran war-

931. Gff^^GuswiHi6au9Gao Gai^nS&oGaT^^ ffiiLijl

As beetle given into the hand of the dead.

932. Gff^iDTilanL 3|/gjssT^

A knife that will not cut the dead cow.

933. G{SQjar iS'oiTSsiruSjtl^GuguaiSssiLriacOii.

The child of the dead is an asylum to the living.

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934. GffS06ev)6V)iTd5 #IEleEiT!rii)GuTGO.
Like decorations that cost nothing.
935. Cff^^iT^C;BifiL|g CffLnj-iuTilsuTiiaj.
When dead, the condition of the merchant will
be apparent.
936. G*jSi9sjar<i<pBsG$ ffinfiiffOTicigSpagi.
Dying bodies weeping by the dead.

937. GffjLiLjiGaTsirG^^psgi Tya>G<ST ^SsoaGai?

Are sandals to be bought for the feet or for
the head.
938. Gff^^airar GmiaG&dS'-pE^TGsOGarejr StgrnG^Si-^
pjnGsosarair?
What matters it whether the head of the corpse
be laid to the east or west?
939. Ga^iSsOT^giaga&s&rGsiiirdr $ai#ai fj,rari%a,
Guafar GsoarsSv 1
Of what use is an eye to the dead, or a wife to
the mendicant of Siva?
940. GffeosouiSsfrSstr SSsoiquir^Tic iSar&iruGugi
iciKSu).
The child of the wealthy going naked till she
bears a child.

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941. CffsoGsuirSGa-soaj Caii^CuTii)-a;$a*Tpuo3!nii.
Add to your expenses a quarter of a fanam for
fragrant powder.

942. GffKiGaTsv'GaBiTuCsuiEJgiEiGairSilObliquity in the ruler leads to general depra

vity.
943. GiffsosOTLiusaarGiDfEigg Gff6\)0[Tg>j.
Bad coin will not pass any where.

944. GffLUf-GaiOTbtrTej3T ento CffdrmuLiana.

There is a radical contrariety between agrigulture and a merchant

945. GffiSjLiT88oa*!5iiui8soaieffgi.
Black iron wood is stronger than red.

946. GffjjuuTsouiL^gii g^GSijiqii ani_iqitiGaT(B4

A horse and umbrella to one after beating him*

94". Ga:Ciif.i5P'#'S'L'as5uagi9i^G^s3r.
I paid both the Chitty and the bag.

t)48. GaFifi^fiSagff GrfifisugiGff^^iSjoGiit?

Shall benefits be requited after death?

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949. CjOTUjigjuguigsasOT^-inu^^giCuTsvj.
As one born blind received sight.

950. Cj&L|?ii-ii)Ti?.3)iB giusucSr guj.GuTifiaS'SajTrar.

When metal utensils are used, potters may
remove their residence.

951. G^iSjffGso LiansjB^aiT&aramui Tyjii gilSii.

Even the crow will assault with its bill the el
ephant that sticks in the mud.

952. GffsStE&OTaSVogu y,& #,f

A demon will laugh at a destructive thought.

953. GiFfapSGa) jBirtli^iuaiiiuiiGuirGO.

Like a pole fixed in mud.

954. GsFjDpffGso uas^na srjjMHDaniuJs gjisajGuiGsa)!

Will he lift up the buffalo that lies in the
mud.

955. anffaaaaTaiiili^J- 3:dars(nf_4,$anifs4jJ;r)ar.

He calls me to fight by beckoning with the
hand.
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956. GffTj'&s'S'_ls^ 3j$Li65iuiL|g GirjDG?rsrrLiLjpoLiu
ll_$l.
The ladle that was thrust into the thatched
roof as useless is gone to serve out rice.
957. CffirdoaiTSGffirorg)^ GailuiririgU)^iflGO&oujir?
When another speaks has the hearer no un
derstanding.
958. G&x&tm
CffTsoayiH&sff.
A parrot that repeats what was said.

959. Gffir
GffifKMinr fs^Go-OTir, Gffirs)tMinDiG#
ifiaiirT Gu.iGimir, Gffir^iMgGffiiajitir*Lft.
They who say and do are good; they who say
not and do are great, but they who say and
do not are bad.
960. GffirOTOT^jiaff awniLS'ffiiiis.S'sifiNeglecting what is commanded thou pluckest
gourds.
961. GffT^i^GsbGuT^ifii siffi&G^LswGuisw?
Of what use is a spinning wheel to one who is
going to heaven?
962 Gffirdrg)3oGQiilffiuiig>ii|aMasii*
When speaking, ashamed; and when weeping,
grieved.

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963. GffirfffS5Bi6Sr!D*gjsirirsoiflLLiu^GiusSr6n^
gsouuiB^Giunrsi'?
, .
When the distributor of rice at the feast is one's
own servant, what matters it whether we have
the lowest or the highest seat.
964. GaFTiDanjDiG&irSiigjif; aLg^sm^njajii^jDgi.
To cut the throat after giving rice.

965. GittiiSCjo asoGsoCfidEdEuiTLlLnt^surfr Gicia jri

asoGooffiuuirGg)?
Will he who cannot pick out a stone from rice
lift the transverse stone of a temple vesti
bule.
966. Gffirnogi ffff6roaGujTGb'G^irjDpSajji^ siareinrdr.
The ants appeared with the bundle of rice tied
up in leaves.
967. GjFTjnOTagi GsSicsMTfgijjIgLjuTjixi.
Loss to the rice and weight to the earth.
968. GiFiriiGunffilg aiTanifuuyijE G^irGsoirCL
A plantain fruit unpealed to the indolent.

969. f5TsirGiDsoov)TGtBT[5|fil6a)L a.sv)aGui;\30,iGui?i*

GairLsini_.
All wisdom is a bundle and all the world is a
fortress.

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970. ^iliSasirsotBani-Guj Gu#u u^sciSGsc.
The fellow walks on foot, but his words are in
a palankeen.

971. ^Lpjl^ ici^giag igipg^daTG i5?t2oitliGu;didsu

A flourishing tree affords a shade; and a wo. man who has born a child has milk.

972. ^SsouSGsvj^^jaa^jB^a^^Biiso GaieoGOsotrtcir?

Can we overcome by stratagem when fate has
determined otherwise?

973. ^liiSGuffanff^ ^rarenfifGsoGiuif^GsughKBu).

The talk of the fellow ought to be written in
water.
974. .^ejraajLi iSrntspiQeaTsn peSilQi>s>[^)iu. em.
aniiSatrSsniiai-iKSa a>eS,ujtrswru)iTiI).
It is said that her own child cries for bran,
whilst another's is distinguished by festi
vities.
975. eBa.uiJGSrGajL.iif.sn' fanrCfDarga ^Sso*jfnii aJft;
cuTiiastiir?
Will they leap into the well because it was dug
by the father?

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976. ^wroruul^6SrSarrjaiffiui f^LuuilGSilettLff<Ji
*
10.
Her own bread will burn herself, and the cake
baked in the chatty will burn the house.
977. aiSsoGiuig^giag^piSsosaiuj.f#sni^iriDGujiun ,
Will the destiny inscribed on the scull be averled by shaving the head?

978. ;$swofgeaT^ar&iTffaiGnc.
The deeds of man will burn himself.

979. ^aS^muan?/sm 6riT6rT|f ^J-G5Trar65)!uGuiro.

Like requesting the man who eats bran to
blow a trumpet.
,980. ^liLTOT^TifiuGuirOTKiPsyLo iciruGuTOTtfGirGai
(Buuirar
The gold-smith will not fail to steal a twenti
eth part of the gold confided to him, even
though given to him by his mother.

981. ^sif-fligiflajjIjiE ilhsut?

Are there any earthen pots that will resist the
blows of a stick?
982. ^&ouS'iija GiiTGOirGuxi?
Will the tail wag whilst the head is there?

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The low will not abandon their inclinations

although invested with a golden crown.

994. Lli}.uGu*6ljTf,6V)aOT$j5if jTfQ iDidlS'jFeMrLUllS'fD

Most eloquent when no one is found to dis
pute.
935. gS6wgiriT'9F<lijlT&ar Jiua2-Tja guy, Sew.
An elephant in his own country and a cat in
a strange country.

936. $c!r suTiuirGoO^T6SrGaLLirdr.

He perished by his own word.

937. fSSsoGLoCso ^SsouSjA^tD^.-i?

Is there a head above the head?

/ ' 9S8. ^(ar&sruLjaifT^ anluiirsn-gsjit,scSjo.

There is no smith who does not boast of him
self.'
939\ ^iij<s^asi^i 6^i<iGii)GG5r6w;r)^ijs ^GWL^^'aS'
,SjD^ei&oGiusjrjJinsSr.
He persists in his judgment although I say I
am heaping up gold.

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990. ^sfrgiSjHi^jaaLi iS^Sgju^iluitSiijij^jT
Is it to censure others whilst guilty himself?

991. is3su<$ipiTu'grjay ^usrG^ib!t^sii 3nJp&mv&

Although one perform the most abject penance
he must wait the appropriate time for effect
ing his purpose.

992. &Tsifi'X3,$)lij'tu& fbjg^vSQi&GtieSgi.

Even the hare in his own place is stronger than
an elephant.

993. aiSMri^C^CurrgjsiS'jEMriijLGsoCujTeSraM.
When going to war one of two.

994. .sswdEgJ: a=[IC<sa;u] ,3janLUOTUa*n3gU4B,riL.au

Uncertain of a supply for himself, a double por
tion for his servant.

995. jssSr GLieOTLTUiqLaniijj&^TOT^.aiD^ ^SsoniTfansu

As one asked a warrant of the magistrate to
beat his own wife.

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Personal comfort is secured by a shaven head,

but the knot is more beautiful to the eyes of
others.

997. OTUGOKiGffiHGOTi_iius^Gui[DGajeKirffiiL
One must gain ascendency in the assembly by
one's own strength.

998. 6wUGv)86v>a3j,Li iSpsSipa^' oiais aeon tin?

Is it right to pick his own teeth and put the
dirt to the nose of another?

999. ^OTsStKBAa^ansuu iSSisj^ 3)ujso eSL.(Bia;ar<Gu

Like breaking down his own door and plac
ing it in a neighbour's house.

1000. ^siTilssiuisiiiiS'uGLiiia^ffiiuiisuiPfsnujiiiii&GaT
ewSGunuSjuan.
Going in quest of the expected bran his fine
rice was carried off by the dog.
1001. Lutrgii$jG3:L.t$.a|Ga>!T6r3)i s^^-iHltuntantL)
id din.
The goldsmith and merchant are one and the
bowl and the bason are clay.

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1002. aj#ffaSL[$.;D UTioGffirjDaj)^) is#jirG^ Gajirrairar
O husbandman I covet not the rice milk of the
carpenter.
1 003. ^LLirirG^j6tfg^fiDiriDjDsoTuiii?
Can a needle be changed in the silver-smith
street?
1094. ^OTgiTjiaOTeaTih iS'ps^jagi siraiL.
A swan in his own and a crow in a foreign
country.
1005. a58so5gi^|^ ^sabreaafir <rirCgsa)L)-GiijdrT}f if
Ctiiiri^Gujair gjt?
If the water be above the head it is of no con
sequence whether it be a span or a cubit.

1006. ^auuguigia.L.i_*GsTaiffl!ar^iai$suifii3'sv)3w
icxdr ^^ffTgj,iicilffiifsoLiiajir&n-GLiiLff G*i
drfa)f5)ixi.
It is said that the son requested cloth to be
spread on the road to Tanjore whilst his fa
ther was destitute of a waist cloth.

1007. 3.Ssv)i^3i830?Tiuaii.
Each one superior to the other.

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1008. ^srorf5sfifffS>5a<!D dsoiZsrr giif.^65)^aa5OTL^T
Who knows whether the frog in the water
drank the water or not.

1009. ^uSja,f,fLif.ujiraidigj ffLLif-ag^^uSiT^iraiii.

The bowl supports the curds and the curds
support the bowl.

1010. dsdreSiKBaJsnaG&ew&ji if ^^ifilLTixi lt^i?

Because his own, will not the flame of a lamp
burn him who kisses it?

1011. ^8sosuuiujas ffijsviixiiuiaii.

All is confusion when the chief is deluded.

1012. pastiif) ifs&fSesrgji ^ewicii.

What is left belongs to charity.

1013. as^r&wiGsTSv)sosuj^iH uanGuaGaTso.

Kill even the cow that attempts to kill you.

1014. ^GwaGa6SreaT^G,iirswgjsv) jETiuGsuffi&Ga;GwGwLi

uiriijti
No matter what advice it may receive, the dog
flies at one.

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1015. iii5my;suTQr GuitfGiiJLLTgi.
The youngster can plough but cannot reach
the handle of the plough.
1016. pssrguuSTiGuTGO tcarsuuSira&tfiig.
Regard the lives of others as your own.
1017. ^bsuSstt ^swaJTiuTnoGaffiii.
The frog is destroyed by its own mouth.

1018. ^6OT65!ifirGsiJ|l^!I'rS3)^lG[B5LI5ILIlLISlS,agUj.
Though water be heated it will quench fire.

1019. ^litfiSjBaffi^emjmuLiDTuSjxirpj.
When the youngster was born all was destroy
ed.
1020. ^OTiflGinpSsoSTigiii.
Charity will preserve the head.
1021. ^sirguuS'sna^^irrar^drgjsSr.
He consumed his own life.

1022. 3sv>GioG6v)u?i!j.i6Ta>i?>5 ffjiiijiifiigfflifiiJiTifl.

Though hit on the head thou dost not stoop.

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1023. ^SsoGff TiSujiGairswsiP ^itGot C^sLf-i Caffe&r
i_irii.
Thou hast procured a fire-brand to scratch thy
head.
1024. ^Ssosuoffa^^ ^Ssoiu&swaniu iDTnopffuCuirilLTa)
GuirGuiir?
Will the head_ache be cured by changing the
pillow?
1025. ^liiSiqanLUjoisw- usmLaa^ffirar.
He who has a brother will not quail before a
host.
1026. ^SsojuLS* ffyws^iGicGsoirLGOirUjir?
Can one walk through the sea on his head?

1027. ^OT&miuifiiuTffffdrOTaBifisjbrLT?
Though a demoniac he knows himself.

1028. ^ijuD.JaD^iiuirGoui Gai \)6oirgi.

Sin will not conquer virtue.
1029. $sw&<9) if^guGuirfsj^iGic^if,S^J1 ffgsrri jl9
snyiGsij6&CBu}.
Though one lose his own nose, he is deter
mined to present his adversary with a bad
omen.

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1030. ^AgiTifiuGuff-AULSDf^^G&ffa;.
The dialect of one country is barbarous in the
estimation of another.

smim GsuaarSui.
The salt that has been produced by water dis
solves in water.

1032. jSsjriGsdri)!) q^aiaiaa^itiagsffw^^a)^.

If for himself, the servant will not wash his dish
as a preparation for eating.

1 033. iSGS*^fG^[u5W y:L65)i_ a.UL|uGuTL-i^sirir

The egg that is immersed in water will rise, if
salt be added.

1034. ^SsuGwtGlGlitSidjjj ^.Ssoi'iu fCsuiGi_GuT^jr

=51That which was intended for the head befell
the turban.
1035. ^iEja^dB6oiiruS'G6o 6jjair* [siia^iwauiwpSuJG,A).
Whilst the gold is on the ground, the wild or
ange worth but a cash is on a swinging tray .

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1036. ^ai!iUcwLiilLij3i9ar3eTTaaGvi30.'M7?
Does not the child share the honours of its fa
ther?
1037. ^sSrg)GA)^TdrGaLLirsv)3nr^)aS'GiuiaiGw (2&tii
aisdr !
If one perish by his own act, what can the
teacher do?

1038. ^tciSffuiii^^OT e-ui9?osoTffa3#soi/a)uf.ujij-'

dr.
The fellow is clever: he can drink a gallon of
canjy without salt.
) 039. ^3GOu5i^qi)a(riliJ-ff^^^OTaaFlQji*Jii^G?jifiqub.
When he shall have the head-ache and fever
himself, he will know what they are.

1040. 6La?uif?i$.*sU)iiS'ifsv)Sso> ^ai6arGuT o|ifujij

GugjlcTOT.
Having no hair by which to be seized, he is cal
led a hero.

One ought to fear the burning place in his own/

and rivers in a foreign country.

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1042. peit&8>*atpiMtem a.aaL^^irGoceaen ft&ifo*
Gsoarsw!
What matters it how a useless vessel be brok
en?
1043- 9,0S'tl (Big, siiie* Bfia> 4ars&l*gd) eujii.
The hand that purloined the bran, will be
stretched out for gold,
1044. a&ouSu^aiiDgif&gaipaiirdr.
If his head ache, he will bow down.
1045. sdbasaf|5!fsw9ii<?6ini{)Guti3iiaui.
Even water will afford three opportunities for
escape.
1046?. &oaG&itf9iDiD6wajjfcG?Eifiqiii.
If it ascend to the head himself will know it.

1047. u5,ffuuir&w6wui4ant--i&&I& aia^aayi^'Luir

niGi-iiso.
Like breaking the bowl of curds and giving it
to the crows.
1048. $ :i ii$jt Jj pff-g)fs).T .i SjiiDigiii, GairfOTi-QifflT^iiD(fi
If the mother vilify, the whole country will do
so; if the husband vilify, all will so treat his
wife when they see her.
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1049. <5nfiyiaiEjaii^M)^ i^MrSsnGuTso
Like a child who sees not its mofher's face.

1050. ^TquiL9oTr2snfiLjWfig)^aiii ai ru-|iiajuS3i.iGc)i;ai.

Though they are mother and child, the moutfi
and belly are different.

1051. a;iTanujLiGuirj)i5,ir3siT SJiSsouGuirty SSsoThe child is like its mother and the cloth is like
the yarn.
1052.
The daughter abuses her mother while she her
self is committing whoredom.

1053. ^iri^-45i!iy)#*|(it)GOiricir?
Shall the beard be adorned with flowers?

1054. a;TsjrGuiriiGuiT(fsl'3soGujs3rj!Ji putityitSfS- $

Gl_lgg)65)&.
It is said that having gone himself without ob
taining butter milk, he wrote for curds.

1055. ^TiifljaS,8srrii<S)jigu:5 ^ffJTS^oS'ssnujGsuasjrSui.

A supply must be yielded for himself as well
as his mother.

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1056. $*arGui& su65)iui*irgg)iDi ^3^gia9ni
icTiDsmiDiqii aaiaS'sCa'TsrarSGuTsOTjb nc.
The musk rat not having a way for itself car
ried away the broom.

1057. ^TifiaiirS^sn^GssnTaBiSoTrasrr jSTifisuiruSji)

A child not obedient to its mother is like cloth
in a dog's mouth.

1058. piiricsmiruSosOjS^arcirsiap ft CuTsw

As water on the lotus leaf.
1059. ^Tuiisv)soiraJ>TriiEiG*irif.GuT20,
As a tendril without support.

1060. ^irdrffTuij^gisOTLiirif6v)8so.
There are none who take medicine in order
that he may die.
1061. asTOTrnSiuitJ #aiffisir^jaTiS'Lf)a* Gs^ibThe Cingalese through ignorance brought
punishment to his own back.
J 062. |6ffuS')GOTLiiSlcTr2orsnuj!i Ssou^GGO ^I'lLsoiruiirIs it fit to beat on the head the motherless
child?

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1063. fWitiiMt\&$} Gwiekaff&ifr ^GSran&uSijbpaS' psSr
,
The bran in his own, is better than gold in his
mother's hand.

1064. ^TifiyiSsoLiuirsaagLiLjLiuTft^^Ttn Gutso.

As the child tastes its mother's milk to see if
it is salt.
1065. jsirdr&snaiear i3peyiu isiiuirdr.
Himself a thief he trusts not others.
1066. $irtMuiffi) $iriti.
Next to the mother is the wife.
1067. jSrt6SrpSaaiiuS'iD ff6aPtuew Lj^giGuiroo.
As the Saturn entered into the Tandy fruit.

1068. ftiat&&uafr*t<xib!D8sr&a)ft<3q&

eatTstf Li t

If acquired by himself it will be of value, but

if by the community it will not avail him .

1069. ^iuii#Ga:ip6'(6^j!)gjii5*5uLjjJ##iuiiT
Is the fame of supporting a mother to be
spread through the country?

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1070. ^TarG^i_iri!iGu<TariauDirigg|ic(ngii9^&o.
He is not careful to test gold not acquired by
his own effort.
1071. {t*d}jt&u&a>\es>8>v8ev i3at%5a\&$&u u$#q
Whilst the mother cries for bran, the child
asks for chitny.
1072. ^rTfTufjaaajfiuT^acsf pi^GaifeSbrLi^^HiDaaPu)
ujrr?
Will the fruit ripen by being beaten with a
stick that does not ripen spontaneously?
1073. ^tiGtti^iJUTii]5^(reoii)sGsHilui(.Liuiiiiajiin.
If the mother leap seven feet, the daughter will
leap eight.
1074. jsirGuiiTjuiraa^ireir ayia^G^iriliLj.
The mother is a mere aricanut, but the daught
er is a grove of aricanut trees.

1075. ^i^guiiusmpujguLtGuTso.
Like Tathan and the Parian.
1076. ptrgjaajjiplG^aS'eniui reor2K$|>$#a**
so itton?
Is it 6t to kick the goddess of prosperity that
came of her own accord?

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1077. H Ges)men^tema:

G^ifiaiGunsSran;*) iftsuris

Whilst we meditate one thing, God determines

another.
1078. ^TGwCff^gjsoai&asiS'yijsasrCGOfflrOTiSifri jb^tGgvj
cargit.
What matters it after his death whether the
world is erect or turned upside down.

1079.
Marry the daughter on knowing the mother.
]080. ^iiii_ju)3)i^Gv) G^irssinf.a|Gu)Til5)L.
It is a rope, but rotten; it is a bowl, but crack
ed.
1081. JSTgujfsijr^jsir iffnaja^iElGaiTLTcSr.
He will not eat himself, nor give to others.
1082. $irifisy><]$ jgauugB igaSoriguiiSi^ifii!)
SiSenior to his mother, and holding the lamp for
his father.
1083. ^iiijar4a>iiT^)U)*eiriiT^airig iSsv/coGUsw?
Who will esteem the daughter that is not re
garded by her mother?

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1084. iTilCLirilLi*T3@u*^^ fEuSj^Gjufflii, cS&x
Curds and rice tor the disorderly, and warm wa
ter and rice for the virtuous.

1085. jfiiOTjtfswGwjs^aSV^SeOj aiir3$;D msn'i ixi i

Li6wpSijilif-He has no bran to eat himself and yet feeds
young pigs for hire.

1086. ^iswu ^6afiuig)sv) G^suif.iuT6TrG^jstf^jii a,

Lf.llS'j*aoO[Ili,.
If one be chaste she may dwell even in a street
of harlots.
1087. TOT<$OT^iSOT?^QjOTfia&TOTaJffi65rsiPGa6i
The woman who eats voraciously will not rear
children, nor will she who eats bran rear
fowls.
1088. guGsnsS ai&nGtuLTgi.
A multitudes of rats will not make holes.

1089. ^B^s3ilu).Gso ptrifisismifiS&TiDGuireo.

As the dog entered the open house.

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1090. drpDu^aibrg^x$$<x& Cffiro&.
The jaundice will be in proportion to the sand
eaten.
1091. ^taieSaa^fifiaiA ^tsanumCnJiiAt eStmsSei^t
PaisSr eSVaxiutDtuunek.
He who sows small grain reaps the same; and
he who sows actions reaps the effects.

1092. ^aaiiDQjguT.g,^ Gpi&aijtsiSam.

God is the help of the helpless.

1093. ^gji-gji&ajjk G^ifiaiGmffTL^.

God is a witness against the thief.

1094. $ana|&g# CfftrnffpsS^iS).

Scratching is agreeable when one itches.

1095. j6iJsjra.GBTi- ulOT-ffiuTifiuGunuS^axIt is gone as the emerald found by the jester.

Poison swallowed will kill; will that which is

not eaten kill?

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1097. j5aS'sir&&tJTas)jr$G$ifiaiu);iLp; Gpiftajtirp
God knows those who dedicate to him the sa
cred lamp, and the mind knows those who
eat food prepared with ghee.

1098. ^siafij^ff6afiL|^G^^)Gs G^iriaGai^aiH(Buj.

On monday and Saturday look south.
1099. ^6OTsl.G^.'fujiriDfupSartJTGbDrdr?
Why do you eat, if you do not know how?
1100. $JLffi * 1 HI j . -. 4FA)lil5)s -JL4.f3)iD GliITSO.
As a bell was tied to the thieving dog.
1101. ^s&r&93rSga7if.^irGde8iI&agaS'(f.iL|i]..
If day have dawned on the portico, it had
dawned on the house.

1 102. ^ji^tfg^G^aiaiuSsoSso ^udFirifdE&ir&wiiuftuSw

The thief regards not God, nor does a harlot am
oath.
1103. #!5LLffiuy86irrag)i!iGuirGli(EiffirifiLiuii8uAG#(,
ami
Place cocoanutmilk and rice for a thieving cat.

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1104. laJ&BrCffifiuS'jB Guiia? SesrCjoiiqci .
Devils will injure those who are vicious.
1105'. ^iIi^sot iDuit^GooGujT agicmintiTiT ia^j^jIs the keenness of the knife to be tested on the
knife board?
1 106. ^juiGaiTLJiiu.TutTuj ymLiL|u>.
Raging anger ends in ruin.

1107. ^3Tsiitfi<S^5^ G^insii(S5j2ssw.

God is the arbitrator of inscrutable cases.
1108. jiuiiGisgaAg^ GjSiuajilgj&sBi.
God is the help of the distressed mind.

1 109. cigia>iTifigiiSQSujtiGiJTaii Gutsv>.

As the wind aided the fire.

I 110. aiSsiraiuGi-iTsggiiJs iSSuTsjiLjGunnG^Though you lend your aid, do not become a

surety.
1111. ftioTTgrjiDTsSr gtfa-ffiPjigjjaSova!rigii;$3)i.
The bounding deer leaped into the pit.

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1112. gijDoSsai Gsuji^cSraMjiiLl.
The devotee estimates royalty as a rush.
1113. giiaretfaiTicrr Cuir^aiUiagiSi.
The restiffox will carry its burden.
1114. ieSraNTC$$]<&cfrirG gjiKBagili?- eiekas>5>\i8e8
Leap not, leap not, O lamb! the knife is in
my hand.
1115. $tt$ieSa>5,3tiii-mfi>jfji a&<ujiDso oi'^aJiar:
The unstirred canjy is not good, nor is a mar
riage without due counsel.

1 1 16. ipjjiiLjgiigspgjjD awCsBrfaiiGuarsuiittCGUSMrSu)?

If a rush be a pillar, what must the pillar be?

1117. gijaaGsiiefi'Geo ^jGaiixuTanaiiui?

May the feast of Tirruvempavi be celebrated
in the musselmans' street?

1118. ygflant tp> gggggaffinftir!

Is a rush to be made into a pillar?
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119. gJssaPii^niTffa,^ SiasyjearLu?
Do the daring grieve?

1120. aisBLl^aJL^^r&iBana: CiuS^gju CunSGsuA.

I will remove the flesh from the place that has
been cleaned.

1121. ft'LLU^W fc* Ljl^CffTst-sairDg,.

The vicious child is corrected by any one.

The daring have no grief, nor have the sor

rowful pride.

1123. 5)C!iiru#uj| gj^gafjl^cu^

As Tropathy was deprived of her cloth.

1124. ^ifriffOT&OTassOTLirpgjniiEsv:.
Stand aloof from the vicious.

1 125. ^r:j$wffl&rGR>P5T<nijs$ja; $aj{r$j.

The distant water avails nothing in extremi-.
ties.

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1126. ^psSjrq_[Da6ir!r@uig)< iswr CewiliGa ii!h9a)
eceoCaiir?
Upon what is the eye of the angler fixed? is it
not upon his raft?

1127. guiuCuT&GajgguGicT Mgnjiliuitp^uSij em*

SBKUS5.
Is it necessary to go to a great distance to put
the hand into the bed of herbs?
1 128. $Jl<g)Srart_T3)&) CjSTigsMi .
When a present is borne, a favourable look will
be obtained.
1129. $n&iareadk Sargp auiraassrgy.
The calf of the sleeper was a male.

1130. gniiSsuartEigjaJ gs&igi&^Lj Lj^^GffTarfsjIi

Guireo.
As the penduline bird gave advice to the mon
key.
1131. Gffiiat& oyani-GiSirS^Tsaijb yjffiriPaJenLGa&r
LT6W.
Though the god responds, the priest responds
not.
1132- Gp&aa<>\p<b$u Gu^iEiiiFjiiguJjDSi.
The soft south wind became a great wind.

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1133. G^tSrswici^Geo C^arGairili_i!i ulsnuojjsg
Geo GjspS'ffiili^.GjrgjGuirtv.
As the scorpion stung the cocoanut tree and
the palmira swelled in consequence.

1 134.. G^GEiuuj.|^ airiDgil; ^juiiSiuiif.iutG^irT

The south wind that blew, will it not change
and blow again?

1 135. G^iEiiBfrifi ^GwjDGii6Sr^fflrairdE Giiricanu gi!ii559r

aidtr G^srarLig)ia5jDG^ir?
Whilst he who ate the pulp of the cocoanut
goes free, shall he who sucked the rind be
fined?

1136. G^dtG^ihIltt 6b)s;b*ajtGjit?

Will they not suck the hand who have touched
honey?
1137. G'SsrrGjsjLiiS'sv) a?igj|^irGo er@$$i oTilLai&wi
GairilCBir.
A scorpion that falls into the fire, will sting
even the man that helps it out.

1138. Gdbi&^^irgaig <ii|jssiir*aL6ini_ icanriiGuTaT^i.

Friction removes not the scent of the sandal
wood.

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1139. QfrQaitigfap&eistxp G^jGguiiCl. G^jGsuhGi .
The corpse that has no one to bury it is in the
street.
. .
1140. G^i?.ujy(B aiuSGiO ^lsSsjt^).
The herb that is sought entangled the foot.

1141. C?<3roiiiii$i QiarSjs^irsuiii airways Gp&a.*

ajGum?
Though the Kanchurie be watered with honey,
will it become a cocoa tree?

1142. Ggu;S ^SajricTeqii G^sa^s&nn3^&.

Honey and the flour of small grain are offered
to the gods,

1143. G^q-jii^OTfDGuS G^iijaj^G^dGi-T^^caiil .

Those who eat what they have earned are like
gods.

1144. G^ffiiaGi-irajni uiraa%AGai9i.

Languages differ in different countries.

\145, G^GgjjfSLi Gu*suirrar.

He will so speak that honey may distil.

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1146. GfbSesr^C^ntlujLGujiT jgans JG^mlq-Giui?
Have you touched honey or water?
1147. G^suuf-UJiTOT #6jTif*ifotGot C^Guti^. j3eo
Before the woman of the idol had adorned
herself, the car had finished its round.

1 14S. G^BGuii).u-/iTswaSiliif.^pSaiffi2i Gairffi^^gJ Guirso,

As votive offerings were given in the house of"
the prostitute.
1149. G^gusOTLTfg^G^i^aijii
If there is honey, the flies will discover it.

1150.
Gai&&uCv)Guflra#j5LjijsB)G!j.
O salt! how didst thou go? the mouth of the
bag through which thou wast put, is closed,
and the rent sowed, is firm.

1151. G^inZ.q.eSjDGLJiii (Bir(Bn)ilffiu).

The demon that attends the child in the cradle
follows it to the funeral pile; i. e. bad habits
acquired in youth are inveterate,

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1152. Gj&nilGa&irilLir^aS'^enpB CtfTiKbuGuiriluffaa
An art not taught by practical instruction wiU
not come even by blows.

1 153. CpiTL.if.edin iffar&wag; ^L.&fotS<sa?str jttfiorThe child that can walk is as death to the in
fant in the crib.
1J54. GTdsTsjpigiai_Gg)Gi- gieuuioujrjLit-ji ffJiu
east
With ninety debts, one of a quarterof a fanann
for a pea.
] 155. GpffsriTGLjirgjfs gisuino^uagu-.
The ship recedes and the shore is stationary.

1156. Gjttisti'<sStf){s! GffaSanujaBsif.LiuTar.

Sitting on the shoulder, he will bite the ear.

1157. C^irsfi'ifjiffiJ: 23froS,if!Ei,.

He will swallow the jackfruit with its rind.

1158. GpTilL^aso^psoeoGaJiT Gp^siniiSoir&nanai*

a GaienrGii).
After securing possession of the garden, he
must plant cocoanut trees, must he not?

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J 159. pif!y,snaaSL(i)Li LjG<ffjiJjaMGuTGOTear HffjH
J5Js l-Hip ill? OSJI.
I left the resort of foxes and went to that of
the tiger; and the resort of tfye tiger became
that of foxes.

1160. pg* jsiriDsGOii Gaisabr(8uiT?

Is four quarts of poison necessary?

1161. is2OT$$i6iS'3j@uui-a;g aijb^Tso @|5fs;saS>

If a wet old woman come into the kitchen, the
fire wood will be injured.

1162. jsag^fD Guji!3i isTGaj!uii_|iD.i?

When licking, will the tongue rise?

1163. jEGSruwili^inGffiTirgjS,

jsjuGusarLinli^aGaTiT

Once branding is enough for the good cow, and

one word of admonition is sufficient for a
good wife.
1164. psiiiSWaiana jsSonrjiipS'iH aasaSLsv)iUcir!
Is it right to abandon in the midst of the riv-;
er those who have confided in us?

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1165. rsfflangagu Cu|an^ suif*ti!(B5(dC^!i!
Can the frog direct the way of the nagaray fish?

1166. |5ifaiiTsoCaircMr(B ^swrigijiiuiTiitiaisoinofj?

Can the depth of the well be ascertained with
a fox's tail?

1167. jsiKBsugst iS'OTEOTffigsG&TLig.aaTLLGajaOT

ictT
Is it necessary to teach the son of a tom-tom
beater to drum.

1168. [BGjrgjuSjiSpjBTiSi pBste^ffidLUeBsPairai.

It is said that the confectionary of Nalli was
good.
1169. j5iiiJ6mGU^3ya&ip45iJjj.isOiTU)n?
Is it right to cut the throat of those whose
confidence we have gained?

1170. psif Cairij^C^OTSir irf5<fliiug^C^arar?

What advantageth the fatted fox or the ripen
ed kanchurie?
1171. rsGs^jjeiarffaiuiiru) uyj^rSjgi.
As a poisonous tree yielded ripe fruit in the
midst of the country.

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1172. ;sfGiuijjFTgyagLfuGLJirsirrgj.
The fox went to plough one drill.

Of good things four quarts, and of filth ten.

1174. jr&gesitLirSjsirGaiifirS.
Favours silence the tongue.

1175. [ELiaaiifiLipffiuir^sugusg ;s(BaSffi atr^aii^.

The middle of the house is ten miles distant
to him who cannot walk.

1176. jjifaiiifua; aK.2sruipaa GaiskwSibt?

Is it necessary to teach the young fox to howl?

1177. jsuiGairffi^giaGaTexirCb Guirgii Guiri) jsi$aJ

Life that escaped when death was carrying it
off. '
1178. jssOsv)suGs5)5ajair(BGai^(argso2)^ Giiif agixigniWhen an honest man mediates in a difficult
suit, it will soon be settled.

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The fox is a four-footed thief, and the shep

herd is two-footed.
1180. IlsOS^iSBTaajlllSOSO^oVGOTJLjSlt!.
Sorrow attends disunion.
1181. iscabr(G$iT!gTev) su2?mi9aS>!riT$i.
When the crab becomes fat, it will not stay in
its hole. '
1182. pu>p(2sou>tfirr ajsusw cmsu&MSUULLQ&Gaire&r
Lgl.
The hair of my head is caught in his hand.

1183. riji^Gusw^^irsOTifagii ffueo GsuilsM-4$Qii>|i

How great the distance between the mendi
cant of the flower garden and hunting hares.

1 184. jsfWdransuSCw gLso agajSGsffGdE^g,.

To give the entrails to the fox to be washed.

1185. isirWiiSiieisLd ysilGuir?

Will the sea rise at the call of the fox?

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1186. jSi-jip iSorSstr aajgSTLo arriutiii GffiisaaisT
GaO.
By reason of the mother's penance the child
that walked creeps.

187. rsGOGOa?striBias3tC!B g)rsriiGs.

Do not skip, thou good young calf.

1188. jBeferOTLJ-iiriKB iSifaniuaaTaisJ'aaajaifijDgi.

To roast a crab and set a fox to guard it.

1189. rsilL^aj3>GaT]5suOT iiiiJ^giaGaTjsuar.

One loses and another gains.

1190. f6&* iS(fj5 SSs\>A wrung out poison cloth.

1191. (biPli GuifajOTii)GanS^aiTp ftM-ifse**

LT(BGailgii.
If a fox be encouraged, it will demand two
. .
sheep from each nock.

1192. (5lh)p5Ggo CBiaaS'S^rDg).

To abandon one in the midst of the river.

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1193. pffiRiiiJiDTfSjgyii {5L.LGUiTaG?rGajilLirTar.
Though the tree be poisonous they who plant
ed it will not cut it down.

1 194. [54EtGgo jJarggjsusn^i Garrt-iPGiKireBrS Gsu

uffiSinG^ir?
Is it to cut with a hatchet, what can be remov
ed by the nail?
1195. isSa.ifaS'Gco j5^63)^ius>i!s^gi.
The rope connecting the yoke with the plough
broke in the midst of the furrows.
1196. [SsSruij^^fu LisvJgyjsiJ.
A parasite on a good tree.
*
^jajisyiii gsargiiDsasP.
Though in poison it is a ruby, and although in
the dunghill it is a berry.
1198. jBev)sosuG3)3 TaS'aai GuirarSeara asijoS'^icwiThe good are tested by the tongue, and gold
by a touchstone.
1 199. jBOTsmunqjl $OTanu)tqii?Lb!nii)uffGGv) G$ifa|io.
Good and evil are known in this life.
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1200. ;sso6oaiGsar6wgiiGuujGaCSa>s jeTiiG&so&y ti
lt requires time to obtain a good name.

1201. jsGvisoojuST pirjDLigijETsjPjagui.

A good spirit will remain forty days.

1202. js6osoTanipsToiifiuuGu#g)iB usv)souGso uji-t

Li LjJ^,iGffTlfIL|UQ.
From the mouth of those who calumniate the
good a gallon of worms shall proceed.

1203. jsifjfairGsjr jsSOTffi*ianruiGLiTili_gjGuT6v).

As the crab made a summerset before the fox.

1204. fEsvGsoTjia,uGuiijiLiic63)i(i CTsoooijagix.

The rain that descends on account of the good
benefits all.
1205. ;tc&souTiiuT($$sv)SsSir(S ^iriguy,#^iU:Tauj+j
GlJir6O.
As the earth-worm imitated the graceful con
tortions of the cobra.
1206. <s&3ris)i aticassoiricir?
Being wet can one bear a burden?

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1207. (SirGi-iTswpSWifjd Ga>Gi_irs3r3Jfiii;\>3so.
If a community be united no evil will happen
to it.
1208.

j5T^ii3s5r3siLiCu|)iDGiig5a$ ^^G^^eSGsc

Rice may be had in the middle of the street

by one who has borne four children.

1209. !IiTGs9^^!DGujSOTOTa?$GlUTOT63>IDGuj6OT6SBP
fbgji.
The decisions of fate are wide of my expecta
tions.
1210. jsinfiaiTsaag unlaw- anaj^giiaili^igso $i$
IDT?
Will the dog's tail become strait although bound
in splinters of wood?
1211. jBT##iuT6aaang5)aS'Li|Gso ^SiifW-n igj
CuTeOLike murmuring in the absence of the mis
tress.
1*212. [BTifuu6OTiEiGan^iTQ}iix> tpifliuiIliIGutst
Though a quart of money be given, cropped
ears cannot be restored.

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1213. jJnifiGUiTLpjiG^OTair j^S^6siiGudbriat,ri)jsGi
ear sir?
What is the connubial felicity of the dog, or
the widowhood of the cat?

1214. Bir^iCuTaiuiif.swC^jTa:iF6S)u.
The union of four constitutes a royal assem
bly.

1215. jBirajiiE&srLj y&aruirfiLjLjgi Outgo.

As the cat looking at the stinking fish.

1216. jSToS^dir gLiG5>usromi.8sfiri9-g9v> uaff/r iH?grc

If the rubbish heap of the barber be examined,
hair will be found.

1217. jsirifiC&cr G^^G^mimth tsSeffiKBagilGuT

lSjiIlGsut?
Why give an unhusked cocoanut to a dog? Is
it that he may roll it about the house?

1218. jBrremujigsiPuuTLLf. jsGsSiliif-cx) eneu^^freo qjt

If a dog be washed and placed in the middle
of the house, it will wag its tail and present
ly eat ordure.

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1219. isirifiGsTs&rSGLiTGOT uir26wsiu iuirSCa5if6w(S
CuTgrjGuv)arsar?
What matters it who takes the vessel that was
carried off by the dog.
1220. jsirifiuffdFGdFTgiawLaiOT jicgHigiiS'5Gairffi*
sirew.
He who can eat a measure of rice will not give
his life to the angel of death.

1221. isntMGfiqGMiGi$TGC)G<Hisirii!
Does the dog know the quality of the unhusk
ed cocoanut?
1222. ig[ri&&Liuj<$*a<wLuSsv)g^aiGfe\)OTSjr?
What does the dog in the cotton market?

1223. isir##iuTjGu}Tearss)iDi!i ujajS' 6uirSa.Sgsir pir@f

GicirdranTOLiLiibpjj'a ajUfjEdEGiDar.
My mistress pours with one purpose, but
drink it for another.
1224. f&mh G*iriiS'gyAuGuTaiiGarair Gmvli&a-itp
^ai6w G^OOTLifgiuuirGsfrair?
Why should a dog go to the temple? why fine
the porter of the temple?
1225. jsiifisuirsfi'GioGjbswansii^irGOirjagffi sJBii.
What avails the honey gathered on the dog's
tail?

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1236. jSffifi&^tp^iTnQrgifisgj tDgsgsirsar.
When a pup is grown it becomes the consort
of its dam.
1227. [sirsnujin>4_uuTCsirar usvjsfi'ifaj uirtruLitiGar
GST?
Why beat the dog to see him grin?
1228. jBrrtlt-irstr CujarDgili^. fSTaff&ii GuffaisvieoS
ill?..
The child of the rustic is as eloquent as a citi
zen.
1229. (5til|<j5[? fSiisfi'iLigffifiLisjrig.
With you a dog and a civet cat are the same
thing.
1230. iSTifi ffjf<|^j^GGv)GuTS96^|i4$$,ssiHras!Pfr.
Though in the midst of an ocean the dog can
only lap.
1231. ijirilSaGa^ jujsmip rsiDsfiadbr umtg.
The country has obtained one fall of rain, I
two.
1232. (Eirajji ;SOTGrf,so,iiii.a)i(t)5g.
A dog is courageous in his own kennel-

1233. {jiri&uilLuirffi ^i^aaiiupffiijii.

The stick knows the sufferings of the dog it
heat.

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1234. jftriMg jBgvGptfiuffsnriiiairg).
Good ghee does not agree with a dog.

1235. rsirifiiajAaif-QjiraTU) yLi^igjiCuiTso.

Like putting a bit in a dog's mouth.

1236. fxrfii rfiaap&gfii Cuirarsi Guarso.

As the dog went to the market.
1237. jsiTaniuGujcu jBiiifiaiTSsoGaisqSjDg).
The dog receives commands and gives them
to his tail.
1238. iSTdr i3\q.^> (fiugysa) {faraH&Teo.
The hare that I have caught has three leg*.

1239. |Sna|A^6S)(iF|^g) uiria]<affiL|il).

That which is agreeable to the tongue is pro*
sodiaL
1240. jSirgpipEanii^gM penauifKirent-UiiiGarcSr airiisni
I have become greyheaded; to see the jungle
grey is wonderful.
1241. riimjjffuiir^i 6J5 sjsfiuufitantSek jEiuitilijioj)*The dog is ignorant of the speciality attached
to the cooking vessels of a fast day.

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1242. pirilGjs^^ffGairjLjenLanBj eSfrxfgip ^toSdt
3,'231 l^jfijOlfl SOTIX).
Though a cloth may be had for a measure
of rice, the posteriors of the dog will be
bare.
1'243. isirssiujUjiif-LiLiirGsiT6Sr iSWu* <3iuiLiuiiG6we5rT
Why beat the dog and carry away his dung?
1244. jsirifi ^liia^giaguuLLiSiaLSuiir?
Can a dog invest a lion with authority?

1245. jsfT@airLT#Gj.
The country has become a desert.
1246. [sTifisuTay&GaeOT&sOTuS'ilffi $iiig)a) lii^S
ic (T?
Though a dog's tail be straightened by the apr
plication of oil will it remain so?

1247. jsirifia, GaiSsoiqioSso jsLa&Gjsjy^&oThe dog has no employment, and no time to

rove about.
1248. jsTGiuarGffirGO ajiiuso^giaGsBiGuid?
Will the word of the low dog ascend into the
select assembly?

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1249. jsTfiiagjiEi a&*^&adi^an-^sMr(i) ag^g^
We have worn bracelets, but have seen none
wear them on the neck.

1250. jsitGuiirjaijaga Gairffi^T6i iEicsGairjaifr

Ga>T(6i!iuTT.
If we give to others, they will give to us.

1251. i5TiDLigj Gffdrinsv) js(riiag#fff.

Like a dog, having attained forty.
1252. fEirguuinS'Gajar ajsiigfjii,CLiiruJCjJ6ccoirstr.
I do not know; she also will not utter a lie.
1253. jsiri_|#!06 LiTiruuTgiiagi!i ygamsC' Gsu6fe,_Tu...
A sacred string is unnecessary to the brahmin
who is generally known.

1254. psTiiSar Lfsinujif'^LiuTGarrdr jEsosxi^eMrsrafYr sut

irjigi iayjajaiirGsarair?
Why tread on dog's dung? Why wash in clear
w ater?

1255. [sirjjDaiD ai.(Bii) pa&uihgp ^(Buht?

A broken fibre may be joined, a broken sinew
cannot.

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1256. jEuifiigjiC^ifitjiiiT G&n&gjuiS'ig.is!
Can a dog catch a heron?
1257. jsirsu)uiCaiT^^>3)sv) suiranujiBsajix.
If you kiss a dog he will lick your mouth.

1258. t6ev)is)i-.&ili uiTiueoiruiir?

Can we leap so as to clear the earth?

1259. ^^ilGuirgps?)
By frequenting another's house the yard will
grow weary.
1260. ^sS>*noi[rfi ffcigaiirjeabrGLH?
Are there those who will weep at death when
it occurs daily.
1261. fjSGOjsmu) CoiuEiuS's^Gb-oC^fafii.
The luxury of a shade is best estimated in the
sunshine.

1262. igswSjGsuarsff^on^'Mu) ajjBj&GoiOTrnrisjGaiTdi*

Guhu9(d.
The recent flood has carried away the former.

1263. $k$<W &4>&&

Sleep is an enemy.

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1264. $jfsv)jf y)#giGuT6v)sv)Tgi.
The shade is beautiful, but the red ants are
troublesome.

1265. iSsv)^l'Gsoif^ysferffi jgso^sv)U)if-UjGai6ferSui.

A plant must perish on the ground from which
it sprung.

1266. jScfeosnujaSLLXso /iffffsisoGain?

Is it not necessary to swim when beyond one's
depth?

1267. jBsoajsGairarfP^giiLi LUjG^ffixGudaawGiD:??

Can we hide ourselves from the moonshine by
one's residence.

1268. ^OTnoicjitGuirg)^ iB|Dji|!)icjGpB(BiD!ni.

The former tree being removed, the existing
one is tall.

1269- jfe-iGU)Tdirfpj i i.vj i.i-i, ?. i =(,!( .

Certainty in one thing removes many evils.

1270. $65)j9Guir6$ii!?Gso sigsn aiTifrsn<aj^$irjDG(-iTsv).

As the ass put its mouth on the heap of corn.

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1271. $OTn)(DGuT60s3iiij5T(D;D3Gv)iq6mLajii.
If one falls as he stands his head will be broken.

1272. ;g^ang Aaicpffiuirgi.

Sleep is unconscious of enjoyment.

1273. iijjiua GfEsoeyjiujic.

The higher the water, the higher the rice planf.

1274. fi;gMiEjGa;Ts?)g)iixi GpjuLjisiGairGOgaiu;.

Chunambu will kill, and so will fire.

1275. jlituu^ayuGuirffi jsTOTaif-^giuGuirffi^Gij6w.

You beat, and I will bite.

1276. jljs^ajpSW^aj&ar Gsu6frffliri5iGaT6rarffiGuTii.

The tide will carry off him who cannot swim.

1277. jlGaa'rajiGffTexjGO Gpjuuirifijfi^jl^^i.

That which was said to be water, has turned
out to be fire.

1278. $ifs)ii tffraii.

The body is like a water bubble.

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1 279. jlfiCuiig).5v> ts3Tgiainu)ir?
If the water be dried up, will the fish leap?

1280. ^airifiiiSTEiiirsoTU', Cjs^fftiifiEi aT6aaruui_T^i.

The depth of water may be ascertained, but
the depth of the heart cannot.

1281. if !?3iGtovaSWf3)ii, ietcst GibjliljtGso aS\>\)

You escaped by water, and I escaped by fire

1282. ^so^5i* agjiuy,tli-GaisxiruiT?

Is black to be added to blue?

1283. sissPaGaTixuffGajpS s|ii>.aGaTum|Gaiil(Bajiri*

Having ascended its upper branches, will they
cut down the trunk of the tree?
1284. sissiituJeSrGufffficueo^giaGsggi.
The talk of fishermen will not be noticed in
the select assembly.

1285. siTsffaJsoiimso iDTSeoG^irSab^jBgi.

To make a garland without a string,
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1286. GiBjuejiu^ $Ssoi$[riiiLiiS'q-i$iTgau) 3MsSr *
Though a fire-brand be inverted, will the flame
burn downwards?
1287. G;c(frat-^Gsc^iAqGiAiii$>$iC[-iif6\).
As ants swarmed around the ghee pot.
1238. Gjsfff5#y>sSrGir5G^Eir@uij) @jiigiiS,(S>!Ei&Ga/
cnt(Sui.
Though the thorn in the foot be very small, yet
stay and extract it.

1239. GjE&fijBaigpi&Gacir mi^sui^.

What has the weaver to do with a young mon
key?
1290. GisjuiSguui GuirGtsoiriGffjLjLf
Slippers worse than fire.
1291. GrEjuiSCso qifuu^ajjuDT?
Can insects breed in the fire?

1292. GjBiif.iiiTsnjigjpS'tiJTan!! aj^nffGsoG^fqii.

The long and the short are ascertained in the
riven

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1293. Cjs jutS,a)so(iuiiD nsn&LiLjana>iL|icT!
Will there be smoke, when there is no fire.

1294. GjsjuGuOTgsv) aiirifiGajjicT?

By enunciating the word fire, will the mouth
he burnt?

1295. G{sifiaa)i_yss5)Li|aBgj tsnifisgGaiilasH_.

The breaking of the ghee pot is a feast, for the
dog.
i~296. C^jusmufffpSG^^ran yi^ir&5ju?Gv) {fifLtLi^n
U)T?
May Tire De tiea in ineuoraer oi uie gumom.
because it is little?

Whether the fire be perceived or not, it will

burn when trodden on.

3 298. GjskVga3U65) ers&rerfgje^jii Uorrgjajsma ad*

Though the different kinds of paddy may be
ascertained, the varieties of the Pallu cast,
cannot.
1299. GisirjuiffstfGmTifi&suiT?
Will flies swarm in the fire?

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1300. G(BfD2uaijl^CuDTL.GS)i-i;#iiJ rrr GjStfisuiifr Jjgjiaor
Tlie old bald-headed woman who came yester
day whines that she may eat rice with ghee.

1301. GjBji3flaj|pT6S)iEi5i^ sjaioTTjoSsouSGaoefi'if %s,3,*

It is said that he entered his residence yester
day, and that a thunderbolt fell on his head.
1302. GjSirc3iiri!)_3;j5i;as>!ii3j<# ffSjiffJEsarjyffUL..
The lame horse says in excuse for his stum
bling, that it was a slip.
1303. G|STiuisiPa?#iun6iPiu.Tgj)lrD uF&irfGuiira?.
If it be the fate of the patient to live long, the
physician's fame is promoted.

1304. G;siiujGT<sjbrLTr- GuifiGaTsrarunii.

The sick are like the possessed.

1305. GpBTiiiiii30ii).i^G?)(5r giuTinsoif.

I punish very gently, you may cry without
ceasing.
1306. GsiiiuTeifiB^ gj,aSFsuirir^a^ GffiswegiGuiTcvk
Like speaking kind words to the sick.

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1307, G^TGsuTjuasifljia* gGt-irjuaaus Gut
l_T(liGuiT60.
Branded on one side, whilst the other is in
pain.
1308. G^TGuir.si9a;!sG^ifiM& GjSirofforaij^u:.
The sick knows what pain is.
1309. u<uf.<ii!iu^f^*ir* ^5uunL.(b*Gairj5aiii*.
Ten cash for the feat of a harlequin, and one
for a sacred song.

,1310.. ui^-sgi #>l unOTimS'ji^gOTHe is a learned fool.

.1311. ui^,^u^i6i Gm&iSsSafSiRipe fruit will not remain on the braaela,

LgdCuirso.
As as ass perambulated the place where palmira timber had been felled.

J313, U53)ff# iffitrJctraniiju LisSraPdtjansu^aBTgy ic

Gu##Gv) nijGujGujcsrgiiiontjb.
It is said that though the son of a Paria woman
be put to school, he will exdaim Aiye! in hi*
speech..

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1314. ussTfff usogilu). GutiIlit^Gutso.
As the sow brought forth many young ones.

1315. Litatusa&eGtsfoailmCi uirdtL|Sif.p05iA snake bit him who had fallen from a palmira tree.
1316. i icrf ,5)iu i6iii9 g^uyiliif-Gji&iGijiiA).
Like ploughing in reliance on the dew.

1317. uavuCunGsouS'njiigJ HsffuGuifBOuuirifiiguj.

Thou appearest like a cow, but thou leapest
like a tiger.
13IS. ufiu*5i*ig#i gjLG&s^^^oiiGsiraOT
UlGuiT5W.
As one married a blind woman to avoid mak
ing the ordinary presents to the bride.

1319. u$]aijTas#;3i;lGTGmarg^!5 &pG$*$eSi

^UJIIuSjDGiS.
Although we have paid a fine of ten pagodas,
our doubts are removed.

1320. ug!r(i*iiGuirg)^iui pl&pfi&Guia.*&Though the astrological calculation may be lost,

the star will not.

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1321. usogjGtrei? GujGaiarani).
Many drops make a great flood.

Will the cat that has no piety ascend to heaveni

1323. uatsfi^jl^iiJ Hffffaa^^iriuiSi.
The fall of the cow is advantageous to the
tiger.
1324. Liant-aiaiGmTgjajGjr GairanuAgCiiiTijGuisSr.
One for the battle field, and another for gifts.

1325. ucsnifiijagBLiusSr aBSjiuuGanr uanijtuuissiraJswr ,

ggoP tfisnrd9rcwPGui.
Old Carruppen is Carruppen and the old earth
en vessel is an old earthen vessel.

1326. us&iu!Trf'ty.anuj s.pj6unq.Ga(sAa.GajsNj(}>

&.
In order to destroy an enemy, we must make
friendship with him.

1327. U6S)Du.iG^jay.\) ctfeosuicg^SsfT^^iGuiTGo.

As the Bel tree sprang up in the Paria street.

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'1328. u5i^otuju uiTuiLjaiif.^^5iGuiro.
As the snake bit him who made sport with it.

1329. usosuaSGsoiDGujiayieMiffi adreafGujiotfisucjf

His rank entitles him to a palanquin, but he has
not strength to enter it.
.1330. uLi_TGO^suorffojjrLirGiT^r icanipGuiiirGop'ai
63r Geusn sit isnoSr.
The vicious will understand his faults when
punished; and the farmer will know his duty
after rain.
1331. UBki^^ajgnagwiTj^siGffirOTgjiD iSffiia&aGaT
When a prescription is given to the great, the
ingredients must also be sought and it must
be prepared for him.
l332, uj^^.ia:65)i_uS'Gso isiiDia^isiiGso6SroT?
What business has the dog in the cottonmarket?
1334. LiOTLiffjsairsoaeMPsv,Sso.
If the army be numerous, fortifications will
avail nothing.

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1335. USOTKCTULldbrEOTLI LlOVJaS^lCTgiX).
By repeatedly doing a thing, it will assume
various forms.
1336. ujTja^LianLanajujTifii siuj^gj.
The cotton tree bore cloth.

1337. Ut3rC5)GU3iJiD2)fo aargjiigsutfiaiT?

If the cow be sold, shall a dispute ensue about
the calf?

1338. uar&CoATsTirxi inafrmii . t

mj^.^j^m
$1.
To leap as a tiger, having on a cow's skin.

1339. ugauuj.ji^ uifatf^ji},.

An old painting stuffed with cotton.

1340. uif (BifaSu uirs^BooJif JB-sgiGuirco.

As the fruit slipped and fell into the milk.

1341. uif&irfWrr uifaTaiiuTTiigiLiGuirau ufsnf

It is said that whilst the doctor was on his
round distributing medicines, his wife died
by being infected with insects.

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1342. uilujLOTjigiiiiPcmiuLj uati3,XL-<Sp$Gmib&$9,n
ii.
The fox of the palmira grove is said to have
deceived the fox of the city.
1343. uavanai siu^gi* CffjuaRU^^irswi&CsirlBif?)
#ir?
Is it to offer shoes to expiate the guilt of kill
ing a cow?
1344. u#sujlfii|D5GajaHruiiij) $wai$;rjn uir
tiGcnJSt>brt_TLC.
If really hungry, delicacies are not of conse
quence, nor is a mat to one ically sleepy.
1345. u^auuijau uirgjjiinsifa^u;.
Even milk becomes sour if constantly taken.

1346. uewriHi\>irjTu) u-fapSttinJjib.

Affluence is an honourable distinction, and
hunger is a good curry.
1347. ueuorisJ)OT^suOT iSWii.
He who is without money is a corpse.
1348. u&s&GiSjui-iii e?sir2)ifii4t-iGuiT!
Can cotton and fire be stowed together?

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1349. usOTiiuts^uSGGO 5sv)isia,Li65)uuS'Gs^The moneyed are had in distinction, whilst ' r
high bred are on the dunghill.
1350. uJ\i<SajswGicsv) ;siii9iss)a;s5>aicEssoiriDT?
Can the hungry be depended on?

1351. uarnoGimtiLGOTiEiAiii aswsjixl^^argiiiii.

A calf associated with a pig eats excrement.
1 3 53. utD&gij&ir&siruSifjS ^liiGAiricuofi'iuir^giGuTsv).
As the crow though it can fly knows not it
branch for alighting.
1353. utii2nLa$$<&$ uijisi&uS'gj.
The old rope suits the basket.
1354. u#$T5Guiri$giu:Guiub uirgjjLGair sjarenu)
Gurf^ir a Gui LggiilGuTii.
They who eat rice-milk are borne on by the
lapse of time, as those who perish with
hunger.
1355. uoPuGuifi^i gib-iTuiftr&Lpir?
Will the tank be filled by the falling of dew?

1356. usojsirilasirGaiS^^ai^r gjisirnrauuSnnrsw.

The thief who has robbed others for many
days, will be caught in one.

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1357. ujuu^an^ ,9|aBrif-iij u<*)<?S'iL|gjff irair^i.
Even the lizard that abides in a large tree will
not die.
1-358. ususPaiTiCuiT #g)icgauGuT.
Do you want the cake, or the frizzling noise
occasioned by its being in the pan.

1359. Liili^iaiLffiagff ,suuLj4sgiuuLL)- L?jsirilu

3LC.
In the desert red cloth is estimated as yellow
silk.
1360. usjPuCuji^Cso auuGsoirL(B5g)ii.
Thou sailest thy ship in the tide of dew.

1361. ujl^ayifsp usmLagLnS'jlgi.

First at the feast and last in the battle field.

1362. uso|ilSiGair5
One ablution for many defilements.

1363. udrpSuilLT3O
aTilLT&sruilLTiD uiis,.
If a hog be obtained, it is his own; if a wild
elephant, others are allowed a share.

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1364. utlLegw^TenGLijDiDgiitf. ueax&u^&Bay^&i^
ill*..
The child of the citizen is clever at purloin
ing money.
J 365. LMnrjlsi&GcrB&LjCaiirdbrS imiSGsoifijDi.
To shoot an arrow uselessly that cost a fanam.
1366. LiEMTssaPujuuSifiD LjsrarauiPiuisG^fiqui.
Virtue is apparent in the plants a man has
cultivated; or, a man's character is visible
in his crops.
1367. Lilj)3icji^jf |i) $$?mGiusfcn)a) ud_wiftfini
If so much has happened to the green tree,
what may not happen to the dry?
1368. UjuGu[raG*[T5 G[sjLiLjuGuir[.
One spark to a bag of cotton.

1369. uuS$$ujilicTpSuGuirffa.soaB)s ^GaTewr

(Bqjt Gairaioar&sili
Insanity has left me; bring the rice pounder
that I may gird myself.

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1370. usjr$6msGffiji@$sSjLi uaaPffira^sngLsuawiu
ujD6mjDagsnG6nuSj5jigi $s8raGaieMr(j)Gicir?
Having bought the sweetmeats with money, is
it necessary to eat them in the bush?

1371. Detenu?sot<l jiijji uireia5HL^<STgasi marea^wThough you drink milk under a palmira tree, it
will be regarded as toddy.

1372. ncteiTuS6sPifgyujEifGisoir uansQjjpaaijfjjGaiir'

Is the shadow of the palmira, a shade, or is the
friendship of the malignant, friendship?
1373. ugffuGuTii, ugff^^^uilL taj6aiaGu(ia-T)
The famine will end, but not the disgrace
contracted during its continuance.

1374. LiyiuLj6Mrg8j)GiP u!r6inoi<s$iu6w.

He who has an old sore, is half a doctor.
1375. u<3reiraair3OTGus&iij.e) uesfiusSL^Si G*
It is said that the wife of the matmaker is
stretched dead on the bare ground.

1.376. ut$C(foindCsOrGardbrGeggri&.
Oil is produced from tbe old cocoanut.

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1377. Lt&<&!D<LiGLjdr3M uirgaiiagiuuir?
Will the milk be black because the cow is so?

1378. uimptuswGuTiSjs^LLTif) uaajTguiG*iirG;ST?

Will not the sacrificial boiling of rice of a parian be acceptable to the Deity?
1379. uilismjigi QjirjSsOLi LiLGoirCso jfi^uSjifvD
Can the gate of the city be covered by a
screen?
1380. uGwiEiairiie isP
ff6offsouLjiaganc.T?
Will the fox of the palmira grove be fright
ened by the rustling of leaves.

1381. u2)&ir;Puj^ #jSg)gi.

The thing done carefully never fails.

1382. unsuis g;iij.(D LijiguiiujDjl jglGuTix.

Ten things will flee before hunger.
1383. usoaysffigis:S, LjsmLiuG5r.
A beaver snake without teeth.

It is said that the hungry merchant examined

his old accounts.

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1385. u$b$ieS?iji$i& uet)^nutetn^ihu3C!tua lutiilJi 1 1
2a)r [Eixiujirffiirgi.
A pariah may be relied on in ten ways, but
not a brahmin.

1386. ufeatCiupSqA uiSOTG^TLir^iDifci&^pDCLjTsv).

As one ascended a palmira tree, and descended
without touching the blossom.

1387. u^giuGuffGso u^GsgirTaGujiruS'ij&aC6wd;*

Sii
You must become the eleventh, by associating
with ten.
1388. Li^grjgjiiGuiDGJiLi GujsuTLfauL sufTtjCGueMrft
Having begotten sixteen, prosper abundantly.
1389. u^^iL|6nLirf3)so jf^^iqs&rLTic.
If there be piety, heaven may be obtained.

1390. Ligia^GuiGsoGiuirj u6mporngjias^errenGai

GOT (SIX).
After ten, give to a pariah.

1391. utfsaiffGissv)^jdEgu ua<DujsapL;io GffaJ**

ev)Tii.
We may serve a pariah for unboiled paddy.

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1392. UGvwraaji&Tj&sru anu^iuiiiSiijJs^ffiiuS^
&.
As the petty dealer was affected with insani
ty.
1393. ugumns&s&a, ut^gt^gGpSi uifgGJngji
CuTGuari3?j)G3r.
He says give me some old rice, and I will give
you medicine to obviate hunger.

1394. usosSlSuiS^otij: gj,2)iiuCui5giii.

The alms obtained from many sources will ac
cumulate like a river.

1395. utFa^jBgijJijj asursij^Teasru^i icJ&uiTsiPcinsTo sleep in a hovel, dreaming of palaces.

1396. iJi&yigiEisirsiiA) y&ardBajiiGsTifsSr.

He is the keeper of the milk, and the friend of
the cat.
1397. ijT^^aicpSjsgi iSissnjuSft' Gn^^aujjS'iig) Cu
Knowing the object, distribute your charities;
knowing the family of the bridegroom, give
your daughter.
1398. UTirL|a,u}_.$ G^snjiajLJUTir SjdG^i?
When bitten by a snake, would you treat the
case as if bitten by a scorpion.

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1899, uTS#Gsitlfi!M_L|ss)$6*s<& awnaiGsirilant_ y)
If a pagal seed be deposited in the earth, will
a gourd spring up?

1400, uTa)irifai@Miu uatjiticisir$a4suTii'a5.

Milk for the brahmin, and the cow for the god
Ramanathan.
1401, udoSiuTfiGu,TOTsSL-Gic{MaH& usrreirjf^^Lii.
iL|tl.
The ground trodden by the unfortunate is un*
even.
1402. uirt$-Ljuiri$-<ff 9)$<ts)$)i& u^ifjoif#uS)2soThough pounded with musical accompanw
ments, nee will not be obtained from chaff.

1403. uifluaanaia, adrfffGsoG^ifttiui uiti^iusuirOT

The milch cow is known by the calf; and the
son of the rich man by the face.

1404. L)irgaiiu$i) GicTj&u^iGaiT?

Is a measure of butter milk equal to a measure
of milk?
1405. Uir&5ru9s^|SK(IL(ie5)sv; 3|11 isuiuuS^qjju ,
If it be in the pan it may be taken out with
the spoon.

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1406. UTeojiguCu6oarffena ic#5iaLjGiJeogu
The power of the child is weeping, and the
strength of the fish is water.

1407. LiTiraaaGaair(B iioMr^gjia, GaimtfiiSi^

SWBUjT?
Do you say, it is friday, to avoid giving the
money I gave you to look at?
1408. u<rii;68)ua*6OTiLirif) uannqjsSiBgii,
Even an army will tremble at the sight of a
snake.
1409, uir^ffffieauiaTifispffajLi uT^ffaiSBjAsmjCiaJ
Is one half of the gourd for curry and the other
half for sowing?

1410. utGlsw!J)!d Luraaiguiiuiri.udr.

If requested, even the songster will not sing.

141 1. uirsauiGaisfrSsir GunrjiiGsusnSsw.

Milk is white, and so is butter-milk.

1412. uTsiG^ftlffiu uTstajDaaGsucsmi.

The teats must be repeatedly touched with tho
milk, as we draw it off.

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1413. LinifiicTiiGOsoir iciassoitGiJirsv). '
Like a dhoney without a mast.
1414. uT&iSdr^jili^t-jTuLi sj^OT^ili^-jsiKBajTaffiTffff,
The generation of snakes, are snakes, and thq
young of these are scorpions.
1415. tj!r@2iuiir& icjjs^juDirilj.
It is not only milk but medicine.
1416. uirSsoagilf-^^sugiia^Li uirGsouuixsujii ar
He who drinks milk will belch milk; and he
who drinks toddy will belch toddy.

1417. uTaS,6s)ujLiiS'if-fgiu LiTiLuTiKSijDSi.

To play with the simple as a snake charmer
does with snakes.
1418. umTOTGOirGicdrgi uTt\);iif.i53ii.
You drink milk in order to govern the world.
1419. uiri53i_|^OT5j)g4fGsoGuTG5)6v) isGyspSjsui&g.
When we go to the country where snakes are
eaten, we shall have the middle piece.

1420. uiruiLjiguuT6^suTS|igi aisrrir^^irgaii sTl^

an$ s Git1 (Bafljii.
Though a snake be fed with milk, its poison
will not leave it.

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1421. uffixt-iilCjEiraMuinD uiriiuig.^Ga>Tuu. Goalie
The snake is not to be hurt, nor is the stick
employed in beating it.
1422. ui^iiifiuGuT^tarBgi uaioS'drsuiiSrbfS'Gso.
It was spoiled in the cow's belly.
1423. LiT3iT$a|ani_GMD uiiyi.
Articles not looked after perish.
1424. uTffic^nasuiar lh\G$&He who is devoid of passion is beloved of God.

1425. Linii,rQifiiTL.64<5 ynSiGaa Gsu^gGfficSrg)!)

Guhgo.
Like repeating a sacred text to a furious cow.
1426. i3at2aai^eS2eaaiaCQt- susfaGi-eS&SfS- aidr
Guap&.
The sport of the child is death to the mouse.

1427. L^aaJigjLfpjigljG^iijai*! aejbrG<$[i(Bi$*;u

Guveo.
As God gave sight to one who was born blind.
1428. tS&iSmGunGji, jplict^jd Guifia^tlGS^jjun?
Will offerings to devils heal one born a crip
ple?

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/ 1 1429. iSisnwuSiKBi, CaLL-eugusraruir?
Did ever any one become poor by giving alms?

1430. 15*65) f-isipjs^^i toi-gait-i.

The office of a pedlar is little better than beg
ging1431. iffJetnffffGffirjBpSpgu u^ffyissiruii?
Is there a scarcity in the rice given in charity.

1432. iSVs^jDgjl ^BJirgsaai-siTjS'gu^G.ffiianui.

The imaginary qualities of a fool are better
in his own sight than moral institutes.
1433. i3:w3sffu$f9GsB}$u9iijj5[r2ii qja^ssfev-soT
io; LSofrSsnuGujDirnrLLiiisSr.
Though destined to bear sixteen children, she
will not bear one without a husband.

1434. iSS-&m GuiranipjiGjSiiLli-^Ga) L|^giGuT3v).

As a fool entering a plantation of bananas.

1435. iSsSvgj^Gsoffljjui usoTiiaiiiuffgii yisjrgjGcViajjii

auirirxsirifrjEsuti).
Kalakay at hand, is better than jack-fruit not
yet forth-coming.

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1436. i?OT3arsnuji4iaOTs<PaJl:(5| Gaitlia.&oajusiu!.
To rock the cradle, whilst pinching the child.

1437. iffiDjI^suarGja (fjDSsCais&rGii.

We are mortal from birth.

1438. iSdr&OTGcudru^iii Guffj.fij/juau^&wGui

sw U iDaani- iu TGirii.
To say -By and Bye, and to be silent, are siswis
of unwillingness.

1439. iS^itic&w^gijiiLjGairsrrairTii i^a.Tuiasw^Adr

The brahmin who would not take a rush out
of the thatch, has got a cudgel.

1440. iS'u.l^Gajui^iiaS'ilGLar itfdsl-sG&TCiLiila?

I have let go the branch I seized, and the one
I stood on.
1441. tSaiDffirif e^AiteS^^^.
The bachelor upset the boat.

1442. i9wpOT8ffL6*ir!rfr &&u>fymfc uzfeSaxtr*&

yn^p^giGuirsoTi}).
It is said that the consent of <h parents of the
young woman is equai to half the marriage.

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1443. iSsJrSo-rruGuiD^aiaiijLiuirT^^iu Gujjfiscnft
5nog).
To sigh on beholding those who have born
children.
1444. i2pp2ea n urgionffiijirgi.
Brass is ignorant of its own offensive odour.
1445. iSiJrZstr6aia^giiguGuTswoS'L^^^ qj^&anu
upSGairS^gi.
Lost her husband when she went to obtain the
gift of fecundity.
1446. t9&asi&Giu(Bjii% a^^joSairif-GaU!.
Beg from him, and thus destroy your enemy.

1447. iSjs$!b&!&)Lipga,aiG&ii&(fis)ir) Gu&^eiiSi^.

When advice is given to the idiotic, will it make
any impression?
, 1448. iSsTi&niuii -iiSi^ffia* giiiiaTiuyi^.fsjSS1.
The attempt to make Ganesa ended in the for
mation of a monkey.
1449. i3A2enaie)i^ft& GuiSfDajgfja;g^G^fiiiic ic$
The sufferings of the child are known to the
. mother, not to others,

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1450. iSOTSOTUTOTHLii^^ffstfiueSr sjiffmaacnsuj
It is said that Saturn who Seized Ganesa has
also seized the sacred fig tree.

1451. iff#6a>ffagGii^(aie3r Guem^a^^uiiiui32snuiit^

Will he who came to ask alms become bride
groom if the girl is to be given in marriage?

1452. iS'JcBff^GjiriDpS'^iii gewifl^GffTgabir^ii?

Is not overboiled rice better than that obtain
ed by begging?

1453. tfoarpan^ipq. mai3ra$#Gffti.

Cover the corpse, and then apply aromatics.

1454. iSOTSsnitf^GOTaffili^ ^fPGUsfrgHOTetfaySsirajirif.

ujgyCuiTGO.
As the old man played his gambols in the
house where there was no child.

1455. iSjjjipas&S* iSsoGajKHTLiru) Guenrif.^^

4S*8> ^noSGGuaxiruirij).
In his native place he needs no apparel; nor
does a woman need her wedding thaly in her
own country.
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1456. iJ?^<|)ui2am_ aipj^foGsTi^..
A rotten string to an old basket.

1457. Ly^dri^iETifis yaJgiiDTSsoGujOTjaGuirTui.

It is said that the dog that eats ordure is call
ed a string of pearls.

1458. LjaiaiiagsnfiiS'oOTiEig yiif a<jDjGuTso.

As the eel in a hole gazes.

1459. LjffFugiiEig^iDG^sSjGOTixi uirififfff^ia^nL.

The crouching of the tiger is the preparation
for its leaping.

1460. mnjaan&aajL! ljj^ i54_ifu?Gso.

The wit of the base is in the back of his neck.

1461. Ljajsan*GiuirifaauipffiuTji iSjicsasrrisi^iDuipS

The vulgar are ignorant of the rules of good
breeding and brass of its own offensive smell.

1462. LjeiS'<si3j|^ssw<sTGi_6irsar GaipogDasirGi_draiT?

What is the difference to the tiger, whether he
is in his own forest or in another?

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1463. i_|5Jb-S)icisu5aarOT upSailiij.Csusi|5^iTsar.
The washerman, having first tied his basket on
his hip, began to wash.

1464. Lj^ujGustnaiEiiiS'u uijmaisnaianaaSi-rKJ^.

Desert not old friends for new ones.

1465. ljs^u^^tjb Lit&gy^GwgimjT?

Will a tiger eat grass when he is hungry?
1466. L|SBrjiGrr mjilgiaGaiieS^u)?
To whom is the case urgent, to the patient or
the physician?
1467. L^^Gin^ijSjTGijiiagff tf^^iuirG^TsarpS'ev.jSso.
There is nothing which may not be effected
by the prudent.
1468. Li^^iupiDaiiiaEir u^^iuiitfiffGffiu^giix, aSuff
SLCTLC.
What is done even with pious intention by the
injudicious is wrong?

1469. u|!D*l^Gso suiiS^^^issireisiif r.

Water poured on the outside of the pitcher.

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1470. Li^saaS-D^PDssmLuffGa) ^eSftgrog,.
To sell flowers in the market where
sold.
1471. L| ^eyjixyifiqjpOTbYTiflilSii.
Enduring as long as the grass and the earth.

1472. qabrwPs6'LL Gtg\)Guxo.

Like putting a stick into a sore.
1473. Ljewssgftu&ergiGai(ii-Lj y,^iisu|giGoiei?Li
Ulll_gl.
On the well being dug for sacred purposes, a
demon makes its appearance.

1474. L^ig5i!iL|t55u)'fa?^L^^ir@2ii3)Ljf5S6##aG4T
IIjG*TL()*sEL.6tnl_.
Though the slave girl pound the rice joyfully,
she obtains only one cake.

1475. LjjS^Gaili-airffTiajlg u>GslLi_u>$iP.

The foolish minister of an imprudent king.

1476. qsOTErfiu^giigig.gpmTL.sini-u lkvSsoijiS'i^

Like looking at the teeth of a bullock that is
ploughing for charity.

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1477. 4ffffuUir6\)g^^su^rCuire5'i5a5n)CTr.
He is like one who has drank tiger's milk.

1478. L||ijs^airio.,5aa Gantgjs^sir&STiff^^sgiGuirso.

As the brother of the husband who was beat
ing his wife, became angry.
1479. LjGiPiutci^^GoO!^cOTQjOTu^^^^cS'!Dsi^ajr'c3r.
He will descend from the tamarind tree when
his teeth are set on edge.

1480. L^iguiS'Bitsj !sSi^soiriD^GuiraiiDir?

Will that which is born of a tiger be without
claws?
1481. Lj(5ai^^'puiIi_iiSa1fagOuiT a6fereoitf'^iULLir^
Will it create pain by being put on the eye
brow, or in the eye?
2482. y,GsoTaif3isfi,iuTSuilLi3) i_j^^giuirS^^ir|iGuir
His name is that of chief, but on examination
he is hollow.
1483. Lj^giffGffirifujLiGuirgjiuuSa6Sr ynlif.ailLaa;
They can endure the falling of the flowers,
but cannot endure the fatigue of tying up a
pot,

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1484. y,Sruifsv)gi^a<fDgiGuirv).
As the cat drinks milk.

1485. yjuSm^aiELsijT^ Lessor sbujoixdr.

A devotee under whose steps the earth quakes
not.
1486. ytfsaaPiinCujffi^^ai&ar^ C^TeifCsoC^ifiqii.
He who carried the pumpkin may be known by
his shoulder.
1487. y,ffuy,TLj CuirsarsaP^u).
Gold colored by repeated smearing.
1488. GuiSjpDinajniiS'iSgiii) iSar2siriflariME6v)gaiS).
Parents are anxious about their offspring; the
children are as obdurate as a stone.
1439. Cu^S6BOTCsu6sirCiOTgi^(^uJuj|)asnr35asrjsi
if you want a wife, lick her ugly eye.

1490. Ciju65)lGii auoJCiuiroy^jD^).

Will the day break at the crowing of the hen:

1491. GuLlSf-lif^GX) suitii<su(S^^bu;.

The basket is rotten, but the rim is good.

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1492. GuiD^TifiG^l^dtD GuiDfDLiUGw^iDuusSr.
The father of a motherless child, is said to be
only as an uncle. " .

1 493. CujGjsjuLja <$jisv;8so.

There is no moisture in a great fire.
1494. Gu^iEisimjiiGuirLL UT6rarui.
The vessel in which the asafsetida was put.
1495. GujicTGsir6Sr.fiiQGueinj iciiuiDLiGuiraiLi Guff
uj Gujuiirsn'irswgi.
One whose name was Paromaal went to have
it changed, and became possessed of the
name great Paromaal,
1496. Guju;dsus!5,$3) JjGjSffiiiui iSsfrSafHugaDic.
Mothers only know what precious gifts chil
dren are.
1497. Gusforffijwjiisnuas ffiu^jgiuCLiTifiLi Guifiisi.^
^iruSjDGna
The dance of celestial nymphs has ended; and
that of devils has commenced.

1498. GuiDlDG^GOGOTllLffirrSsTrGujT GUSsirli^G^GVj3OT

ll giFissoGuiT?
Are all that are brought forth, children; or, are
all that are turned by the potter, vases?

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1499. GujuppjinijLiS'^lj&au iSjiricasnGuirff swgC*
ibp9$j.
To feast a brahmin whilst his own mother is
starving.
1500. GujsjiicU-io-rrGrr aiiiansuSGsvaiOTriif^ Glhi#<*
The wild gourd though it grow on the gunga
will not become a good one.
1501. Gudbrffir^omUjl ^irtfisSiiif.el'aS'ilLajgiiaGairj
A blow to him who left his wife in her moth
er's house.
1502. GLiLif.uS'ji uTiiLjCuirsoiGair^r.
I am become like a snake in a box.

1503. GlhTi ,fif^Tgyuii.EiigI 3jigir2itDTair&i.

The laughing of a demon is not good, nor is
its crying.
1504. GLrfaJftnwunrsfcr iffswt_i a^iIu&rarsiT6ar.
In speech he is Ravenan, but he turns out to be
Kumbakannan.
1505. GuSyi^siU)irSso, ailLa agy^uuir^ag 6uiu3
Her name is pearl string, but she has no mean*
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1506. GuuiH-iaajii) iSswSsmiTanisaiSajiDiT?
Is it that the devil may beat, and the child live?
1507. CuffT^^I^TiD iSeaupuSsoSso.
Taciturnity makes no blunders.
1508. CoiSuGuffCaJjIpiUUTone^iiLjii ainjtii.
Any language may be learnt by continual
speaking.
1 509. Cu^ffiLjLiGvJsoa^Geo, *EiitS,'a;TGt-j56!nLCmGGv>.
His speech is in a palanquin, whilst he himself
is on foot.
1510. Guifi*a^5iu)TmGOT[QGsT&!ju3.
The devil dances with a staff of the castor oil
tree.
1511. Gu#<3VaffiJDPJ ^,TllGajl-65)l_*5TiITfJ.
A dog that has learnt to talk is not fit for hunt
ing.
1512. Guiuti^uj ffiuuiiGuireo.
Like a demon's gymnastic pole.

1513. ei>uuiifkfBi GaiLsuruf., Ujjjff uf>$#gi uorjff

IBIf..
The huntsman steps softly, but the hog moves
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1514. sinuuS^5Lif.smai j ^ Gunjsir Li^GairSaauu
i!.l_il.
The thing tied up in a bag is carried off.
1515. anuiuGuiswnjiD u&wamuujui GuiwsosoTU).
By eating slowly, even a palmira tree may be
eaten.
1516. Glitot {fif., .9)sv)so5i ffsini_ ifuj..
A gold crown, or platted hair.
1517. Guirgi^aBiriiffTstr<ajT GuiriEi#?a)l ffiT(BsnjBsiiSThey who are slow to wrath will reign as king's
while the precipitate will inherit the desert.

1518. GuirsfrsaPsw gL^giagu GuTili^L GaisawSic*?

Is it necessary to put a mark on a golden
vessel?

1519. Guits3rsirtiuev)yiaKirLTC5)Gsv)^rairiiiusv)iEj &gsil.

UjTgJ?
If a golden house be possessed, what kind of
house may we not obtain?
1520. Gutidraifdra^^Giudraji suuS,finffCso
Because the knife is made of gold, is.it neces
sary to run it into one's belly?
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1521. GuiiLuS^g^ i_jsojxi_|ixi Gifli&uJfljiEgi aSyjaguiFalsehood will weep; truth will be confident.

1522. Cuirjnaeo^giaGa5T65)ffiiS'ov)asv3, GaiaHraeo^gia

CseoGeoirGaiTSBff.
A golden plate has no sound, but a brass one
has.
1523. Gu.TifiGffirsSrairaiTifiilgLi GujifiqiEi^aLujT$i,
Even parched paddy cannot be obtained for
a lying mouth.
1524. GuiGwsoiuiS'OTasiTiiS'sfi'sv.'GOTijiSsiTSsn.
A bad child is worse than no child.

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1525. Gunrsi^Giussrugi ai_e^guii Gufgi.

Forbearance is greater than the ocean.

1526. Guir^swGuTairaiifGiu gjasixGunril.

The grief follows in the track of the lost wealth,

1527> Gu ru'ijar!5i Gidujssiuj Gaievj^ijuiiil

Can a lie conquer truth?

J 528. Guirifi CffTargj^jii Gunj^J: Gffnrs\>g>i.

Though you tellTies do it constantly.

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1529. GuduEiiuirsirGuFrjarrTanff GiAifiaiiraraijGffVOM
The vain desire after riches is destructive of
gracious inclinations.

1530. GuirisuTiiff5! GiL,SffTOTirii GuirifunTanaiThe toothless dame praised the flour of parch
ed rice.
1531. Guir(Da(ILiLjiaT65)ffl!lUll6lJ LjsSujT6V) uasBris
eM_ji$i.
Was killed by a tiger in consequence of cov
eting a golden bracelet.

1532. GuT6wSsarsinaisaJj) GsiruSeSGso yanaiujTojj&i

Place at least a flower in the temple where
gold is offered.
1533. GuTs&awBjGsiiLaisar 2imsSm& Gufiuai
dr.
He who is impudent is greater than a king.
1534. GuitotibitS G^Soiirnji&^Sso, Guiii^^an.eS Gaiv
@uuith|ia>330.
They will not seek the strayed cow nor pay
the keeper his hire.
1535. Glutswaa jsan^u i_|GffuS'ilLsnifa5]!)5i.
To call back the fever by administering acids.

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1537. icsustfLuu6SjGUTiiS'nogM.
What was written M. has become P.

1538. icjE^jifuSsiGOir GujirffSrariLju: g},iqi6v)soir# Ga=

Council without an adviser, and a host without
arms will fall.
1539- idSsoCiu 6tfjffs^irgajs ^SsoCuj TiiiaGajewr(Bui.
Though a mountain fall, the head must bear
it.
1540. icuSjOTOT Siciiltif. Lgianau?s5)giiil Gusogjsuis
A matron who has tresses will adjust them with
both hands.
1541. ic&oGiD^juGuTfsnirL'i LiGwjfiuui&ugidbiLir?
Will the wild hog fall on those seated on a
mountain?
1542. uiGsaPiBTeiisinffUjTuioO giiTfffiag Cfuj^gsir.
Under his government the tongue of the bell
does not move.

1543. id6rariS,s?r3Erujire5)^i(| p&r&en'&xx.

Though made of clay he prefers his own child.
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1544. ui3sos!nuj<|gi3orrffiffi aiTffcfiqGipGiijl^iriD Guffev).
Adzes and chisels were brought to pierce the
mountain.
1545. ic6ferom_uS'G6oLg$ icuSa itGso uwniD^^gffi^pogi.
To cover with the hair what is written on the
scull.
1546. uii^.uSjDssCTyisMri_Tf5)<& Qjiu3(DUtijyiaHrLirii.
When the waist girdle is weighty, there will be
fear on the journey.

1547. U)4;iL|U):l oS'lL|U)Sl.

Such is the purpose of thy mind, and such is
thy fate.

1548. icflif{fati air uuSjjs ^nifijfffisianfw^iS

"Verdure that sees not the rain, and a child that
sees not its mother's face, will languish.

1549. icssiifaGairuLsfi'lif.aGaTUL6w!
Is the screen for rain, or for a thunderbolt?
1550. icauirffOT meSiu^^G^ |hwi& Gjiinuil
i_uirffi.
At the royal wedding, water was as scarce as
ghee.

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1551. uSsuaS'igiugfiD^jDS) tosOT^Bisilif. u#Fiif.ujT?
Is it necessary to obtain lumps of earth as
sauce, in order to swallow mountains?

1552. mSsoaaiiJiDSso^niHgu), ifls&r^CEiau.^.iuTaBniEia,

A mountain will support a mountain, but will
a clod of earth support it?

1553. mSsoGuirCso iSnTiBaawdr GuTggpii iSfflrgSifiae

Ceremonies pertaining to the knot of hair at
the death of a brahmin who was as big as a
mountain.
1554. inSsoGtupfffgaJiiii mitfarSsjra onsaSfLuG^.
Though you are elevated to the mountains for
sake not your brother-in-law.
/
1555. msoi^sntuu iffarSsjiuGupsff G&xeke5)$ Gujji
GUTGtrir?
If the barren be commanded to bear, will she
obey?
1556. iD&oGuirso Qijl^iG^s&soiru) usafCuTjfiGiJfriuaS
That which came as a mountain will disap
pear as dew.

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1557. iDiluaB4iP6is>iua|ui iuui!iusiPiuT6!n!iiL|ui jsixiuuu
i_try.
A young elephant and the caste of madapallies
cannot be trusted.
1558. msoifaj;IGff'u-|U)T iHaiTenssimCiGu^iih 015$
Do the barren know the pains of child-birth?

1559. i[fj^$]iTGL|&# &u5>3<&tir, irn-iEjaia S)^es>js>

)# <sfq|3Si$..
A sign is enough for the swift steed, but the
stubborn horse requires a whip.
J 560. m&ouSGeo effSsffjI^Tauyiasfi'CsvJsujlgi uj^iuGai
Though produced on the mountains, it must
be pounded in a mortar.
1561. U)fE^Ij|a6TGO IDTIElSITlfl oTlgUlT?
Will the mangoe fruit fall before incantations?
1562. icsMiGiaiuiif. aw^sopffinicT?
Is the hoe sensible of cold?

1563. icI^DuSsiGoirOT yanjuj^^uSirisffajii!.

The devotions of one who is ignorant of the
sacred verses last till sunset.

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1564, icibiots jii!.i_ir6a)|xi aifo6inffiu9Csv) ifiggGUUGfr sill
ea ^ilLirf5)Gsv)i6iGa Jft5suirsr?
If a maid be defiled she may bathe in ganga,
but when ganga herself is defiled, where is
she to perform ablutions?

1565. icSsouS'ioaairgjj) gjLguGicujajiren-.

Even the blind may shoot if a mountain be the
target,
1566, LQjDjigI Gff^^TOT, iSairswrOTsuirGajdrgsv suit
He died through forgetfulness; but life will not
return at his bidding,

1567. uiia^^ar

^33rdLiLjiif.Giusw2)5v) iDir^iraiji

If it happen thus to the young fish, what may

not the old ones expect?

1568. iOOT^j#ujTuGiJdiiiL|iffjiiri_ir?
Are there any lies not known to the mind of
the utterer?
1569. ic6rarg^an36B)ujjsi5ng' iuTjDpff^jDiHiasoiruiir'!
Would it be safe to descend into a river on a
clay horse?

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1570. icasr&aw^drg^yii) icanjDiu ^swaGsusnKBii .
Though one eat earth, it must be concealed in
eating.
1571. uiuSgLTi_irgBTir jsLL-|, $gs G1.j1r15g51_1rL.sGs
(Bui.
Though the friendship of two be so close as
not to admit a hair between, it will be des
troyed by money transactions between the
parties.
1572. uiant_AULfajaiPgjiu} ^^u^OTsrrai:Tefi'us!Frjjsil.
A prudent youth is better than an old fool.

1 573. umCwnffa; ssissSilLaiek GsilLirGjr, slots_tIi

<_; ai_swGaT@^sudr GatlLirar.
He who having climbed a tree let go his hold,
perished; and so did he who lent borrowed
money.

1574. idOTyiaaT^jilii^^iiiiDjl^GairiiiS'iS'SaLiuirujT
Si.
Even in the darkness of the rainy season, the
monkey will not miss its hold of the branch
in leaping.
1575. uiairGuijanajJ: G&irjtft ms>\p& Guirar6sPjDiSi.
Even the crows of Maha-meru are gold co
loured.

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1576. UA}{i9 snreo m$ {psaoreo.
The medicine is one quarter, and prudence is
three quarters.

1577. icxseir &siraju> aura, u^jii.

The pilfering of children and the chaff of small
grain.
1578. uurjsiufiCa) L)t^aiifsssotlot!
Can musk be obtained from the wild cat?

1579. roanipaSLKBjl jjirsiJTSjrioiTjDQS'GoSso.

Though the rain has ceased, the dropping is
not over.
1580. midair uiffiififla^ejnij-uSGso affyjii.
The fruit of the tree will fall at its foot.

1581. inajsnrii) tcSsoswuiff ffir$;.igj&.

Silence stands against a mountain.

1582. il!i|^tCso affgjlpai&w idt 5^iSpogiGuiTGO,

Like an ox goading a man who has just fallen
from a tree.
1583. mawr?) GsxpfiGeti asoeoirmnfiSlD^T?
Are stones to be sought in sand rice?

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1584. uSsoGaiiligL G[usS,ui9i&.<|idh?
Do you remove mountains in order to catch
rats?
1585. mssraffisuSso ue\)a,g6tfriiaj.
Mental solicitude destroys vigour.

1586. icfj iSVsgjssoLb.

Confusion from honey drops.
1587. uju?rr#il aftuTgiBT?
Can one make charcoal by burning hair?

1588. u>J?eo Giflfo ySsiir.

A cat on the wall.
1589. uH^ujirifiisinfiGuTiKBu iff^afimgi.
To arrest as a thief one into whose bosom he
has put a mangoe.

1590. loaiPjSir nfguj)GuTigg]uia|airi3); iiruGunif^

When seen he appears silent, but in the night
he is a beaded cat.
1591. iDsjrj;Gso Liens, a.iIi$.Goiq<Daj.
Hate at heart, and friendship at the lip.

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1592. iMilgBOTasjr CcaiiKBSsosugiiag jEijc&GsirGsajiiu
The tree shades the man who fells it.
1593. mSsoiu^f2ot<*suti&^ ^Zsariup^Sear Ljiluui.
Flowers as small as rape seed to a deity as
large as a mountain.

1594. ic3so^G^ar jfL.Eugii(E ajjicii?

Can the lame obtain mountain honey?
1595. in&oGuj iDaHigsjiKiiilii^ujrr^noGLJir^i iDeabrgsjii
ailu^Cujuui^aiTCioir?
When mountains are lumps of earth, what will
be their dimensions?
1596. iD&osmuJuiutrifjsgJ iiinfig&opfi6\> jBHifiigiffCff
When a dog barks at a mountain, who is injur
edthe dog or the mountain?
1597. UDSsoiuswia|ffiria5 ic&oiustraiuswudi^gSasKiT?
Is the offering to be as large as a mountain,
because the idol is so large?
1598. iBTifiiuirSsSffi maTffa|aSiuu).
A mother-in-law's house is very comfortable.

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1599. unrifiuirjanL^^Tev) to sabred if. icjuiaetjsinL^aBT
iD Guirewffiliif..
The pan is earthen when broken by the moth
er-in-law, but golden if broken by the
daughter-in-law.

1600. uiiLiif.sw aiirjfaanaj ifiianLuS'Gso.

The advantage of the ox is in its burden.

1601. icirSsoaijapffLi iS'jDjs^BiS'srrSsiriD^icguaairaTgi.

A child born involved in the after_birth is not
advantageous to the uncle.

1602. ifiTSyiifisui sSSpi^aijii.

If the ox be overworked, the household will
suffer loss.

1603. icT6ina jsuu lEfippirp Gmpfv&s s^^uu

&.
If one keeps not time in his steps, his family
will be evil spoken of.

1604. iDTiujTilGff^ gj,2)iDT^i1) icjicSsrraenrsMPiD

ngsawssaft sujl^gi.
Tears appeared in the eyes of the daughter_inlaw six months after the death of the moth
er-in-law.

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1605. iJDTLiLisffa^poC^^BOiTiiiLiu^gjig rseoii.
The more the flour is leavened the better the
bread.
1606. IDTeOTlBlfuS'gailjTiETSUBOT?
Is life to be preserved by the losS of honor?

OSHD.
One draught of water in drought is preferable
to ten bushels in the rainy season.
1608. ujiaJgaGujinii-iriDa) icrriEJSiruS'a'lGuiiTiIuiiiDst.
It neither adheres to the flour nor to the mangoe.
1609. icToS'jBg^paausaijPiijTiiuj.
The confectionary is equal to the flour.
1610. tBTOT j)2sos!nuj ireaP^ssrjDSsotiiTagsutrdr, u^iP^dr
jq&ossiiu unrdrpSsoujira^euiTear.
He will transform a deer's head into a man's
head; and vice versa.

1611. \\men& aj^sisili-u).

Immoderate desire exposes to correspondent
loss.

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1612. i&3ra>Ga,ilL sjiiuLLOT y,&5iOT)iu^ Sonsfox
gf)IX.
It is said that the barber being without employ
ment shaved the cat.
1613. iflffiss6Sr
@jc5!ts)S'33v)Liu(Sii,.
Whilst they retain their quality, strong drugs
may be sold.

1614. iars5jics?; uiifiliamcsv) i^ayigjl^Si GuTso.

Like the falling of a thunderbolt when there is
neither thunder nor lightning.

1615. if?J;ajis;ir6inji<s:aji^.iLijns uTiiiSsv)Sso.

There is no snake that will not bite them who
tread on it.
1616. idrisirfuyl##G6usiP#a:^gi^jLGuiGLcT?
Will the darkness subside in the light of a fire
fly?
1617. lEorggjfftaa; jlffsuuifss GsuawSuDir?
Is it necessary to teach young fishes to swim?

1618. ifswrSisiIsnij LjaPuSiKgiEi.&sm.

Herbs again, and acid with them*

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1619. yijagLiuj^G^arGir itsLiGuirS!iiG^i?
When the Muruku thorn becomes thick, will it
be used as a pillar?
1620. yicartOTiiisais jisjbri_Tso {fypiEissi&fsijic.
When the hand is stretched out, the elbow wili
follow it.
1621 {fjEfoGauL \f!8)iieiG*t(Bic.
If crooked at first, it will always be so.
1622. yi^rgfjig (f26aiSoS'aS'(SajiSa3flrT?
Will they point a thorn?
1623. {fiuiTaiT^jil^T(D &5OTgj9[f-Gujs5rfiwG.sFiiu-|iS)?
What will the mirror effect if the face be ugly?

1624. ifi_sudr ffjlsin^iFguGuTegiiGuTsv).

As the cripple Went to the bazaar.

1625. \piS>3,$siwi&$)& <fpa^airgiffirilffi.

Stumbling is the excuse of a lame horse.

1626. y:2arTf6j5i y:d!rS)iU)iiS'S tygeSssSaQuivSir q^Gsu

illf..
Only three hairs sprung up, of which two arc
eaten by worms.
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The calf of him who watched is a female, but

that of him who slept is a male.

1628. jfili_G!iirLiriif.uj p6L.L|i;a>(BGUiuS'!i> aLsnLyi-T

I9_ULI$TS\).
Friendship with the vicious is like a foot wound
ed on the stump of a tree in a bad road.

1629. uxhesraippM^ iSsSrguifisnragLb,

The measure which has been used may De
used again.
1630. yigjGsoL|sir@iis&iu[ifi3)|) sirSsJsmipuJLJijani
He who has a sore on his back will fe ar to
thread the jungle.
1631. yiaaT^jtasTaui \fi^Sa,S)effft^fiQi\iD GsusirSorr
<fGst<iairGwt?
Though he wash three times a day, will t he
crow become a white crane?
632. yiSsoGadS^^aiOTifG^aS' yp*iGsir8foaiar*
G^oS1.
. ,
,,
f
She who gave the breast is the goddess ol
poverty, but she who gave the kiss is the
goddess of wealth.

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1633. yiSwig^em^iunffiqCiDT ffsu&ouiS'itr&ift?
Does the suckling know the pangs of the mo
ther's breast?

1634.

drGOTai^^GffoJ6miuLi iffswGsffsu^GdirixLj
uisulaiDSi.
The ears that first appeared are covered by
the new horns.

1635. jfiuy,a:sirapaair55)iu# GffirlinS'GsoLjsn^dE^flgi.

To bury the whole pumpkin under the rice.
1636. yisirGsaruiuauuifisTj6w iSswGOTijixiLS'tfanffisT
<jsk.
In the morning a ship owner, and in the even
ing a beggar.
1637. yiiijS3v)iL|Guii5LiLS,aS,il(S ptisn\um\pi-ai&mil<b&
<D1.
To set dogs on a hare one has started.

1638. (f^GsogjTuusouil'G6oaSuu6sP.
Already weak and also pregnant.

1639. yn_GiiOT GairuLj^G^gu.iairanjLiuLLiriD eniL

Will the lame man obtain the tree honey he
longs for?

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1640. (fiu;D#^65)i_iijTifay)## siijnLiuirii.
The diligent will not be disgraced.

1641. {f^aso^OTsaPL-^gj U)SsoGujir^ujTSOTfiiWuiL|ii

The alligator in her own element will drag
after her an elephant as large as a mountain .
1642. yiOTtrfGsv) qanLsmajGLiTilLirso GiOoW GTffiis
When one's cloth is put on thorns, it must be
taken off gently.

1643, {firrsrrTGso {fsrrSsirGiuffiaaGsudbrSii.

A thorn must be extracted by a thorn.

1644. jfiGsiirGuT6a)jD ffiUf.aA'arjDgj; iS6wGsirGuTg)

Biting, if one precedes, and kicking if one fol
lows.
1645. y^gaagGuiTffuiiuStga&arjDgi @<soirui|$iGai
The principal being lost, he asks for profit.
1646. jf^Gsoif^^Gso GajarGsny^giThe eye is dim at the first letter.

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1647. jfj^^a^iCiudr^in u-J^ujyijffqiDir!
Will the diet be affected by pronouncing the
word mummgakmf!
1648. jfsriJSLiGue&r^iifs ajtLffiuuTitiii.
An obstinate woman and a mat that recoils
on being spread.

1 649. ys$gtGuii6a)y) @2srujgtfsiT3sr.

The senior is a fool, and the junior an ox.

1650. jfajsnauiSt^jSirso aiTujuGajOTOTjsG^fiijTgi.

When his nose is seized, he is at a loss how
to breathe.

1651. tfftaaguiiyj^&oiLjiEi GsirsMrLgiaS'Lir.

The idiot and the alligator will not relinquish
their hold.

1652. jfagicuSSiffffijij^eajso gj,iluirjiB^anpsnjicT?

Will the weight of the person be lessened by
plucking the hairs of the nose?

1653. ifoffansiusffjs^irGv: yiargiGUjicirsrreOTLc.

A thorough herbalist may govern the three
worlds.

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1654. ifsirG!Dy)f6<,'fr\) [Eirifan&uSGso y^giicsntfGutii
ps; suinfGiuSaayiOTCsir icejbriEstsjLfGuiiJji.
It rained pearls for three hours and three quar
ters, but before they were gathered it rain
ed sand.
1655. ylif-G)ryiiify jfsjrgwGsvws&GugiiS) ifLir^yi^^iyi
astidsiraniGu2)iM.
A concealed pearl is equal in value to the three
worlds, whilst an uncovered one is not worth
a quarter of a cash.

1656. Gicii^LiLiiif.^iiiaiijaff CffirgiGaj6&soui.

Boiled rice is as scarce as sugar to the learned.

1657. Gui\)GsosirLiuTiL|jl ^Garasapt a&jSsoiq yijoS*

Gffsv)gyii.
The water that flows gently will penetrate
stones.
1658. GuiifiGa-itsv.ffffaiiripT^Tdr GuinfiG9;ir<)e<ffaiirif
6UilGgj)?
Can he who prospers not by truth succeed by
lies?

1659. Gic^^uu^^suew aijifSLiuuS^iuaiT36w.

The erudite is a great fool.

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1660. Gus\Q&es{diiLts)-Gev ptfrfn$$g,!i$Guxf\).
As a dog trod on the smeared floor.
1661. GmiiiipGjrirjLLiS'anfD CuTifiyiesarff^JGar.
Truth is as the moon gibbous, falsehood like
the full orb.

1662. Cu>[iJ?;b stgsn^aniiii ffiuLJiifffi&B aifn^Ca(B^

The ass that called the one at pasture injured
him.
1663. Gici&il^T.Li&ifOT^GiBifiiESGiDGJT; (ec<*)aaSili-if
pu uaGp>ffiiiGuirSGfoGsiirOT^2)aT.
He says, I will either feed asses, or go on a
pilgrimage.
1664. Gu)iTilanLj;d?a;a5<3> tpsssnniuesr.
The noseless man is fit for the bald-headed
woman.

1665. GusiiLLani-ispSsvjtiS'nr) GugotGutw

Like lice in a bald-head.
1666. GiflirjaguGLiir^pseujas ysili^iSpaaiGscGiuii?
Is he who goes for buttermilk to conceal the
pot behind him?

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1667. GicijlgiGiSiraraugiGLiTiD
To bite as jf kissing.

1668. tuTS6w^ar^3souSC6v) tDsSirSo5OT suTifa Gairilt^a

Like the elephant throwing sand on his own
head.

1669. iuirSsgT<sgHu^if. ^i^iiLgGrrOTip&G&LgLfjEif..

To an elephant sixty steps, and seventy to the
dwarf.

J 670. ujir&w,gijsir6v)iruS'jui GuirarGugiir, y,&w&9i

^^BuGsoswairGugiii)?
If a black elephant will fetch a thousand gold
coins, what will the black cat be worth?

1671. ujT&wanuj gj,u?3iiGu(idrguagGUirBj5 @juu

Having given a thousand gold coins for an
elephant, why hesitate to buy a goad?
1672. ttiirfewuS^aau iSsn|$LiuiSaiaiTir?
Will they survive who have been trampled on
by an elephant?

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1673. ujTSsaryiewGar yliusv)y)a;,airgiGLiT6o.
As the hare was stricken before the elephantt

1674. uj<i2tenej)iij<$G,jL,.i
anaanai^.s&i
Gutso.
As one put his hand into a pot to feel for an
elephant.

1675. 6ULaa <fsn^ujir&3TiL|iD aiuS^gisusSsjiujULiii ;stiu

Neither the colic nor a coast man is to be
trusted.

1676. suuSj^u i5sn8snanujfsU3iS' ioir(SGitiia!D iSeir

As one abandoned her child that tended the
cows, trusting to the one in the womb.

1677. aiU65Gsuili^ujTs5r; OTijanui&Li^ujirCTr.

Preserve young palmiras by cutting, and buffa
loes by tying.

1678. oitsiBi iiSsneSp jS&snsaS'SsiT.sgii:.

The bent bow will do injury.

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1679. ajss)i_anuj,5 ^eOTairiGffirOTf^Sastrir, g^iSswsntu
G (u ssirsot* GjFitmr gj) 1asrrii ?
Did they tell you to eat the cakes, or to count
the holes in them?

1680. ^p^aiJuntiEiuira *i65)<5Glhtsv).

An aunt who gradually becomes like an ass.
4
1681. aijjs^fg)av) GUT3T^G^irOTfffso&o.
There is nothing that may not be obtained by
labour.
1682. GugGa>,T|tJ^^TGv) ajisnjDGiuiriKbigiEiaitLirgi.
If the Vadugo becomes fat, he is not worth a
broken chatty.
1683. ajorrgjiEi&iranujLi i?^#CsoG^ifqui.
The future fruit may be known as soon as it
sets.
1684. ajSMTgajguag GuaOTgB),! JiCLBsv)T6i3-; ajsSjrgss)
The washerman loves his wife, and she likes
the ass.

1685. Gu6irir^^^Tifi tf<x^an^i!iLi[rir<<i!!)pGuirGO.

As the dog looks at the face of his owner.

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1686. aitoUsuirG0g)^6aT!Daaif sutujiGsosutujirCso.
The fruit that was eaten by the bat comes
out of its mouth.

1687. e^ooaySsoiauaniDiqiS) GmsiaySsoabairSsiriyiii.

High-priced cloth and a low-priced bullock.

1688. suerarCLfrjis lcsofsv)3so.

There is no flower that insects will not visit.

1689. GUG^iuajrarGajiliif-arG<s <njiriiaaTsv).

The channel made by one in power is the one.

1690. GUaSWiuoi aiLf !<e\)260.

There are no pleadings against the constitut
ed authorities.

Is the hair grey by age or of itself?

1692. ais&rjOTjanSoTrSsrrGff^^irso ajiuilLgBiguiiiS'ir

GuTllS'<DSH.
If the washerman's child die, it is only as the
loss of a hair to the barber.

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1693. aj6OTgsjGwjjismiDuSsv) (fiLiGviGuir6o.
Like a hare in the vicinity of washermen.

1694. GusiGO6UOTUixuauiajwaS'gijiclSii.
The top of the skilful will spin even in sand.

1695. suu2iD3)iigi_8soi ss&ri_T|yjtD ajTsnipn5TG3(sSri!

Though you see intestines you say it is only
the fibre of a plantain tree.

1696. sj^uSiD&e&TLg^anijig anaiiG&irjuLff ffii^.3u:T

sjiicit?
Is twisted straw sufficient for a bridle for a
stray horse?

1697. aiorargsgsSrsfisuS'sv) uiTn&gf.

A change of garments in the hands of the
washerman.

1698. sut-pffoiOTS^gji ssSrgnjiif-4,jDT?

Is it to drink toddy after having reared the
palmira tree?
1699. sUGOooajgU'XgLi LjsosyjicTiqcSLc,
A blade of grass is a weapon to the powerful.

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1700. aKftrggaaigairA- ^^aguGuirg)^
To the washerman he says he is come, and to
the wife, he is gone.

1701. aisaOTgsmauEgiil) jSjajTiraPiguijyiajGoOOTsiT?

What has the naked to do with thewasherman,

1702. aiu52)j3jffSTjfii)snjrujTju Ljas)l65)suqiso2so ,

No food for the cravings of the belly, and no
cloth for his waist.

1703. 6u;s^tGjIsv;sots^ s-^aSi^vS^Sftsf.iut'1.

Are all those who come to the market resident
there?

1704. aia^tf^afpaJso aiuS'miuJifD'ujuftnaiaraw.

The greatest enmity is preferable to uncertain
friendship.

1705. 6Usffttj<aijs^SG^ay6mai ' aTooTauan^gj^ ^n"T

fcTISOTlllT?
Having come of herself, is it proper to kick, and
drive away the goddess of wealth?

1706. Qiarn! $$si_[tii erosuS'C^LiirifiiJisjj.

The pet goat butted the hand.
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1707. ea^p,S-sssisfu_ann eiSXSaiglifs*J&o aijt'uja jsjj
Neither leaving a quarrel that has taken place,
nor of his own accord seeking a quarrel
with others.
1708. QJSoiSiQj^G^draj?) uSajSjut_GoiaHtSu:It is necessary to endure what one has to suff
er, if what was to come has transpired.

1709. aju9a6!,iiT!U ui?en\pL*&if*$A clan that cover not their cooking utensils
when the belly is full.

1710. a)juS'j!)La<$<!) Gsirt_ifanuj 6i(tigii s,ire6dr

Gui^(Guiril(BffiGa(T6iTgi5ajirGsur65r?
Why should you take the axe found lying in
the road, and put it on your foot?

If the mouth be right, the community will bs

good.
1712 Qi^srf8**(W'm,***ff**^tf*?'0'
A mouth there is, but no means of obtaining
rice for it.

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1713. euTii^^oS'(SiiGu(riu(BLiL| GisguLitiGi-JiiOTf,!.
The bran for his mouth is gone, and so is the
fire of his cook hearth.
1714. ajiraniuSiiS'aiTUiiS'^* aswrLgjaarGi-T?
Has any one ever seen the unripe fruit of the
Vagey tree?
1715. GUTonGsviGauL-irev) suT65>isaB36TiiLii5gaiisGa.i'
Lircar; ^Tifiujjjia^isSrsu^iiso ^TjBGg)GuGiet
(bGuiiaiT63r.
When requested to give a plantain he will not
give even an unripe one, but when the mo
ther's husband comes, he carries away the
bunch.

1716. aiiT^jfuu^^Qju^GwgwaigiGuTeo.
As a needle penetrates a plantain.

1717. aiTgsip^iLip/}; Gfai^GLtT jraipS1.

Understand alchymy by blowing, and the scrip
tures by study.

1718. giituS'sosotqJlltgo jiTifiGaiisHrffiGuiiifiayffiui.

Had he no mouth, the dog would carry him
off.

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171!) . GiiiTiiS'GGoajigaj iLasr^GMUesiSt.
Friendship in the mouth, and enmity at heart.

1720. oinyijl^Qjcjr Qjpffaiaif^gisi) &is;dGujitl.(6;5!5j

*ui_tsSr.
When the opulent become poor, they are not
worth a potsherd.
1721. Guiitifpoiau GunifjiS'roaijjit .
As the mouth opens lies are produced.

1722. aiiTifiaauGevJirGiDfan^ GujiiGuir^SsoigjuJiiiS).

The watercourse a bed, and its embankment
a pillow.

1723. ai TiiSG^oai Tstnyuu ip si smftuS'GsoapB&iiBTa itifw'

Plantains in the mouth, and in the hand karany
roots.

1724. GUiruS'jri^irsv) ajmsirGtriiGuirasoiiu).

Supposing we have a mouth we may go to
Bengal.
1725. GUiTifiliSsTiSsiTanuj iccOTay&naiiriliif.G3oG^ifnjiiThe fortunate child may be known whea he
plays in the sand.

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1726. ajTiiiiG.Ty>i!jLj<# SsouiirGioaJi$.iDs&i.
The fatness of the mouth oozes through cloth.

1727, suTarrCicufarjogi; y,iijGuJ$i6i|!Tw>i.

The earth supported what the heavens yielded .
1723. aJTiii_|aPji^G,SiT uiimm\iL\d?$$>G&fi7.
Is the mouth acid or the mangoes?

1729. Guirfaswcgiiig u)l1i_u!6ti1(Bu).t|)2ji.

Inferior gold is estimated by the alchymist as
superior.

1730, aiTGir^iyiajarGiffiijigi iD&tis&Qu uiuiIiuLeor

IDT?
Being in the heavens shall we fear the rain?
1731. GunifisgjuGailuaigan-issiajLj GuiiGxxsSQ>rAi
Let the ass pass on that was ruined by its
words.

1732. aiTifiic^^^Teo Buifi^ijiiB^TcSr.

He lost his case through his ostentatious words.

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1733. Gu:i63Tixu(rSa)a?c8>i_g:soT?
Is there any objection to our gazing at the
heavens?
1734. euT^is&iri^ui G^aii^njTGtr cuuJSiCiiargjD ajt
Gsi^Gmiijuuiistr.
When the enchanting harlot becomes old, she
will feed asses.

1735. eiS'^^'eusoiTffffiiiS'B^iiuju) Gm^ii,vj8BoaJ5tv)

Their is no effect without a cause either above
or below.

1736. aSagaaiajOTciiirfsje?) S-iGsodieusiraiiraiTfji?

If the finger becomes so thick, what will become of mortar?

173?. aygsiriqiiuuffii y)2smu9Gsv)G^fiqix.

At its first shooting the plant may be known.

1733. eiSWifiisiriAoni-iudr ciJpgigLjGudgjsv) sSps^S

Though the idiot obtains fire wood, yet he
will not obtain rope to bind it up.

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1739. aSyi^uiGuG^^u iss; GiciLi-iAGsir?
Is it necessary for a woman to cover herself
with a veil after sun-rise?

1740. aS>83rriuiriluiS'Mr2oW oJa^^giaa^EFijgi.

Playful children fear not poison.

1741. efiW)GS&<*) affgaaig^4srfi*"i.

When the finger swells, the swelling will be
proportionate,
1742. sffataiirffuy.Zsw ajaiirilsnL^^iiaSswaiGLi,Tsv),
As the devout cat carried away the dried fish.

1743. e^lf^poaiGU.fGso 6in*6msui!iLiTGairar?

Why put one's hand on a tottering walk

1744. aS'if.jig&irjDGfDir^qui unruLffaaTgjffiiiGue&riff&ir

It may be known at daybreak which is bund,
the bridegroom or the bride?

1745. efiaiGUTffaG&irag fji_icTi$-#Gs:06n.

It is said that the devout crane died danc*
ng.

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1746. aJeffagaGailLiTsv) @5ilg# giKBaJfioiTj
When a lamp is sought, will the chit be sent
to the darkness?

1747. QyOTaGaTcrf^STGniFG&TeMFL qSli^goGutsv}.

As an insect admiring the brightness of the
flame.
1743. eSi js^suSeuyGujLirujgaan^iasoTiriT?
Is it right to kick him who has fallen, instead
of helping him up?
1749. oy^^iS'o-trSaTGujffiffi Gilsiflso&o.
There is no time even to lift up the fallen
child.
1750. ayOTiswaianauSGfOiSi^^giiGaTSMrffi iawfuiff
To fall into the well with a lamp in the hand.
1751.. effaragiDTjDBiigu uiiS&g&ff u>t?
A silken tassel to the broom.

1752. ctfujLU^miiffiiiiffiTuisew^G&iiG) eStsf.'^i3&tim^3.

s, guicjiiGaOTiSpDgJ.
To inquire at sun-rise what the relationship is
between Ramer and Sita after hearing the
story of Rama the whole night.

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1753. a?!5jsi>sv;v)Ta|aiara| uigjsjt*).
Food taken alone is medicine.

1754. aJjsiaiupffsujsgj Gamus'gpsaufiuGOnuw?

Is it right to hide among the bushes after such
professions of courage?
J 755. oiifiyii&anTjjs^ j|r.
Water drawn in vain.

1756. aSjgiiGsir GajL6s)Liuir(BS;a?

Is it to go a hunting for the sake of a name?

1757. eSfijsgiKBu uanaC^ffi^nsgi.

To seek enmity by making a feast.
1753. aja$J6sn<Ea>3jli)-a4Li LiirGOTlCT?
Will poison become milk by being drunk?

1759. oS^sOT^uSGsosiPiLi gsiPiiiU,; udrsjr^^G6^eiPuj

<gi jliDgiuGLiiliif..
Witchcraft is the easiest of all arts, and the
common ola basket is the easiest of all plats.

1760. cSif}HiS;3sr{,fBv& QjuSlinffcffijTp. '

Quicksilver swallowed will not remain in the
belly. ,

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1761, aJ^Gunr&fDsuilGuj w^Guirgio.
The mind will follow in the path of destiny.

1762. offiuT^aajmjrlgieajr eSfiik

giena-.*?
Medicine may be obtained for disease, but
may it be had for destiny?

1763. ^SajwffuJTiCjJpSsargiij-iuTSsoraicmff^gi^sSrgu:.
A house eats without moving; an elephant
moves and eats.

1764. sS|K)si|6!nL.|i5ffiIiif. GajajbrgjjesrG} eTar^SsoHSja

The white piece of a broken chatty is the or
nament of my head. O vain man! such a
wonder was never before seen .

1765. sSuffiigsffaar &Tii(8a3<$'iEsrrsiTsSr.

He is courageous at home, and a coward in the
jungle.

1766.
The well must be dug before the house is built.

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1761". effaui Cu#iCirs&iCi_if
G*cndr GaiiKBsi
a>eiriEise93r@ |pgj^i_sv)iiixii?
Can the veteran Who rises to war with express^
ions of bravery retreat on beholding the field
of conflict?
1768. aSil65)i-JKaL.i!f.i gjisjaniaa^Gnai
juiutfi^ifi
Like placing a monkey in the house one has
built.
1769. Caia)iaiTiia5Ssv)CLt_su6jr cffpfjiguGuigr)
eo oSrojiJani-S^riijj GiTi^ifejLiijiTgi. Cannes
If he who has nb beetle for his mouth go to
seek fire tVdod and obtain it, he has no band
to tie it with, and if he obtain a band he
gets no wood.

1770. Gaisn-OTiiuswarJan^iFTGio aS^Lj^^gmurjirGili

The flood flows into the hollows, and destiny
infatuates the understanding.
1771. Gcuii*Goi*6iuuSGso iuT2sirLj^|^giGuiTcv).
As an elephant entered a brazier's shbp.
1772. GaistreiTTGjE?airjDG6rs GaJiusnsuLjsS' saSt^
The tiger falls and weeps because the sheep
is getting wet;

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1773. GojsTTOT'suLi^gijiiGaiggjiii) sffsiPiiiSG^CiJTar
cpiiiGaUgjuiii.
A silver cup is wanted, and it must haVe a
golden rim.

1774. Gajils$irGsoirev>ir$6suOT v)QnD$if\ajLi<2i-ir

She who suffers not from shame is not a mod
est woman.

1775. GaigiaiTanuj^ Jjajr<Dcriigu. Gqisti SsniuaJso

As white parched rice obtained by one who
had nothing to eat.

1776. Gaiila;^^irGsv)!rs\5ga'pDGsu<5! Gai#aguGuT^T

SI.
The harlot who is capable of shame is not fit
for one.

1777. GguiIsrlGgusiPiiSGsv) ansuujiraPoS'ffiiSa)^'!?

Is it necessary to make a road on an open
plain?

1778. GaistroPGuTiluaTguig GaiayiKiairaoi^awxim?

Is the bare footed, slave to the foot adorned
with silver ornaments?

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1779. Gaj^ffsjrajiaeSrpSCsusOTCeOTifiqjaBTg).
Butter does not melt without heat.

It is the same thing whether they be washed

or not.

1781. Csusfomi, aij^r&gjp^Cot ^SamGuTLG.-u

RBr(bU).
The dam must be made before the flood comes,

1782. CaigjiiSisna yii$iic(r?

Can the hand alone measure a cubit?

1783. GaiaHrGajarujuS^&a; GjBifiG-sSfirDgj.

To seek ghee whilst there is butter.
1784. GajcMiGsaaiiiJ^36Miffiajj^ $Ti$lL|6tl-^p.
The churn broke just as the butter was formed >
1785. GaipjliPGso isfKBGajif fiGuirairs!.
The house will not be consumed by hot water*

1786. Gai[$$)Gu[riiiii> y>orgeatuSGeoGuir.

It is boiled enough; put it in my cloth.
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1787. GajsrrOTTilq.GujDjDiS'sriSstT aS'if.iuiDaiTsogG<f^
$iU(2U itu?noun.
The servant's child died early in the morning.

1783. Gsua)sogffiruiSffiiSjDGuGgjj6riiiar eSu^gyunEp

ajGsjjiijaiar.
One eating sugar, and another sucking his fin
ger.

1789. Gsu^pffSsoag^sawafafjix) G6mot jagicgfferjic

GuTev).
As water to the beetle leaf, and tumerick to
the harlot.

1790. GajSSiiiLjsiP^OTgjD LijDfl.iJ3Mere acid will set the teeth on edge.

1791. Gaiii^t-jOTr aS'SsnGffifiujiTgi.
A burnt sore will do no injury.

1792. Gsuu?s5Gsv)GuTLi_irQiiEi aTiuirOT ^aBrsisFfGso

GuirilLirgaijsSOTUjirsir.
Though put in the sun he will not be parched,
nor wet if put into the water.

1793. GsuSswsaanisaTffiruSaiS) Gut6StGlisjiui.

In peculiar circumstances half a cash may be
equal to thousands of gold.

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1794. GajsUTLjGuari$_ev> STivuLjig^pata^auLi
The touch both of the hands and feet of a
woman not loved is regarded as a fault.
1795. GaiSsoiaars/Pagu iSOTSsmJuairsa;.
The indolent woman pleads her care of her
child in excuse for not working.

1796 GaJuGu6&rGs!i3ruiimi)iru^gi*5^aji5).
Even margosa oil is of use in extremities.
1797. Gsuli^lSl!5li)LlTffGa:GaliDp5'S30uy)!Eg<a^II#Ga:
The margosa is become sugar-cane, and the
beetle flower poison.
1798. GsueffuuS'jifisa&nev) oJSsirajG^uuu).?
If the fence destroy the herbs, whence the crop?

1799. Gaiefi'agLiGLiirL.Lyjstrgja aTGyisg^an^gsigj.

The thorns that were placed as a fence have
run into the foot.
1800. Gcu*!D^iLif.GsoiS'(Bi6)g*(D^eorruii.
It is an advantage to abstract goods from a
burning house.
1801. G<m3soius^ ffuusiriiiGarr^ jii.
Plenty of work, but little pay.

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1802. CaugixaffLilf-iDg GaiL@tiii<aw8)i36ai)i1Is the well in process of being dug available
for a burning house?
1803. GsuSsoGffifi^Taiaus*? Gsua^ixGuTilLiriDair*.
Hire for the labourer, and a present to the
mountebanks.

1804. GaianffOjiDaf air*iiusOT(f{fsMrt_ir^The friendship of the harlot lasts till the money
is done.
180a. GajuGusMrGaarifiaJ^jDair* asffsajGiDT?
Will the money for which the margosa oil was
sold be bitter?
1806. G<aiiii5,jDG!D&araS>ilLi!3 affi!iLj^isigijiir?
Will the margosa become sweet by applying
honey to it?
1 807. smaiaGairiDuili_65)LiiS'iD aili^.sjirjsirii.
The dog tied by the heap of straw.
1S08. G5)GU$^T!!)d)(l #6a13^^Tb\;GLCT^lanL.
If the hair be preserved, a knot; if shaven, bald.

1 809. GaisTrGUirGv)eSLi^Gso GausitsuTsi6u^irsv) jGuj r

irjG&iritiSGso p.iGfijijGairiitSGso.
When the bat comes to its place, you must
occupy one bough, and I the other.

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1810. s|j!)';s!S[iujG!rGSrgji iiiS'i-^ <5&utJsSnjL.i-a.i_

It is said that on being treated with deference
as a superior, he demanded the payment of
my father's debts.

1311. lajanGusjrGaFiti^aSfew ^jajanajgusG*.

Every man must answer for his own actions.
1812. d|<DuGa>TSii) iffa^gjaioOsuip;.
Limited friendship is as the agony of death.

1813. s|iitj&$j sjijjI^^LJirS^^giGuiTGv).

As one looked at the star Aruntathy with the
foot on the mill stone.

Even an atom will not move without him.

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1815. *|(BuLjiatlnLa atf^GajSMiGun?
Is the hearth to be adorned?

IS 16. ^sSr^a^iuCjujsi ^OJiicT^i^iSgajjuiT?

Will the rice cooked on one day be available
for six months?
1817. 3|j)jQS'^sin^GaT6jHiLi3iUGv)Gic56'g)so sjsmiaS'^

. .

When the pedant is privileged to attend the

assembly of the learned, he is a finished
scholar.
. , .

1818. si5C5)uiui5iDas5rjD3sv)GuTg)^)ii} GuiraiKBu,- l

^aTsojgia^jGuTaoOTaTgi.
The head of my beloved son_in-law may go,
but not the old paddy mortar.
1819. 3juf.4ii)aTjDp5'G.-o CTffi^gy&iPiDSi^iDar.
He winnows as the wind blows.
1820. sl3TOp*G*T(S^;$T;DIXU)T S)|SIT!i&lGa>T@ifcT3)
ai_ar.
If given without measuring it is a gift; if mea
sured it is on credit

1821. 3J%ffiTGI?ja,jD6U6mjIllS'GGO LD^lFTgi(Dai.

So long as the elder sister lives, the relation
ship of brother-in-law subsists.

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1822. *|Uff.TlfGlUCWalljit6!llGui606ljiIA)T(s $L?-GlljCW
giG^joS'6v)suj6oirairgi.
A harlot may go forth on an elephant, but a
thievish woman may not be seen in the street.

1823. sffijgiiijLiuTaiP 5ii(5uuTg)i5sw G Jirfyjjiia,

u uihi jif'juuTsw.
He will be there and here, and at the mess of
rice too.
1824.
Should my\aunt get mustaches she may be
called uncle.
"

1825. 3|iaTsfruss)aimxi U)J^irguiDaiuiir?

Is it the enmity of my elder sister and the
friendship of my brother-in-law?
1826. siSuGuifii px$ GuirfuGumftHii.
If the fire burn the paddy may be parched.

1827. sjixaniciuT6irsnjiaT ptsoSsnsiSpsi yiisT;a

Three quarters of a cash for shaving the head
of a matron worth half a cash.

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1328. 9tx&&Wi$ sjsaySsoiufffqioi?
Does the measure know the price of the corn?

1829. ^iifitfSAGiET a|MUuajs?riS4G$ij1

Is the strength in the grinding stone or in the
grinder?

1 830. 3|i_iEiajirLi GuffiKjrffT^ifi'gjGaj sj^6w^igii^ici

Through my disobedient wife I and my aunt
are at enmity.
li

1831. ^^4naiS'OT2sna><aiirsnifLiLiifjairilig.ttjiGuT
Like showing a plantain to a crying child.

1832. s|i^uy,snsu ^jflffsuTSasw?

Who knows the flower of the ficus racemosa?

1833. siff^sisoir^ G^Guir<_irg!.

Without axle the chariot will not move,

J 834. si#swai&srLi Guiui^AgiSi.

Demons will assault the timorous.

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1835. ^sMPsoGsTiiiffCso janic^aiOTiDpffGso.
The squirrel is on the bough, and the tortoise
in the well.
1336. ^uS'jTL^^jihi <9ti.if.f3)S2jU) cjj ^jtga^jiv
8sv).
A host of stars are not equal to one moon.

Though he has assumed the garb of a mendi

cant, he is not freed from mental solicitude.

1838. vGaia)i^|mcTfB)@2ii5i uir&GaipjBjDuiiGiair?

Though cows are of different colors, will milk
be so?
1839. ^uSsiiuiriitfgiiar $$Qpai* sjmjliiILWidGLit
As^a frog was entangled among a thousand
snakes.

1840. ai!Dsn2)aaLii^sJ)GsoT ^iaflOTCiuaaGffliswSic

We reach the opposite shore by first crossing
the river. Do we not?

1841. si|Ditf!DGuTi:LTg>2!ic sjair|.fiGuirLGaisMt(Sui.

Though you cast it into the river, first measure it.

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1842. gj,(8$ #(S^iruS(5|^ir@a^ j^iiGuf^Titfi^i
Though the owl is small its cry is loud.

1843. sj6S>io^i-effGs056'g)j)CuirGO.
As the tortoise ascended the mound.

1844. sfr?)sn?)ff.ai- ji^aSuLTev) gfaiffGuiTiajE^sna

Ferry me over the river, and I will give you
a medicament by which you may ascend the
heavens.

1845. si!DOTiijGuTOT$Jiii6?>&u,# GffjuL^aBajpjDiffOT

He has not been to the river nor has he taken
off his shoes.

1846. sj.pJgju^ffTsu irpff&ysnsffTaj.

Death happens to him of six, and to him of
a hundred years.

1847, |H,(SGiiaaT^aJaj)LujOT gjansuiGanSuuirg)?

Will the herdsman give a cow who refused a
sheep?

1848. Ml)65jr4y>jsgi fjcsaPyi^jSTgtOl!

Will the castor seed be a precious pearl?

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1849. tJuimaanaayan^^irs&giiffiraiSOTi^uiir?
If you sow a castor-oil seed, will an ebony tree
be produced?

1850. ifsuiajaiis^aisr ftieS sjguuuirarT?

Will she who came to the funeral cast away
her marriage thaly?
1851. <gisoifrgna66miu#ffi!lL gii&aj.
The monkey that burnt Lanka.

1852. (giQjGUirirCsogisT^sTifiijiD gjajiirCfc-oniTguiT?

Can that be effected by one which two could
not accomplish?

1853. irLiuTgMig Gsuoi^GffTgius^ffici?

Is it difficult for the beggar to procure simple
rice?

1854. @3oBr(SaSili^^iiEi neSaumrw @snui?GsoGff

j5ij <ETiisilif..
A whelp dies between two houses, in both of
which there is a marriage festival.

1855. (f1 ifff6!ruissjTirj)s^i;| ^drjETUjsgu&gtZiGLiGftr.

Though a king's daughter she is the wife of
her husband.

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1856. @3irff$06y58kLirg)<\) GifiaijiyisSirLiriSj.
When there is royal justice, there Will be divine
justice.

1857. 3aiiDf8so6mujjsiii5^ ^drail en<5sniu a|Ln9iy

GUTlll_giCuTGO.
As one put his tattered cloth in the fire^ depend
ing on a borrowed one.

1858, @OT6iD&g#Gff.igiTGv) jsirSsirajsOTffi|sTiwr.

If one die to-day, to-morrow will be the second
day.

1859. a.snj5i!iuirguaGsijei5LiLiir6w tfir^aidbrfroew.

A good washerman will wash for one who kicks
him.
1860. &.^QisSraRi!irigLiuirS|^(rso 2-ifai&ffirgi.
When the farmer takes stock he finds no surplus.

1861. ajLiLiLji ^irjijuffiih.

Rehearsal secures divine concurrence.

1862. aeHrsnicGffT^sfi'i GailLajSaaPso&o.

No one was ever ruined by speaking the truth.

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1863. a.jaJujsiiTgjansJuSeiffLn^ effidr.
A veteran who never sheaths his sword.
lia
1864. 8.ao3>pgi&fy f5T6wuiGuii gTOTigjiaisoaiiCuuti.
The world is a demon to religious abstraction,
and so religious abstraction is a demon to
^
the world.
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'

1865. a.usLiiaiif.^giiGaT6OT(gi2teo stfLgsi^gjioGuT

GO.
As one swallowed the paddy mortar with salt.

1866. a.fifrOTBi65)a*$GrrGsir OT^gOTLtHsirtlGaiT6w.

He will exhibit Vaicundam in the palm of tho
hand.
1.

; 1867. a.sfTjTss)iLli usn&jl&i auSGjiri^jjlfsaiifGv'&o.

He who hates tire whole community cannot
subsist.

1868. esE<&3ii.#Gtij|ig'LiiriL|tDji!
Will one needle penetrate another needle en
tering at the point?
1869. ear.irjiairaETpiiS'arSsn' ^Tifissirsir^i.
The child that is unfit for his mother is unsuited for the country.
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1870. asaiajTtujfL. SLSsotpi^iqewrLir!
Is there a lid to cover the approach to tii<
country?
1871. astfyi&ariiSetfjjlgi ^ai^Gffifi^i&uu) auCji
Though he perform penance on the point ol a
needle, the religious teacher will not obtain
heaven.
1872. GjsQji^SAu] ggjiiiGiT^gyii.
Length to the carpenter and shortness to the
smith.
1873. uoa.i^fflrg)^> gjaraSiJ^iKSiii.
If many husks be eaten perchance a grain*nay
turn up.