INSPIRING

Proverbs
INSPIRING PROVERBS English-Telugu
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 (15th century)

 Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer.
(14th century)
 All's fair in love and war.
 April showers bring forth May flowers.
(16th century)
 An Agrahara which should not be touched or felt.
(Said of anything that should scrupulously be avoided.)
 All the offerings go to the priest, the noise to
Ganganamma.
 A Hopper-woman requiring six people to assist her.
(Said of a person giving thimself airs)
 A bad almanac makes all the hours of the day
unpropitious.
(Applied to unreasonable objections)
 A dancing foot and a singing mouth are more quiet.
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 A barking dog nerver bites.  A varice knows not shame; sleep knows not comfort.
(Great barhers are nae biters) (When sleep overpowers, comfort is not thought of)
 Adversity makes strange bedfellows.  A marriage in the house is a fine thing for the village
 After a storm comes a calm. dogs.
(Men crowd to enjoy that for which they don't pay)
(14th century)
 A squirrel performs a squirrel's service.
 After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
 A man starts with anger when the truth is told him.
(16th century)
(It is truch that makes a man angry. ( Latin)
 The age of miracles is past.  A witless fellow should not be allowed to remain in
 A man wihtout money is useless. the village.
(A man without money is like a ship without sails. (Dutch)  A wood apple is very small in at elephant's throat.
 A sky calendar. (A very easy matter)
(A fanciful tale)  A man is no Doctor until he has killed one or two.
 A trader in the air. (Said to a bungling tyro)
(A swindler. An impostor)  All cats are grey in the dark.
 A man who plants ladder or the sky.  All good things must come to an end.
(Ambitious)  All are relatives of the rich man.
 A woman's sense in wrong sense. (A full purse never lacked friends)
(Lit. In the back of the head)  A diamond in a dunghill.
 A woman's word, a bundle of water. (A diamond is valuable though it lie on a dunghill)
(A woman's mind and winter wind change oft)  Anger is a cause of sin.
 All things are possible with God. (Anger is a sworn enemy)
 A helpless woman will get a foolish husband.
(17th century)
 A squint eye is better than a blind eye.
 All things come to those who wait.
(Of two evils choose the least)
(Early 16th century)
 A mother is a divinity, a father a treasure.
 A motherless child is like a curry without onions.
 A quarrel between man and wife only last as long as  A thief has a thief's thoughts, a gentleman has a
a Pesara seed stays on a looking glass. gentleman's thoughts.
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 A fortune obtained in middle age is like a boil on the  Bad money drives out good.
sinews. (known as Gresham's' Law, after Sir Thomas
 A laughing woman, and a crying man should not be Gresham (1519-79), who formulated.)
trusted.  By digging and digging the truth is discovered.
 A full pot will not spill.  Burning his hand when he had a ladle.
 A little bird with a great cry.
 Before you know it, it's hard; when you know it, it's easy.
 A short man has a putti of wisdom.
 Bad news travels fast.
 All is fish that comes to the net.
(16th century)
(Early 16th century)  A barking dog never bites.
 A time for misfortune, a time for fortune. (16th century)
 An army marches on its stomach.  Beauty draws with single hair.
 All roads lead to Rome. (16th century)
(14th century)  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
 Appetite comes with eating.  Beggars can't be choosers.
 Ask no question and hear no lies. (16th century)
 Be just before you're generous.
B
 A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
 A bad excuse is better than none.
 The best doctors are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr.
(16th century) Merryman.
 By the time the rich man opened his corn bin, the (16th century)
poor man had died.  Better be an old man's darling than a young man's
 A bad penny never turns up. slave.
 The best things come in small packages.  Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.
 By decaying and decaying the fruits is destroyed, by (17th century)
burning and burning the wood is destroyed.  Better late than never.
 Born of the wind, and reared up by the dust. (14th century)
 The best is the enemy of the good.  A bird never flew on one wing.
 The best things in life are free.  The better the day, the better the deed.
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(17th century) (16th
century)
 Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.  Brevity is the soul of wit.
 Between two stools one falls to the ground. (From Shakespeare)
 Be what you would seem to be.
C
(14th century)
 A carpenter is known by his chips.
 Big fish eat little fish.
th
(16th century)
(13 century)  Clever at his meals, but stupid at his book.
 The bread never falls but on its buttered side. (Well fed, but ill taught. (French ))
 A burnt child dreads the fire.
 Can the belly be filled by holding in the breath ?
(13th century) (Idleness must thank itself if it go barefoot)
 Blessed are the dead that the rain rains on.  Could you swim over the Godavari, by catching hold
(17th century) of a dog's tail ?
 A blind man's wife needs no paint.  A cat in gloves catches no mice.

 Blood is thicker than water. (16th century)

(Early 19th century)  Coming like a mountain, and melting away like dew.
 The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.  Can a blind man discern the colour of pure gold ?

(16th century)  Coming to beg buttermilk and hiding the cup.

 Blue are the hills that are far away.  A cat may look at a king.

 A bully is always a coward. (16th century)

 Blessed is he, who expects nothing, for he shall never
be disappointed.
 Business before pleasure.
 The buyer has need of a hundred eyes, the seller of
but one.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
 Birds of a feather flock together.
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 Cutting a man's throat with a wet cloth.
 Cakes are trifles to a man that swallows doors.
 A change is as good as a rest.
 Children and fools tell the truth.
(16th century)
 Children should be seen and not heard.
(15th century)
 Cheats never prosper.
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 Charity begins at home.  Death pays all debts.
(14th century) (17th century)
 Confession is good for the soul.  The devil looks after his own.
 Conscience makes cowards of us all. (18th century)
(From Shakespeare)
 Do you require a glass to look at a berry in the palm
 Cleanliness is next to godliness. of your hand ?
 The company makes the feast.
 Doing with this hand, and receiving the reward with
 Cowards may die many times before their death. that.
(From Shakespeare)
 Don't trust a Karanam even when he is being taken
 The child is the father of the man. to the cemetery.
(From Wordsworth)  Digging up a mountain to catch a rat.
 The cowl does not make the monk.  The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a
(14th century) little longer.
 A cracking door hangs longest.  Darkness for some days, moonlight for some days.
 Coming events cast their shadow before.
(Joy any sorrow are equally divided)
 Clothes make the man.
 Diligence is the mother of good luck.
(15th century)
 Curiosity killed the cat.  Don't touch fire, and your hand won't be burnt.
(20th century) (Don't play with the bear if your don't want to be bit. (Italian))
 The customer is always right.  Debts for food and clothing do not remain long unpaid.
(20th century)  Delays are dangerous.
 Cut your coat according to your cloth. (16th century)
 Common fame is seldom to blame.  The darkest hour is just before dawn.
th
(17 century)  Dirty water will quench fire.
 Cold hand, warm heart. (16th century)
D  Dead men don't bite.
 The devil can quote Scripture for his own ends.  The devil is not so black as he is painted.
 Diamond cut diamond. (16th century)
 Divide and rule.
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 Do as I say, not as I do.  Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
(16th century) (15th century)
 A dripping June sets all in tune.  Easy come, easy go.
(18th century)  England is the paradise of women, the hell of horses,
 Dog does not eat dog. and the purgatory of servants.
 Do right and fear no man. (16th century)
(15th century)  Empty sacks will never stand upright.
 Don't throw out your dirty water until you get in fresh.  Eat to live, not live to eat.
 Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. (14th century)
(19th century)  Empty vessels make the most sound.
 Don't put all your eggs in one basket.  Every cock will crow upon his own dunghill.
 Do not meet troubles half-way.  Every little helps.
 Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.  Enough is as good as a feast.
(16th century) (14th century)
 Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.  The end justifies the means.
 Don't change horses in mid stream.  Every cloud has a silver lining.
 Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.  An Englishman's home is his castle.

 Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.  Every dog is allowed one bite.

 Drive gently over the stones. (Early 20th century)

 Every land has its own law.
E  An Englishman's word is his bond.
 Eagles don't catch flies.  Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
 Every tub must stand on its own bottom.  Every man for himself and God for us all.
 Every man to his taste. (16th century)
 Every dog has his day.  Every picture tells a story.
 The early bird catches the worm. (Early 20th century)
 Early to bed and early to rise,  Every body's business is nobody's business.
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 Every one speaks well of the bridge which carries him  Example is better than precept.
over. (Early 15th century)
(17th century)  Evil may be predicted to the mother or to the child, but
 Evil doers are evil dreaders. will any harm come to the midwife ?
(16th century)  Even if you perform a pilgrimage to Rameswaram, the
 The exception proves the rule. predestinated evil will not fail to overtake you.
(Mid 17th century)  Every man that is born in Lanka is Rakshasa.
 Enmity with a wise man is better than friendship with (Coming from a bad stock)
a fool.
F
 Even Siva himself cannot find out a thief amongst
the household.  Fact is stranger than fiction.
 Elli Setti's account is a single account.  Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
 The eye of a master does more work than both his  Faith will move mountains.
hands.  Feed a cold and starve a fever.
 Every man feels his own upper cloth heavy.  Fearing the buffalo would kick, he went behind the
(Every one feels his own burden heavy. (French)) horse.
 Fair and softly goes far in a day.
 Every man's life is sweet to himself.
(14th century)
(Life is sweet)
 False gold is very bright.
 Every man's folly is pleasure to himself.
(All is no' gold that glitters)
(Fools are pleased with their own blunders)
 Fair play's a jewel.
 Even when the elephant lies down he is as high as
 For the lady who has daughters, a chair; for the lady
the horse.
who has sons, a lean against the wall.
(A man much superior to another)
 Fingers were made before forks.
 Even a sheep will bite a man without a stick.
 A fault confessed is half redressed.
(Every man should be prepared to defend himself)
(16th century)
 Even cold water should be drunk slowly.
 A fair exchange is no robbery.
 Experience is the best teacher.
 First catch your hare.
th
(Late 16 century)  Fight fire with fire.
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 For the song of a Dasari an alms is the payment.
(All that his singing's worth)
 A fool may give a wise man counsel.
(14th century)
 For the truth seven twists are not required.
(Truth seeks no corners. (Latin))
 For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe
the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man
was lost.
 The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
(From Kipling)
 A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
(From Edward Young)
 Fools ask question that wise men cannot answer.
 Fields have eyes and woods have ears.
(13th century)
 Fine feathers make fine birds.
(16th century)
 Fools build houses and wise men live in them.
 First come, first served.
(14th century)
 First impressions are the most lasting.
 Fish and guests stink after three days.
th
(16 century)
 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
 A fool and his money are soon parted.
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(16th century)
G
 Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
 Give and take is fair play.
 Go further and fare worse.
 God helps them that help themselves.
(16th century)
 Grains of iron, not of black gram.
 Going into a village with a guana in one's arms.
(Eccentric conduct)
 God knows right and wrong; the Brahman knows dal
and rice.
 Go abroad and you'll hear news of home.
 Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
 Giving her child her mother-in-law's name, she threw
it into the fire.
(Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face)
 God is the help of the helpless.
(God is where He was)
 Give honor, get'honor.
 Great words, but small measure.
(The greatest talkers are always the least doers)
 Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself.
 Give credit where credit is due.
 God sends meat, but the Devil sends cooks.
 God made the country and man made the town.
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(17th century)  He that cannot obey cannot command.
 God is where He was.  He who grieves over that which is past is a man of little
 The greater the sinner, the greater the saint. sense.
 Good seeds make a good crop.  He offers heaven in the palm of his hand.
(16th century) (Deceiving by false hopes)
 God never sends mouths but he sends meat.  Haste makes waste.
(14th century)  Hunger knows not taste, sleep knows not comfort,
lust knows not shame.
 The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth.
(Hunger is the best sauce)
 Gold may be bought too dear.
 Having promised, you should not fail; having spoken,
 A golden key can open any door. you should not lie.
 A good beginning makes a good ending. (retract)
(14th century)  He is like a flock of cotton dipped in castor oil.
 The good die young. (To look like a drowned mouse)
 A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.  He laughs best who laughs last.
 Good men are scarce.  He watched (the field) until the harvest, and then let
 The grass is always greener on the other side of the it go to the jackals.
fence.  How long will the Uda food last ? How long will your
(16th century) employment continue ?
 Great minds think alike.  He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
 However many twists the river takes it must fall into
H the sea at last.
 He removes the rope from the leg to the neck, and
 Half a loaf is better than no bread.
from the neck to the leg.
(16th century) (Attempting to entran person by unfair questions)
 He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.  He hops about like a cat with a burnt paw.
th
(15 century)  He sold firewood where sandal had been sold.
Half the truth is often a whole lie. (Said of the ruin of what once was beautiful)
 Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.  Having put the lamp in the wind, he prays "O God! show
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thy power".  History repeats itself.
 Have you come to eat or to visit the shrine ?  Home is home though it's never so homely.
 He makes Timmi into Brahmi and Brahmi into Timmi.  A house divided cannot stand.
(He calls evil good, and good evil) (11th century)
 He opens the door for the robber and then awakes his  Hunger is the best sauce.
master.  Home is where the heart is.
(A double dealing rascal) (19th century)
 He that will thrive must first ask his wife.
 Honesty is the best policy.
 Have you poked my eye with my own finger ?
 Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
(To confute a man's reasoning with his own arguments)
(17th century)
 He sucked the milk, and struck the breast.
 He is like a bird with broken wings. (16th century)
 A hungry man is an angry man.
(Utterly helpless)
 Humility subjects the world, learning subjects kings. I
(Humility often gains more than pride. ( Italian)
 He travels fastest who travels alone.  An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
 If the sky falls we shall catch larks.
(19th century)
 Idle people have the best leisure.
 He who excuses, accuses himself.
(Late 17th century)
(17th century)
 If there were no receivers, there would be no thieves.
 He who hesitates is lost.
(14th century)
 He who is absent is always in the wrong.
 Idleness is the root of all evil.
 He who laughs last, laughs longest.
(15th century)
 He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
 If every man would sweep his own door-step the city
 The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows
would soon be elan.
his tail.
 If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything.
(14th century)
 If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, again.
 Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.
(19th century)
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 If you can't be good, be careful.
 If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen.
 Is feeding one's wife a benefit to the village ?
 It is a long lane that has no turning.
 It is best to be on the safe side.
(17th century)
 If you don't work you shan't eat.
 If you run after two hares you will catch neither.
 If you pay with fire you get burnt.
 If you want a thing done well, it yourself.
 Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.
(15th century)
 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
 I lack nothing, but I am a widow
 In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
 It is a wise child that knows its own father.
 If you don't speculate, you can't accumulate.
 I am below all, but Nambi Ramaya is below me.
 If the ground is lucky a foot of it is enough.
(Luck is all)
 In an unsuitable place we should not assert our
superiority.
 If it's not Sunday it's Monday.
(If to-day will not, to-morrow may)
 If you think of your spiritual guide and put your hand
in the fire, will it not be burnt ?
 It's a sin to steal a pin.
 In an unlucky time his Kandy wouldn't boil soft.
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 If the cow grazes in the field, will the calf graze on
the bank ?
(Intimate friends, or near relatives, will follow in the
same path)
 It never rains but it pours.
 Immediately after doing good, I'received an ill return.
(Base ingratitude)
 In eating and in business you shold not be modest.
 If the members of your family point their fingers at
you, the outsiders will point their legs.
 If iron be broken it may be united, but if friendship be
broken it cannot be healed.
(Broken friendship may be soldered, but never made
sound. (Spanish)
 In the house a buzzing of flies, outside the hum of
palankin bearers.
(outward show, but poverty at home)
 If there be rain with thunder when the sun is in Uttara,
there will be no drought; if a snake pursues and bites
you, the bite will be fatal.
 If a man speaks the truth he will find the village too
hot for him.
(Truth produces hatred. (Latin)
 If the Knada possess no aeridity, why should it be
looked for in the Bachchali ?
 If your nose won't stand sneezing how long will it last ?
 In your evil-now your own stick will become a snake.
(i.e.your own friends will turn against you)
 If it thunders before the Karte, if you are hasty in a
business, it will be spoilt.
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 If you take it a way by degrees even a mountain will be  It is easier to pull down than to build up.
removed.  It is not work that kills, but worry.
 It takes three generations to make a gentleman.  It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes.
 If all the flowers which blossom should become fruit,  It takes a two to make a bargain.
there world be no room in the earth for them.
 It is better to give than to receive. J
(14th century)  Jack is as good as his master.
 If you fee, (people) will eat; but if you abuse none will  Judge not, that ye be not judged.
bear it.
(15th century)
 Inwardly bad, outwardly fair.
(All saint without, all devil within) K
 It is the first step that is difficult.  Keep a thing seven years and you'll always find a
 If you exceed the bounds of, moderation, nectar even use for it.
is poison.  Kings have long arms.
 Idiocy (takes) a thousand forms, and madness ten  Know thyself.
thousand.
(inscribed on the temple of Apollo at Delphi)
 If you pour it into the conch shell it is holy water, if
 Keep your shop and your shop will keep you.
you pourit into a potsherd it is common water.
 Knowledge is power.
 In dependence is heaven, dependence is harassing
to the life. (16th century)
 It is better to be born lucky than rich. L
th
(17 century)
 The last drop makes the cup run over.
 In proportion to the wealth there will be enjoyment,
in proportion to the learning there will be humility. (17th century)
 It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.  Like wind assisting fire.
(From R.L. Stevenson)  Like a man with butter in the ualm of his hand, call-
 It is never too late to learn. ing out for ghi.
 It is no use crying over spilt milk.  Like taking an oath in a fit of passion.

 It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.  Like wishing for fruit which cannot be reached.
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 Like showing a blind man a looking glass.  Like a cat shutting her eyes, and faneying that no
(A blind man will not thank you for a looking glass) one could see her drinking the milk.
 Like tying bald heads and knees in a knot.
 Like catching a fish with a worm. (Said of a very cunning person)
(Fish follow the bait)  Let the dead bury the dead.
 Lend your money and lose your friend. (19th century)
 Less is more.  Like throwing a child into a well to find out the depth.
(19th century)  Like taking the bark off a stone.
 Like a cat crouching for a mouse.  Let what is to come come, and what is past be past.
 Like she wing a plantain to a crying child. (Let bygones be bygones)
 Like dogs barking at an elephant.  Like oysters looking out for the rain in Svati.
 The leopard does not change his spots.  Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you
 Like one who does not know the alphabet attempting weep alone.
multiplication. (From E.W. Wilcox)
 Like selling pots in potters street.  A liar ought to have a good memory.
 Like ordering the well to be filled up when the rope  Light come, light go.
was found too short. (14th century)
 Like a drop of water on a lotus leaf.  A live dog is better than a dead lion.
(A very unsettled state)  The longest way round is the shortest way home.
 Like a cannon being born in the belly of a musket.  Look before you leap.
(Great things from small)
(14th century)
 Like a hemp plant growing in the Tulasi garden.
 Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
(A black sheep in the family)
 Like mother, like daughter.
 Let them laugh that win.
(Early 14th century)
(16th century)
 Little pitchers have large ears.
 Liberality leads to Indra's heaven.
 Like father, like son.
 Little sense, great appetite.
 Like sugar droped into milk.
(Mid 14th century)
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 Like people, like priest.  A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as
(Late 16th century) she looks.
 Little birds that can sing and won't sing must be made  Must you teach your grandfather how to cough ?
to sing.  Marriage is a lottery.
 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. (17th century)
(From Pole)  A man is known by the company he keeps.
 Little leaks sink the ship.  March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
 A little pot is soon hot. (17th century)
 Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.  Must you teach a young fish to swim ?
(17th century) (Don't teach fish to swim. (French)
 Little things please little minds.  Man is the measure of all things.
(16th century)  Manners maketh man.
 Live and let live. (14th century)
(From Mahavir Swami)  Man proposes, God disposes.
 Lookers-on see most of the game. (15th century)
 Love and cough cannot be hid.  Many go out for a wool and come home shorn.
(16th century)  May you break into the house of him who has fed you ?
 Love is blind.  Making a man mount a tree and then taking a way
(14th century) the ladder.
 Love makes the world go round. (Treachery. Breach of faith)
(From a traditional French song, 19th century)  Mounting a ladder with a jar of ghi in one's arms.
 Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.  Madhavabhotlu gets a cold twice a year, and on each
occasion it lasts six months.
M (Said of a man always in hot water)
 Make haste slowly.  Marriages are made in heaven.
 Many a true word is spoken in jest. (16th century)
 Many are called but few are chosen.  A miss is as good as a mile.
 Man cannot live by bread alone.  Tuesday's child is full of grace,
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 Marry in haste and repent at leisure. N
th
(16 century)
 Necessity is the mother of invention.
 Might is right.
 Not being able to dance, she abused the drum.
(14th century)
 Never let the sun go down on your anger.
 Misfortunes never come singly.
 No relation to visit or god to worship.
(14th century)
 Not a morsel to eat, but Atakali for his head.
 Thursday's child has far to go,
 No man has ever died from cursing, lived from
 Monday's child is fair of face,
blessing.
 Wednesday's child is full of woe,
 Never too old to learn
 And a child that's born on the Sabbath day  No man can serve two masters.
 Is fair and wise and good and gay.  Necessity knows no law.
(19th century) (14th century)
 Money is power.  Never choose your woman or linen by candlelight.
 Money is the root of all evil. (16th century)
 Friday's child works hard for its living,  Never is a long time.
 A mouse may help a lion.  Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
(16th century) (14th century)
 Money makes money.  Never send a boy to do a man's job.
(16th century)  Never marry for money, but marry where money is.
 The more you get the more you want. (19th century)
(14th century)  Never speak ill of the dead.
 Money isn't everything.  New lords, new laws.
(20th century)  Nine tailors make a man.
 Morning dreams come true. (17th century)
 My son is my son till he gets his wife, but my daughter's  No man is hero to his valet.
my daughter all the days of her life.  No one should be judge in his own cause.
(17th century) (15th century)
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 No pain, no gain.  One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
 Nothing so bad but it might have been worse.  Only waste of castor oil, but not (saving) the child's life.
(19th century) (Fruitless endeavours)
 No smoke without fire.  Offenders never pardon.
th  One sixty-fourth part of folly will bring ten millions of
(14 century)
 Nothing is certain but death and taxes. sorrows.
(A little neglect may breed great mischief)
(18th century)
 One picture is worth ten thousand words.
 Nothing comes of nothing.
(20th century)
 None but the brave deserve the fair.
 One who feeds a hundred and shaves (i.e. planners)
(From Dryden)
a crore.
 Nothing succeeds like success.
 Old sins cast long shadows.
O  One cold in the head is as bad as ten diseases.
 An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.
 Of two evils choose the less. (16th century)
 One eye is no eye, one son is no son.  One must be a muster of alms or a master of lakhs.
 One story is good till another is told. (i.e. either a beggar or a very rich man)
 One blow and two pieces.  One who gives a Visam and expects a Vasam.
(To give a direct answer and settle a matter one way  One Chilakapurugu is enough for a thousand Puttis
or the other) of paddy.
 One man's loss is another man's gain. (Chilakapurugu (lit.parrot-worm) is a small worm
 Old habits die hard. found in stored grain)
 Offering the molasses in the bazar to the lingam in  One obstinate man who would't give, and another
the temple. who wouldn't take a refusal.
(Willing to be liberal at the expense of others)  Out of debt, out of danger.
 Ornaments worn for beauty will be useful in the time  One law for the rich and another for the poor.
of want.  One does not wash one's dirty linen in public.
 On this side is capture, on that side is sorrow, in the  One good turn deserves another.
middle is the kingdom of Rama.  One valuable gem of the first water is sufficient-though
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of pebbles there be a basketful, of what use are they ?
(One grain of pepper is worth a cart-load of hail)
 One half of the world does not know how the other half
lives.
(17th century)
 One leap leapt, one leg broken.
(Loss in the first venture)
 On the first of March, the crows begin to search.
(19th century)
 Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
(16th century)
 One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after.
(17th century)
 Out of sight, out of mind.
(13th century)
 One man's gains are shared by ten.
(A man's relations live on him)
 Out of fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.
(14th century)
 O Tongue! Tongue! Don't bring stokes on my back
(Let not the tongue utter what the head must pay for)
P (19th century)
 The pen is mightier than the sword.
 Please your eye and plague your heart.
 Prevention is better than cure.
 Poverty is not a crime.
 Practice what you preach.
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th
(14 century)
 Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.
(19th century)
 Pride feels no pain.
 Procrastination is the thief of time.
(From Edward Young)
 Patience is a virtue.
 The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
(14th century)
 Providence is always on the side of the big battalions.
 Punctuality is the soul of business.
 Poison in the palate, sweetness on the tip of the tongue.
(Full of courtesy, full of craft)
 Putting a child in a cradle and looking for it all over the
village.
(He looks for his ass and sits on its back. (French))
 Practice makes perfect.
 Predestined events will be accomplished by
Gandharvas.
 Poverty is no disgrace, but it's a great inconvenience.
 Put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry.
 The post of honour is the post of danger.
(16th century)
 Property got for nothing is Bira peel.
 A penny saved is a penny earned.
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(17 th
century)  Silence is a woman's best garment.
 Property is the strong man's not the poor Brahman's.  Six months after the death of the mother-in-law, tears
came into the eyes of the daughter-in-law.
(Might over comes right)
 Self-praise is no recommendation.
Q  The shoe-maker's son always goes barefoot.
 Quickly come, quickly go. (16th century)
 The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.  Silence is golden.
 Sorrow and joy are like the pots on a Kavadi.
R
(Joy and sorrow are to-day and tomorrow)
 Revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold.  Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words
 A rolling stone gathers no moss. will never hurt me.
 Reap the Aruga and Kandi together in the same  Sesamum seed always takes away sins, (give them)
propitious hour. a handful a head.
(Applied to hasty actions)  Sita was born for Lanka's ruin.
 A rising tide lifts all boats.  A shut mouth catches no flies.
 Revenge is sweet.  Second thoughts are best.
 Rome was not built in a day.  Slow but sure.
(16th century)  Small is beautiful.
 Revolutions are not made with rose water. (From E.F. Schumacher)
 The road to hell is paved with good intentions.  Softly, softly, catches monkey.
 Remains of a debt, of a sore, or of a fire should not (20th century)
be left.  The sea refuses no river.
S (17th century)
 Safe bind, safe find.  Sing before breakfast, cry before night.
 The sooner begun, the sooner done.  A still tongue makes a wise head.
 See no evil, hear no evil, speaks no evil.  Still waters run deep.
 Something is better than nothing.  Strike while the iron is not.
 Set a thief to catch a thief.  Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and
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eight for a fool.
(17th century)
 The style is the man.
 Stolen waters are sweet.
 Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
(19th century)
T 
 Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care
of themselves.
 There is everything in the bazar, but Saturn is in the
mouth of the son-in-law.
 The wife's maternal uncle's son, who had nothing to
do with ceremonial uncleanness, went and sobbed
under the bean tree.
(Claiming relationship)
 There is always room at the top.
 That profit and this loss are equal.
 There is an exception to every rule.
 The pot broken by the mother-in-law was a cracked
pot, the pot broken by the daughter-in-law was a new
pot.
 There is luck in odd numbers.
 The moat is heaven to the cat that falls into it.
(It cannot possibly escape, and dies-An inextricable
difficulty)
 The man unaccustomed to brunt-offerings burnt off
his mustaches in the attempt.
 There is nothing new under the sun.
 There is truth in wine.
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 Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have
loved at all.
 There is no fool like an old fool.
 Time flies.
 Things past cannot be recalled.
 The lizard which tells the fortunes of all fell itself into
the tub of rice-washings.
The third time pays for all.
 Think of the Devil, the Devil is there.
 There is no one to blame the mother-in-law.
 There is a remedy for everything except death.
 The pleasure felt in a mother-in-law's house is like a
blow on the elbow.
(Happy is the wife who is married to a mother less
son)
 There is no one who knows everything, there is no
one who knows nothing.
 The mother neither gives food herself (to her child,)
nor allows it to beg.
 Think first and speak afterwards.
 The plantain leaf alike suffers, whether it falls on the
thorn, or the thorn falls on it.
 The appetite is as great as the sky, but the throat is
as small as the eye of a needle.
 Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
 There are comforters, but no real helpers.
 There is no meekness in cows, nor poverty in
Brahmans.
 The house is full of fowls, but there's not a cock to
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crow.
(Said of useless people)
 There's no place like home.
 Try building a house, try making a marriage.
(Building and the marrying of children are great
wasters)
 Time will go, an accusation will remain.
 The distance between that village and this village is
the same as that between this village and that village.
(Six of one and half a dozen of the other)
 They say " Endeavour makes the man," so bring an
axe, and let us cut down the centre post.
 Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw
stones.
 The village is full of garlick, what do I want with thee ?
O mother !
 Threatened men live long.
 The village says "go," the cemetery says "come".
(He is burnt to the socket)
 The Reddy who had never mounted a horse before,
sat with his face to the tail.
 Those who hide can find.
 The grazing on the is land is not worth the swim
across the river.
 Thrift is a great revenue.
 The unexpected always happens.
 There is no limit to riches.
 There is nothing which an invalid will bot ask for; and
there is nothing which an envious man will not say.
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 Though the stab of the sword may fail, the stab of the
pen will not fail.
 There is no softness in a sword, nor goodness in a
mother-in-law.
 The rich man will feed the rich man and the poor
man will feed the rich man.
(Who has, is. (Italian)
 They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
 Two heads are better than one.
 The crow's chick is dear to the crow.
(The crow thinks her own bird the fairest)
 The famine came in the very year that the cultivator
came to the village.
(An unfortunate coincidence)
 There is a link between money and life.
 The best part of the cold food is the pickle.
 The sin of killing a dog cannot be expiated even by
building a temple.
 There is no woman who cannot cook kudumus, nor
man who cannot hum a tune.
(Applied to things which are very common)
 The braying donkey came and spoiled the grazing
donkey's business.
 Time and tide wait for no man.
 The son must flourish, and the daughter-in-law must
become a widow.
 Ten million arts are only for (getting) food.
(All professions are only so many means of liveli-
hood)
 Two blacks don't make a white.
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 The daughter-in-law enters the house (as a bride), and
the mother-in-law enters the Ganges (dies)
(Death at the one door and heirship at the other.
(Scotch))
 Time is money.
 Though it bathe in the Ganges, will a crow become a
swan ?
 The rat below the corn bin must live below the corn
bin, where else can it live ?
(Said of an idle parasite)
 To him who swallows the temple, the lingam in it is a
sugar-plum.
 The egg made faces at the chicken.
(Mocking and mimicking a superior)
 The Reddy fed his dog like a horse, and barked
himself.
(To pay a servant extravagantly and his work yourself)
 Though the snake be small, you must bit him with a
big stick.
 The lady who found the ear-ornament was as glad
as the lady who lost it was sorry.
 The man that did not pay hi fare, got into the boat
first.
 The moley tied up in your skirt and the child you have
begotten will be of use to you.
 Time works wonder.
 The cat which could not drink, upset the pot.
 The dogs barked six months after the robbery.
 The power of the place is greater than the power of
the man.
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 The man who seeks out your faults is a father, but he
that seeks for what is good in you is an envious
person.
 Their heads are clean shaven, but are their thoughts
clean also ?
 Time is a great healer.
 The man who tears (the ornaments out of) his
mother's ears, will not care a rush for the ears of his
great Grand mother.
 Times change and we with time.
 Though the gold were his mother's the goldsmith
would not stick at stealing it.
 The more you practise the better you will sing; the
more you groan the more will your illness increase.
 Time will tell.
 The feet which are wont to wander, and the mouth
which is accustomed to abuse, will never be quiet.
 To err is human.
 Tomorrow never comes.
 The beauty of his slobberings, not of his mantras.
 The crime of a Dasari is excused with an apology.
 The troubles of a "Dasari" are known only to Perumal.
 Trusting to the " lucky day," the thief let the dawn
overtake him.
 The jackal howls and brings evil upon its whelps.
 The friendship existing between fire and water.
(They agree like a its and dogs)
 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
 Though you think for a hundred years you will get no
more than has been written on your forehead.
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 Taking in the day time spoils one's business; talking in
the night time spoils one's sleep.
 The barber without work shaved the cat's head.
(A man pretending to be fully employed)
 The old thief will be one day caught.
 The tree is known by its fruit.
 Though you lose you life, your must preserve your honor.
 There is no turning to a Brahmastra.
(Said of anything which is irresistible)
 The youngest among Brahmans, the eldest among fish-
ermen.
(Are made drudges)
 Truth is stranger than fiction.
 Though small in body, great in fame.
 The days of bedding are gone, the days of straw have
come.
(The reverses of fortune)
 That's the word, which please the king; she is
Rambha, who is loved by her husband.
 Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
 The beggar of crumbs gets more than the beggar of
loaves.
 The rice mortar feels not the famine.
(Some grain or other is always pounded in it)
 To make swords when the war comes.
 Tomorrow is another day.
 The antelope has only to rise to be ready for a journey.
(Said of a man ready to go any where)
 The half articulated words (of children) are pleasant
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(to the ear), and half pickled vegetables to he taste.
 The past is better than the future.
(The good old times)
 To know all is to forgive all.
 There is a remedy for disease, but is there a remedy
for fate ?
U
 United we stand, divided we fall.
 Unless the calf sucks, the cow will not let milk into
her udder.
 Union is strength.
V
 Variety is the spice of life.
 The voice of the people is the voice of God.
 Virtue is its own reward.
W
 A watched pot never boils.
 When the sheep cries, will the wolf be grieved ?
 What does the barren woman know of the pains of
child-birth ?
 The weakest go to the wall.
 Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
 While there's life there's hope.
 We must learn to walk before we can run.
 What can't be cured must be endured.
 When the cat's away, the mice will play.
 When he says, "here you are," (it means) six months.
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(One " Take it" is better than two "You shall have its". replied "he is correcting the mistakes he has made".
(French)) (A bad workman)
 Will hired horses leap over ditches ?  A woman's place is in the home.
 When the unpractised Reddy got into a palankin, it  The worth of a thing is what it will bring.
swung from side to side.
 When there are onions Malli is a fine cook.
 When the husband has no learning, the wife has no
pride. (Onions make up for bad cooking)
 What he bought was a brinjal, what he got to boot was
 When sixty years have past, dotage.
a gourd.
 When fortune smiled on a mean person, he ordered
 A word to the wise is enough.
an umbrella to be brought at midnight.
 When the tank fills, the frogs assemble.
(There is no pride like that of a beggar gwown rich)
 Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap ?
 Where bees are, there is honey.
 When the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the
 What you don't know can't hurt you.
ditch.
 When Greek meets Greeks, then comes the tug of
 Whom the Gods love die young.
war.
 A wilful man must have his way.
 When the daughter-in-law said she was hungry, her
mother-in-law told her to swallow the pestle.  When there is a king like Rama, a servant like
Hanuman will at once be found.
 Woman's rule, a Tambali's government.
 When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
 When he kissed the lamp belonging to his own house,
all his mustaches were burnt off.  When the wind is in the east, 'tis neither good for
man nor beast.
(Undue famaliarity is dangerous)
 Where there's a will there's a way.
 When the whole house was knocked down, the tiles
did not fill a basket.  A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit
for God nor men.
(Appearances are deceitful)
 When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
 Wherever you strike a dog, he will limp.
 While there is butter in the net why hunt through the Y
whole village for ghi ?
 Youth must be served.
 Well begun is half done.
 You cannot serve God and Mammon.
 When asked what the school master was doing, one
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 You don't get something for nothing.
 You never miss the water till the well runs dry.


You can tell a book by its cover.
You cannot make bricks without straw.
Inspiring Proverbs
 You cannot lose what you never had. Telugu
 Young folks think old folks to be fools, but old folks know
young folks to be fool.
 You can't put new wine in old bottles. J
 Young saint, old devil.  JO^Œx ѨÓÅ∞ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ J~°Ê}.
 You cannot get blood from a stone.  JOQÆ\’¡ Jhfl =Ù#fl, JÅ∞¡x <À\’¡ â◊x =Ù#flk.
 You can take a horse to the water, but you can't make
 JOQÆÖ’¡ ɡÅ=¡ Ú QÆ∞à’¡ eOQÍxH˜ <≥"· ^Õ ºŒ =Ú.
him drink.
 You may face a royal tiger but you should not face a  JO^Œx =∂q_ç ѨO_»‰¡ Ωõ Pâ◊ Ѩ_@ ¤» ∞ì.
government official.  JO^Œ~∂° JO^ŒÅ=Ú Ü≥∞H˜¯`Õ, "≥∂âı"å~°∞ Ü≥∞=~°∞.
  JO^•#‰õΩ ÃÑ\˜#ì ™⁄=Ú‡, PѨ^‰Œ Ωõ J_»O¤ =ã¨∞OÎ k.
 JOy@ q+¨=Ú, =Ú<åfleHõ#∞ uÜ«∞º^Œ#=Ú.
 Jyfl Ǩ˙„`«=ÚÖ’ P[º=Ú áÈt#@∞ì.
 J_ç̂Q"åxH˜ K≥¿ÑÊ"å_»∞ Ö’‰õΩ=.
 J^ŒO„`«∞xH˜ Pâ◊ÃÑ@ì~å^Œ∞, |Å=O`«∞xH˜ KÀ\˜=fi~å^Œ∞.
 JO^ŒiH© <Õ#∞ Ö’‰õΩ=, <å‰õΩ #Oa~å=∂Ü«∞ Ö’‰õΩ=.
 J#∞=Ù HÍxKÀ@ Jkè‰Ωõ Å=∞#~å^Œ∞.
 J#fl K˘~°"QÕ Íx, JHõ~Δ K° ˘~°=ÖË^∞Œ .
 JO^•xH˜ ~Ô O_»∞ ÉÁO^ŒÅ∞, P@‰õΩ ~Ô O_»∞ `åàÏÅ∞.
 J#fl~°ã=¨ ÚHõ<åfl P^Œ~} ° ~°ã=¨ Ú "Õ∞Å∞.
 Jxfl `≥et#"å_»∂ ÖË_∞» , ÜÕ∞q∂ `≥eÜ«∞x"å_»∂ ÖË_∞» .
 JO|e `åˆQ"åiH˜ q∂™êÅ∞ Ü≥∞QÆ|>Ë"ì å~°∞ H˘O^Œ~å.
 JѨHÍiHõ~Ú<å =ÙѨHÍ~°"∞Õ K≥Ü∞« º=Öˇ#∞.
 J~°=÷ ÚÖËx"å_»∞ x~°~‰÷° Ωõ _»∞.
 JiÎ^∞Œ óYO P~°∞<≥ÅÅ∞, Hõ_∞» Ѩ٠^Œ∞óYO HõÅHÍÅO.
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JÅ∞¡_Hç ˜ =O_ç# J#fl=Ú H˘_»∞‰õΩ‰õΩ ÃÑ\ì̃ H˘@∞ìH˘#fl^Œ@.
J=ÅHõ Δ } =ÚQÆ Å "åxH˜ JHõ Δ ` « Å ∞~Ú¿ãÎ , J=`« e H˜ á È~Ú
P
<À\’¡"Õã¨∞H˘<åfl_»@.  PHõe ~°∞zÜ≥∞~°Q^Æ ∞Œ , x„^Œ ã¨∞Y"≥∞~°Q^Æ ∞Œ , =ÅѨ٠tQÆ∞Ü
æ ∞≥ ~°Q^Æ ∞Œ .
 JHõ@qHõ@Ѩ٠~åA‰õΩ Jq"ÕH˜ „Ѩ^•è , Kå^ŒãÑÎ̈ Ù¨ Ѩi"å~°=Ú.  PKå~å#‰õΩ JO`«=¸ÖË^∞Œ , J<åKå~å#‰õΩ PnÖË^∞Œ .
 JQÆ_Ö·≥ ’ Ѩ_Ѥ» e≤ H¡ ˜ J^Õ "≥‰· Ωõ O~îO° .  P_»^•x=∂@, hà◊=¡ ¸@.
 JyflH˜ "åÜ«Ú=Ù ã¨Ç¨ Ü«∞=∞~Ú#@∞ì.  PHõe PHÍâ◊=∞O`«, Q˘O`«∞Hõ ã¨∂kɡ[=˚ ∞O`«.
 J_»H`õ ∞« ÖÎ ’x áÈHõ K≥H¯õ =ÖË.  PHÍâßxH˜ xK≥Û#"Õâ"ı å_»∞.
 J_»q HÍz# "≥<fl≥ Å.  P_»^•x |∞kú JѨ~|° ∞kú.
 J`«KÎ z« Û# P~°∞=∂ã¨=ÚʼnõΩ HÀ_»eHõO@ h~°∞ =zÛ#^Œ@.  P=∞_»Å∞ ^Œ∂~°=∞~Ú`Õ, JO`«óHõ~} ° Å∞ ^Œ∂~°=∂.
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 J`«¿Î Ñ~°∞ ɡ\ ì̃ ‰õÄ`«∞ix ‰õΩOѨ\’¡ "Õt#@∞ì.  Pe=OHõ"å~°∞ P`«‡|O^èŒ∞=ÙÅ∞, `«e¡=OHõ"å~°∞ `«y#"å~°∞,
 J`«ÖÎ xË HÀ_»Å∞ =Ù`«=Î Ú~åÅ∞, HÀ_»Å∞ÖËx J`«Î QÆ∞}=O`«∞~åÅ∞. `«O„_ç=OHõ"å~°∞ ^•Ü«∂^Œ∞Å∞.
 JkèHÍâ◊ Ö’Hõ^•i„^Œº=Ú.  PÅ∞HÍ^Œ∞, Pk „"åÅ∞.
 JѨC PHõ\ H˜ ˜ =K«∞Û<å.  P_ç`Ñ« ʨ ~å^Œ∞, ѨeH˜ÉÁOHõ~å^Œ∞.
 JѨC ~ÚzÛ#"å_»∞ ÉÏQÆ∞HÀ~°∞#∞, fã¨∞H˘#fl"å_»∞ K≥_Q» À~°∞#∞.  P=Ù KÕxÖ’ "Õ∞¿ãÎ ^Œ∂_» QÆ@∞ì# "Õ∞ã¨∞<å.
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 J~Ú`Õ Pk"å~°O, H͉õΩO>Ë ™È=∞"å~°O.  PÅ∞HÍ^Œ∞, Jk „"åÅ∞.
 J~Ú#ѨxH˜ zOuOKÕ"å_»∞ JÅÊ|∞kúQÅÆ "å_»∞.  J=eO`«‰Ωõ J#fl^Œ=Ú‡Å∞<åfl~°∞QÍx, `«∞=Ú‡‰õΩ `«=Ú‡_»~Ú<å
 JÜ«∞º‰õΩ q^•ºÖË^∞Œ , J=∞‡‰õΩ QÆ~fi° =¸ÖË^∞Œ . ÖË_»∞.
 J~°KuÕ Ö’ "≥‰· Ωõ O~î=° Ú K«∂ѨÙ`å_»∞.  PÅ∂ ÖË^∞Œ , K«∂Å∂ ÖË^∞Œ , H˘_»∞‰õΩ¿Ñ~°∞ ™È=∞eOQÆO.
 JiKÕ‰Ωõ Hõ¯ Hõ~=° <Õ~^° ∞Œ .  Pˆ~Û"åˆ~QÍx, fˆ~Û"å~°∞ÖË~∞° .
 J~°=÷ ¸ „áê}=¸ PKå~åºnè#=Ú, `åà◊=¸ ^ÕÇϨ =¸ <å  P=Ùáê_ç Ü≥∞<åflà◊√¡ Sâ◊fi~°ºO Ü≥∞<åflà◊√,¡ |„Ô~áê_ç Ü≥∞<åflà◊√¡
Pnè#=Ú. ÉèÏQƺO Ü≥∞<åflà◊√.¡
 JÅ∞¡_Hç ˜ <≥~¸ºÖË^∞Œ , JÅ∞¡_`ç À\˜‰Äõ _® =zÛ#"åiH˜ #∂<ÕÖ^Ë ∞Œ .  P=ÙÅ=∞o¡Oz#"å_»∞ J~°∞#˚ ∞_»∞.
 J=fi#∞ Ѩ@∞ìH˘x =ã¨O`åÖÏ_ç#@∞ì.  Pâ◊‰Ωõ JO`«=Ú ÖË^∞Œ .
 Jq"ÕH`˜ À ¿ãflǨÏ=ÚHõ<åfl q"ÕH`˜ À q~À^è=Œ Ú "Õ∞Å∞.  Pâ◊ É’kèã∞¨ #Î flk, J==∂#=Ú ÉÏkèã∞¨ #Î flk.
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Pâ◊ tQÆ∞Ü
æ ∞≥ ~°Q^Æ ∞Œ , x„^Œ ã¨∞Y"≥Ú~°Q^Æ ∞Œ .
PǨ~°=∞O^Œ∂ =º=Ǩ~°=∞O^Œ∂ tQÆ∞Ñæ _¨ ‰» Äõ _»^∞Œ .
W 
 WO\˜H˜ *˺ëêª^qÕ , á⁄~°∞QÆ∞‰õΩ ÅH©;^Õq.
 WO\˜^˘OQÆ#∞ ~¸â◊fi~°∞_»∂ Ѩ@Öì _Ë ∞» .
 WO\˜¿Ñ~°∞ Hõã∂¨ iÎ "å~°∞, ~ÚÅ∞¡ QÆaƒÖÏÅ"åã¨#.
 WO\ ˜ n Ѩ = ∞x =Ú^Œ ∞ Ì Ã Ñ@∞ì H ˘O>Ë , =¸uq∂™êÅhfl
`≥QÆQÍe#=@.
 WO\˜xO_® HÀà◊√¡ =Ù#flqQÍx, ‰õÄâı@O^Œ∞‰õΩ HÀ_çÖ^Ë ∞Œ .
 WO\˜"å}˜fl ÖËÑ≤ ^˘OQÆKuÕ H˜ Hõ>~ì̌ ÚzÛ#@∞ì.
 WO\’¡ ~¸QÆÑÙ¨ e, |Ü«∞@ ÃÑ^ŒÑÌ Ù¨ e.
 WzÛ#"å_Õ "≥∞zÛ#"å_»∞, K«zÛ#"å_Õ JzÛ#"å_»∞.
 WKÕÛ"åxH˜ Ѩ„`«=¸ =^Œ∞,Ì K«KÛÕ "åxH˜ =∞O^Œ∂ =^Œ∞.Ì
 WÖÏ¡Å∞QÆ∞_ç^¤ ~Œ Ú`Õ, ~ÚO\˜‰Ωõ O_»Å‰õΩ KÕ@∞.
 WÅ∞¡qÑ≤Ê Ñ¨Oki"Õt#@∞ì.
 WO\’¡ ~¸QÆÅ"≥∂`«, |Ü«∞@ ѨÅH¡ Ř "≥∂`«.
 WKÕÛ"å}˜fl K«∂¿ã,Î K«KÛÕ "å_≥<· å ÖËK∞« #∞.
 W^Œ∞QÀѨÙeJO>Ë, J^Œ∞QÀ `ÀHõ J#fl@∞ì.
 WÅ∞¡ QÔ Å=ÖËx"å_»∞ ~°KÛ« QÔ Å∞K«∞<å.
 WO\’¡K˘~°|_ç ~ÚO\˜"å™êÅ∞ ÖˇH¯õ ÃÑ\˜<ì å_»@.
 WÅ∞¡q∞OˆQ J`«QÎ ÍiH˜ Ü«ÚQÆ=Úq∞OˆQ HÀ_»Å∞.
 WÅ∞¡ ~Ú~°¯@O, PÅ∞=∞~°¯@O.
 Wã¨∞Hõ`H« ¯˜ _ç, ¿Ñ_»`H« ¯˜ _ç.
 W¿ãKÎ _≥ kÕ ÖË^∞Œ , K«¿ã=Î KÕÛkÖË^∞Œ .
 W¿ãÃÎ ÑO_ç,¡ ~Ú=fiHõáÈ`Õ ÃÑ\ωõΩÅ∞.
 WO\’¡ ÃÑO_ç¡ J~Ú`Õ, =Óà’¡ ‰õΩHõ¯Å‰õΩ J_®=Ù_ô.
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D
 DKÕ`« KÕã≤ PKÕ`« J#∞Éèqí Oz#@∞ì.
D`«K@ ≥ ∞ìHO˜ ^Œ áêÅ∞`åy<å, HõÖ¡Ë JO\Ï~°∞.
 DHõO\˜H˜ ~¸ ~Ô Ñ¨ÊÅ∞ ^Œ∂~°=∂.
 D`«HOõ >Ë q∞Oz#Ö’`«∞ÖË^∞Œ .
 D#QÍz #Hõ¯ÅáêÅÅ∞KÕâ#‹ ∞.
 D`«=ÚÅ∞¡ q~°Q^Æ ˘ˆH¯ HÍÅ=Ú.
 D =ÓiH˜ P=ÓÔ~O`À, P=ÓiH˜ ~¸=Ó~°O`Õ.
L
 L`«KÎ q≥ Hõ<åfl `å\ωõΩK≥q"Õ∞Å∞.
 L^ÀºQÆO ѨÙ~°∞+¨ÅHõ} Δ O, Jk áÈ`Õ J=ÅHõ}
Δ O.
 L#fl=∂@ K≥ÑÊ≤ `Õ, =Ó~°∞ JzÛ~å^Œ∞.
 LOQÆ~åÅKÕu`À "≥Ú\˜`ì ,Õ <≥ÑÊ≤ =ÙO_»^∞Œ .
 LO>Ë=Ó~°∞, áÈ`Õáê_»∞.
 LO_ÕkQÆ\ ,ì˜ áÈ~Ú#ká⁄@∞ì.
 L_»`Hˆ« Å~å =Óà’¡ ÃÑ`«#Î =Ú.
 L_»∞=Ú#‰õΩ ~Ô O_»∞<åeHõÅ∞.
 L_»∞=Ú áÈ~Ú<å K≥~Úº=¿ãÎ KåÅ∞#∞.
 L`«KÎ `Õ ∞« Å∞ =¸~°"ãÕ #≤ @∞ì.
 L`«~Î ‰° Ωõ =∂~° „Ѩ[Å˝ ∞.
 L#fl=∂@ JO>Ë, =ÙeˆHã¨∞H˘x =ã¨∞#Î flk.
 LѨCu#fl"å_»∞ hà◊√¡ `åQÆ∞`å_»∞.
 LÜ«∂ºÅÖ’ Ñ≤Å#¡ ∞=ÙOz =ÓÔ~ÖÏ¡ "≥uH˜#@∞ì.
 LáêÜ«∞=ÚÜ≥∞~°QxÆ "å}˜fl =Óà’¡ =ÙO_»x=fi‰õÄ_»^∞Œ .
 LѨHÍ~°=Ú‰õΩáÈ`Õ JѨHÍ~°=Ú "≥O@<Õ =zÛ#k.
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 Láê^蕺ܫÚÅ∞ ÜÕ∞q∞ KÕã¨∞Î<åfl_»O>Ë, J|^•úÅ∞ „"åã≤
k^Œ∞HÌ ˘O@∞<åfl_»∞ J<åfl_»@.
 Le¡áêÜ«∞O`«|e[ =ÙO>Ë, =Ó~°O`å K≥~∞° ™êÎ_∞» .
 Le¡=Ú@ìxk "åã¨#~å^Œ∞.
 Lã¨∞~°∞=ÙO>Ë =ÙѨCJ=Ú‡H˘x „|`«H=õ K«∞Û#∞.
T 
 T_»∞QÆ q`«#Î =Ú =O\˜"å_»∞.
 T^Œ‰Äõ _»∞ Ü≥∞<åflà◊√,¡ =Ù^ÀQƺ=Ú Ü≥∞<åflà◊√.¡
 TÑ≤iѨ\ `ì˜ Õ ÉÁ[˚xO_»∞<å.
 T~°O`å K«∞\ÏìÅ∞, =Ù\ì̃H@ õ ì `å=ÙÖË^∞Œ .
 T~°ÑK≤ ∞« ÛHõq∂^Œ "å_ç =„*ÏÜ«Ú^è=Œ ∂.
 TiHõO`å =Hõ^À=, =ÙeÑ≤H>õ ‰ìˇ Ωõ =Hõ^À=.
 Ti"å_çH˜ HÍ\˜ÉÜ íè ∞« O, á⁄~°∞QÆ∂i"å_çH˜ h\˜ÉÜ
íè ∞« O.
 Ti"åi a_» ¤ # ∞ #QÆ i "å~° ∞ H˘\˜ ì ` Õ , #QÆ i "åia_» ¤ # ∞
<å~åÜ«∞}∞_»∞ H˘@∞ì#∞.
 T~°∞á⁄=∞‡O@∞Ok, HÍ_»∞~°=∞‡O@∞Ok.
 T~°∞q_çz á⁄~°∞QÆ∂iH˜ "≥o<¡ å, ѨÓx#Hõ~‡° =Ú =∂#^Œ∞.
 T~°∞ Lã≤iHÍÜ«∞O`«, ã≤^•úO`«=Ú `å\˜HÍÜ«∞O`«.
|∞∞
 |∞∞}âı+=¨ Ú, „=}âı+=¨ Ú, Jyflâı+=¨ Ú, =ÙOK«‰Äõ _»^∞Œ .
 |∞∞+≤=¸Å=Ú, #n=¸Å=Ú, ¢ãΑ =¸Å=Ú qKåiOK«‰Äõ _»^∞Œ .
Z 
 ZOyeKÕ`ÀÎ HÍH˜H~õ Ú<å "≥∞`«∞‰õΩ q^ŒÑ_¨ ∞» .
 ZOK«É’`Õ =∞OK«"∞≥ ÖÏ¡ HõO`«Ö.Ë
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 ZO`«=∞Oz"åi Hõ~Ú<å, x=∞‡HÍÜ«∞O`« "≥„iÖËHáõ È^Œ∞.
 ZHõ¯_» J~Ú<å ÉÏ"å J#=K«∞Û#∞QÍx, =OQÆ`À@=^ŒÌ ÉÏ"å
J#QÆ∂_»^Œ∞.
 ZH˜¯iOK«É’~Ú "≥ÅH¡ `˜ ÖΫ ÏѨ_®¤_@» .
 ZQÆn¿ãÎ „|Ǩχ`«º, kQÆf¿ãÎ QÀǨÏ`«º.
 Z^Œ@J#flk =∂@, Ü≥∞^•#ÃÑ\˜Oì k "å`«.
ZH˜¯`Õ QÆ∞„~°ÑÙ¨ ~“`«∞, ky`Õ HÍe|O@∞.
 Z‰õΩ¯=∞O>Ë Z^Œ∞‰Ì Ωõ HÀѨO. kQÆ=∞O>Ë ‰õΩO\˜"åxH˜ HÀѨO.
 Z^Œ∞ÑÌ Ù¨ O_»∞ HÍH˜H˜ =Ú^•Ì.
 Z=i hà◊Ö¡ ’ "å~°∞ =Ú}QÆ=Öˇ.
 Z^Œ\ ᘠ⁄~Úº =∞O_ç`Õ `«#á⁄~ÚºÖ’ hà◊√á¡ Èã¨∞H˘#fl@∞ì.
 Z^Œ∞=Ì Öˇ ux "≥Ú^Œ∞=Ì Öˇ x„^ŒáÈ~Ú#@∞ì.
 ZѨÊ\˜"∞Õ Å∞ JѨÊ\˜Hˆ .
 Z„~°#∞ K«∂Ñ≤ KÕÑ#¨ ∞ Ѩ\ #ì̃ @∞ì.
 ZÅ∞Hõ Ü≥∞O`«Ü∞Õ _çÛ<å, Ñ≤e¡ `«#Ѩ@∞ì=^ŒÅ^Œ∞.
 ZÅ∞Hõ‰Ωõ Ñ≤e¡ ™êHΔ̃.
 Z=iJ|ƒ ™⁄=Ú‡~å Ü≥∞HÔ ¯H˜¯ÜÕ∞_ÕÛ=Ù.
 Z=i „áê}=Ú "åiH˜ fѨÙ.
 Z=i "≥„i "åiH˜ P#O^Œ=Ú.
U
 UHÍÅ∞ *Ïi<å, Ñ≤ÅHˆ¡ "≥∂ã¨=Ú.
 U_çKaÕ _»‰¤ Ωõ Ji\˜ÑO¨ _»∞ K«∂Ñ≤#@∞ì.
 U#∞QÆ∞‰õΩ HÍÅ∞q~°Q_Æ =» ¸, ^À=∞‰õΩ~Ô Hõ¯ q~°Q_Æ =» ¸ ã¨=∞=Ú.
U#∞QÆ∞‰õΩ "≥ÅHͯܫ∞Å∞ ÖÁ@ÖÁ@.
 U#∞QÆ∞ ^•Ç¨Ï=Ú‰õΩ K«∂~°∞hàÏ¡.
 U#∞QÆ∞#∞ K«∂z ‰õΩHõ¯Å∞ "≥Úiy#@∞ì.
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 U#∞QÆ∞ Ѩ_∞» H˘<åfl QÆ∞„~°=∞O`« Ü≥∞`«∞.Î
 U áê@∞ `«ÑÊ≤ <å, ™êáê@∞ `«Ñʨ ^Œ∞.
 Uq∂ÖË x J‰õ Ω Å∞ Ü≥ ∞ QÆ ã ≤ Ñ ¨ _ ç ` Õ , Jhfl =Ù#fl P‰õ Ω Å∞
J}˜y=ÙO_ç#q.
 U~°∞ x„^Œ áÈ~Ú#@∞ì.
 U QÍeH˜ PKåѨ Ü≥∞uÎ#@∞ì.
 U\˜ P=e=Ú`«º=ÚÅ∞ `å\˜HÍÜ«∞ÅO`Õt J#fl@∞ì.
 U\’¡ Ѩ_"¤» åxH˜ Ü≥∞#∂fl Ü≥∞xflHõÅ∞.
 U_»∞ã¨∂Ü Î ∞Õ ~°∞"åHõ ™êy`Õ, HÍ_ç"∂≥ ‰õΩÅ∞ ^˘OQÆÅ∞ Ü≥∞`«∞HÎ ˘x
áÈ~Ú<å~°@.
 Uq∂ÖË # =∞‡‰õ Ω ÜÕ ∞ _» ∞ ÊÅâ◊ $ OQÍ~° = Ú, Hõ e y#=∞‡‰õ Ω
Hõ_»∞ѨÙÅâ◊$OQÍ~°=Ú.
 U~°∞ =¸Ô~_»∞ f¿ã,Î HõÜ∞« º ÉÏÔ~_»∞ fã¨∞OÎ k.
 U~°∞ ÜÕ∞_®=∞_» =ÙO_»QÍ<Õ, p~° qÑ≤Ê K«OHõÃÑ@∞ìH˘xáÈ~Ú#@∞ì.
 U~°∞ Ü≥∞xfl =OHõÅ∞áÈ~Ú<å, ã¨=Ú„^Œ=ÚÖ’<Õ Ñ¨_=» Öˇ#∞.
 Ue#"åxH˜ ~ˆ Ü«ÚO|QÆ∞Å∞ XHõ>.Ë
 UÖË"åx Z^Œ∞áÌ È`Õ<qÕ ∞, HÍKÕ"åx Hõ#∞fl áÈ`Õ<qÕ ∞.
S 
 Sâ◊fi~åºxH˜ JO`«=Ú ÖË^∞Œ .
X 
 XHõ J|^Œ=ú Ú Hõ=∞‡_®xH˜ "≥~Úº J|^•úÅ∞ HÍ=Öˇ#∞.
 XHõ Hõ#∞fl Hõ#∂flHÍ^Œ∞, XHõ H˘_»∞‰õΩ H˘_»∞‰õÄHÍ_»∞.
 XHõ =~°Ö’ ~Ô O_»∞ Hõ`∞« ÅÎ ∞ ~Ú=∞_»=Ù.
 XHõ>Ë ^≥|ƒ ~Ô O_Õ =ÚHõ¯Å∞.
 XHõix~Ú^ŒiÌ x K«OÑ≤`<Õ QÕ Íx, "≥^· ∞Œ º_»∞HÍ_»∞.
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 XHõ=ÓiH˜ "≥~Úº^À=Å∞.
 XHõ¯ K≥~Úº `«\ `ì˜ Õ K«ÑC¨ _»∞ J=Ù<å.
 XHõ HõOKå# ux XHõ =∞OKå# Ѩ_∞» H˘<Õ"å~°∞.
 XHõ¯_ç ã¨Oáê^Œº=Ú Ñ¨k=∞OkáêÅ∞.
 XHõ<å\˜ ÉèÏQÆ=`«=Ú`À =¸uq∂™êÅhfl `≥QHÆ Íe#q.
 XHõ<å_»∞ ^è•~°}, XHõ<å_»∞ áê~°}.
 XHõi Hõeq∞H˜ ÜÕ∞_ç¿ãÎ XHõ Hõ#∞fl áÈ~Ú#k, `«# ÖËq∞H˜ ÜÕ∞_ç¿ãÎ
=∞i XHõ Hõ#∂fl áÈ~Ú#k.
 XH˘¯Hõ¯ ~å~Ú fã¨∞=Î ÙO>Ë, H˘O_»~Ú<å `«~∞° QÆ∞`«∞Ok.
 Xà◊√=¡ OQÆ#=∞‡ HÍe"≥∞>ì̌ʼnõΩ HõOkáÈ~Ú#^Œ@.
F
 FHÍ~°=Ú~åx"å_»∞ =_»∞¡ QÆ∞}˜Oz#@∞ì.
 FѨx"å_»∞ HÀ~°xn, XO@i"å_»∞ P_»xn ÖË^∞Œ .
 Fe `«‰Ωõ ¯= Jx QÆ∞_ç^¤ •xfl ÃÑO_®¡_`ç Õ <≥ʼnõΩ =¸_»∞ P"åÅ∞.
 Fi¿ãÎ F~°∞QÆÅ∞¡ Ѩ@fl=∞=Ù`«∞Ok.
B
B+¨^•è #‰õΩ J=Ѩ^•ä º#‰õΩ K≥Å∞¡, ~ÀQÆ=Ú ÃÑ÷ ÑK«∞Û.
Hõ
HõOK«∞ "≥∂y#@∞ì Hõ#Hõ=Ú "≥∂QÆ∞<å.
 HõO\˜H˜ ~ÚOѨ~Ú`Õ Hõ_∞» ѨىõΩ ~ÚOѨÙ.
 Hõ\ #ì˜ "åxH˜ XHõ ~ÚÅ∞¡ J~Ú`Õ Hõ@xì "åxH˜ "≥~ÚºO_»∞.¡
 Hõ>ì̌ =OHõ~° á⁄~Úºf~°∞ã¨∞OÎ k.
 Hõ_=» O`« QÆ∞=∞‡_çHÍÜ«∞ J~Ú<å HõuÑÎ @‘ ‰õΩ Ö’‰õΩ=.
 Hõ_∞» ѨÙ`À L#fl=∞‡Hõ#Hõ =∂#∞<å, =O_ç#=∞‡ u#Hõ=∂#∞<å.
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 Hõ_∞» ѨÙxO_® QÍÔ~Å∞ uO>Ë, =O\˜xO_® [fi~°=Ú.
 Hõ_∞» ѨÙÖ’ÖËxk H“yeOK«∞H˘O>Ë =ã¨∞OÎ ^•.
 Hõ_∞» ѨÙ=¿ãÎ Hõ<fÕ ~°=Öˇ#∞.
 HõOHõ}=ÚÅ K≥~Úº P_ç`,Õ Hõ_Ü ç ∞« =ÚÅ K≥~Úº P_»∞#∞.
 HõO_»∞¡ K≥iÑ≤# ^Õ=Ù_»∞ =∞u~ÚzÛ#@∞ì.
 Hõ_Jç O>Ë <À~°∞`≥~z° , Hõà=¡‹ ∞O>Ë <À~°∞=¸t#@∞ì.
 Hõ_∞» Ѩ٠‰õÄ\˜H˜ ÜÕ∞_ç¿ã,Î H˘Ñ¨C ѨÓʼnõΩÜÕ∞_çÛ#@∞ì.
 Hõ_»∞ѨÙxO_ç#ÉË~°=Ú.
 Hõ^‰Œä Ωõ HÍà◊√Ö¡ =Ë Ù, =ÚO`«‰Ωõ K≥=ÙÅ∞ÖË=Ù.
 HõxQÆ∞_ç¤ qx K≥=Ù_»∞.
 Hõ#fl`«eH¡ ~õ Ú<å Hõ#∞=∞~°∞QÆ∞O_»=Öˇ#∞.
 Hõ#∞fl‰õΩ `«yÖË Ñ¨ÙÅ¡#∞ HõxÃÑ@ì=^•Ì.
 HõÑʨ ‰õΩHÍ@∂, „ÉÏǨχ}∞xH˜ áÈ@∂ ÖË^∞Œ .
 HõeÜ«ÚQÆ ~å=}Ïã¨∞~°∞_»∞.
 HõÅÊ=$Hõ=Δ Ú H˜O^Œ QÆKÛ« á⁄^Œ =Ù#fl@∞ì.
 HõÅÑ¡ 㨠_≤ Hç ˜ HÍOu "≥∞O_»∞.
 HÍH˜=Ú‰õΩ¯# ^˘O_»ÑO¨ _»∞ Hõ~∞° K«∞H˘#fl@∞ì.
 HõuÎ áÈ@∞ `«ÑÊ≤ <å HõÅOáÈ@∞ `«Ñʨ ^Œ∞.
 HÍe`À K«∂Ñ≤`Õ `«Å`À K≥Ü∞« º=Öˇ#∞.
 HÍ=_ç Ü≥∞xfl =OHõÅ∞áÈ`Õ<qÕ ∞ ~ÚÅ∞¡KiÕ `Õãi¨ .
 HÍtH˜ "≥m¡ QÍ_ç^Œ QÆ∞_»∞¤ `≥zÛ#@∞ì.
 HÍã¨∞‰õΩQÆuÖË^∞Œ , HÀ\˜HH˜ ˘_ç"ãÕ <≤ å_»∞.
 Hõ#∞fl Z„~°#~Ú<å, q∞#∞fl Z„~°#~Ú<å HÍ~°H=õ ∂#^Œ∞.
 Hõ=∞‡~°gkèÖ’ ã¨∂^Œ∞Å∞ Jq∞‡#@∞ì.
 Hõ„~°ÖxË "å}˜fl Q˘„Ô~J~Ú<å Hõ~∞° ã¨∞OÎ k.
 Hõ„i‰õΩHõ¯ HõÑÅ≤ QÀ=Ù J=Ù<å.
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 HõÅ"åiO\˜ P_»Ñ_¨ ∞» K«∞‰õΩ HÍHõ~H° ÍÜ«∞ HÍ#~å^Œ∞.
 Hõey#"åiO\˜ Hõ_Q» ˘@∞ìHÀ_»Å∞JÜÕ∞º@O`«H<õ åfl ¿Ñ^Œ"åiO\˜
ÃÑ^ŒÌ HÀ_»Å∞ J~Ú`Õ "Õ∞Å∞.
 Hõey#Ü«∞º Hõey#Ü«∞ºˆH ÃÑ@∞ì#∞, ÖË#Ü«∞º Hõey#Ü«∞ºˆH
ÃÑ@∞ì#∞.
 Hõey#"åiH˜ JO^Œ~∂° K«∞\ÏìÖ.Ë
 Hõeq∞ÖË=ÚÅ∞ HÍ=\˜‰Ωõ O_»Å∞.
 Hõ+ãì¨ ∞¨ MÏÅ∞ ~Ô O_»∂ HÍ=\˜‰Ωõ O_»Å =O\˜q.
 HÍH˜x `≥zÛ Ñ¨O[~°=ÚÖ’ ÃÑ\˜`ì Õ zÅ∞Hõ=Öˇ ѨÅ∞‰õΩ<å.
 HÍH˜ÑÅ≤ ¡ HÍH˜H˜ =Ú^Œ∞.Ì
 HÍH˜ ѨÙ\©ì #Å∞¿Ñ ÃÑiw #Å∞¿Ñ.
 H͉õΩÅ#∞ H˘\ì̃ QÆ^ÅÌŒ ‰õΩ "Õt#@∞ì.
 HÍQÆÅ HÍ~°º=ÚÅ∞ QÆO^è~Œ ∞° fiÖË f~°∞™êÎ~∞° .
 HÍz#K≥@∞ì‰Ωõ ~åà◊^¡ |≥ ƒÅ∞.
 HÍ\˜H˜ HÍà◊√¡ KåK«∞H˘x uO_çH˜ K≥~ÚºKåKÕ"å_»∞.
 HÍ\˜HᘠÈ~Ú<å Hõ~} ° Ïxfl #=∞‡~å^Œ∞.
 HÍx HÍÅ=Ú#‰õΩ Hõ„~ˆ áê=Ú J=Ù`«∞Ok.
 HÍx "Õà‰◊ Ωõ HõO^Œ∞Å∞ QÆ∞yæà√◊ ¡ J~Ú#@∞ì.
 HÍѨÙ=zÛ# ÜÕ∞_Õ Hõ~∞° =Ó =zÛ#k.
 HÍ~°}=Ú ÖËH<õ Õ HÍ~°º=Ú Ñ¨Ù@ì^∞Œ .
 HÍÅ=Ú áÈ=Ù#∞, =∂@ xÅ∞K«∞#∞.
 HÍeH˜"¿Õ ãÎ "≥∞_»‰Ωõ , "≥∞_»‰Ωõ "Õ¿ãÎ HÍeH˜.
 HÍbHÍÅx "≥ÚO_çH>õ .ìˇ
 HÍÅ∞HÍe# Ñ≤e=¡ Öˇ u~°∞QÆ∞`å_»∞.
 HÍÅ∞*Ïi`Õ fã¨∞HÀ=K«∞Û#∞QÍx, <À~°∞*Ïi`Õ fã¨∞HÀ‰õÄ_»^∞Œ .
 HÍÅ∞Ѩ@∞ìH˘xÖÏy`Õ K«∂~°∞Ѩ@∞ìH˘x "ÕÖÏ_Õ"å_»∞.
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 HÍÖËH_õ ∞» ѨىõΩ =∞O_ÕQOÆ l.  H˘O_»q∂k #∞Oz |O_» ^˘i¡Oz#@∞ì.
 HÍà◊#¡ ∞ K«∞@∞ìH˘#fláê=Ú Hõ~=° Hõ=∂#∞<å.  H˘O_»=Öˇ =zÛ =∞OK«∞=Öˇ `Õe#@∞ì.
 HÍjH˜ áÈQÍ<Õ Hõ„i ‰õΩHõ¯ QÆOyQÀ=Ù J=Ù<å.  H˘_»∞‰õΩ ÉÏQÆ∞O_»=Öˇ, HÀ_»Å∞ =ÚO_»"Ú≥ Ü«∞º=Öˇ.
 HÍjH˜ áÈ~Ú ‰õΩHõ¯ ÉÁK«∞Û `≥zÛ#@∞ì.  H˘`«qÎ O`«, áê`«~À`«.
 HÍã¨∞‰õΩ ^À=ÖË^∞Œ , #∂\˜H˜ Ѩ~"° åÖË^∞Œ .  H˘#flk =OHÍÜ«∞, H˘ã¨i#k QÆ∞=∞‡_çHÍÜ«∞.
 ‰õΩO\˜‰Ωõ ÖÏã¨O, ~ÚO\˜H˜ "≥∂ã¨O.  H˘iq`À H˘Ñ¨C QÀ‰õΩH˘#fl@∞ì.
 ‰õΩO_»Ö’ ‰õÄ_»∞ ‰õÄ_»∞QÍ<Õ =ÙO_»=Öˇ, Ñ≤ÅÅ¡ ∞ "≥Ú^Œ∞ÅÌ ÖÏQÆ∞#  HÀ\˜ q^ŒºÅ∂ ‰õÄ\˜H˘~°Hˆ .
=ÙO_»=Öˇ.  H©_O≥ z "Õ∞ÖˇOK«=Öˇ#∞.
 ‰õΩOѨ\’¡ `å=∞~° "≥Úez#@∞ì.  ‰õÄ#Jx ÃÑOz`Õ, QÆO_»∞ J~Ú Hõ~=° =zÛ#k.
 ‰õΩHõ¯ HÍ@∞‰õΩ K≥ÑC¨ ^≥|ƒ =∞O^Œ∞.  HÀ_»Å∞ QÆ$ǨτѨ"âÕ =◊ Ú, J`«Î QÆOQÍ „Ѩ"âÕ =◊ Ú.
 ‰õΩHõ¯`ÀHõ Ѩ@∞ìH˘x QÀ^•=i ~¸^Œ=K«∞Û<å.  HÀ_çQ∞Æ _»∞¤ ѨQÅÆ Q˘@ì QÆ∞O„_®~Ú HÍ=Öˇ<å.
 ‰õΩHõ¯#∞ K«OÑ≤# áêѨ=Ú QÆ∞_çH\õ <ì̃ å áÈ^Œ∞.  HÀuH˜ H˘|ºiHÍÜ«∞ ^˘iH˜#@∞ì.
 ‰õΩHõ¯=¿ãÎ ~å~Ú ^˘~°H^õ ∞Œ , ~å~Ú ^˘iH˜`Õ ‰õΩHõ¯~å^Œ∞.  HÀѨO áêѨHÍ~°}O.
 ‰õΩHõ¯ "Õ+=¨ Ú "Õ¿ãÎ "≥Ú~°Q‰Æ Ωõ O_® =Å¡HÍ^Œ∞.
 ‰õΩ_»∞=ÚÅ∞ =O_»ÖxË P_»n, ‰õÄ#~åQÆ=Ú uÜ«∞ºÖËx "≥ÚQÆ"å_»∂ QÆ
ÖË~°∞.  QÆOQÆÖ’=Úey<å HÍH˜ ǨÏOã¨J=Ù`«∞O^•.
 ‰õΩÅq∞O\˜ HÀu J~Ú<å "Õ∞Å∞.  QÆO^è=Œ Ú Jq∞‡#KÀ@ Hõ>Åìˇ ∞Jq∞‡<å_»∞.
 ‰õΩÅ "≥∞iyK«∞@ì=Ú, ã¨Å÷ "≥∞iy "åã¨=Ú.  QÆO`«‰Ωõ `«y# ÉÁO`«.
 ‰õÄ\˜H˜ ¿Ñ^Œ~Ú`Õ ‰õΩÖÏxH˜ ¿Ñ^•.  QÆ_zç „|uH˜<å=Ú Jx QÆO`«∞Å∞ "≥Ü∞« º~å^Œ∞.
 ‰õÄ~°∞ÛO_ç uO@∂=ÙO>Ë, H˘O_»‰Äõ _® ã¨q∞ã≤áÈ`«∞Ok.  QÆuÖË#=∞‡‰õΩ QÆO*Ëáê#Hõ=Ú.
 ‰õÄâıQÍ_ç^≥ =zÛ "Õ∞âıQÍ_ç^#≥ ∞ K≥iÑ≤#k.  QÆuÖË#=∞‡‰õΩ =∞uÖËx "≥ÚQÆ∞_»∞.
 H˘O_»O`« ^Õ=Ù}˜fl H˘O_»O`« Ѩ„u`À ѨÓ[KÕ™êÎ~å.  QÍeH˜ÑÙ¨ \ì̃ ^è∂Œ oH˜ÃÑiy#@∞ì.
 H˘O_»‰Ωõ "≥O„@∞Hõ =Ú_ç"¿Õ ã,Î =¿ãÎ H˘O_Õ =ã¨∞OÎ k, áÈ`Õ "≥O„@∞ˆH  QÍeÖ’ nѨ=Ú Éˇ\ ì˜ ^Õ=Ù_® h =∞Ç≤Ï=∞K«∂ѨÙ=∞#fl@∞ì.
áÈ`«∞Ok.  QÆ∞_»∞¤ =zÛ Ñ≤Å#¡ ∞ Ü≥∞H˜¯iOz#k.
 H˘O_»`q« fi ZÅ∞Hõ#∞ Ѩ@#ì @∞ì.  QÆ∞~°∞=Ù‰õΩ `«QæÆ t+¨μº_»∞.
 H˘O_»<åÅHõ‰Ωõ =∞O^Œ∞"Õ¿ã,Î =Ù#fl <åÅ∞Hõ =Ó_çáÈ~Ú#@∞ì.  QÆ∞„~°=Ú QÆ∞_ç^¤ ~Œ Ú<å ^•}ÏÖ’ `«‰Ωõ ¯= =ÙO_»^∞Œ .
 H˘O_»q∞OˆQ"åxH˜ QÀѨÙ~°=Ú J_»=¤ ∂.  QÆ∞„~°=Ú `ÀHõ‰Ωõ Hõà=¡‹ Ú ÃÑ\ì̃#@∞ì.
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 QÆ∞„~°=Ú=Öˇ ‰õΩHõ¯#∞ ÃÑOz ~Ô _ç¤ `å<Õ "≥Úiy<å_»@.
 QÆ∞à’¡ ^Õ=ÙxH˜ <≥·"Õ^Œº=Ú ÖˉõΩO>Ë, ѨÓ*Ïi ѨÙoǨÏ~°‰õΩ
ÜÕ∞_çÛ<å_»@.
 Q˘„_®eH˜ ÜÕ∞q∞ `≥Å∞ã¨∞#∞ a_»¤ <≥ÑC¨ Å∞.
 QÍAÅÉË~=° Ú Éè’[<å#‰õΩ ã¨i.
 QÍ_ç^≥ ѨÙO_»∞‰õΩ |∂_ç^≥ =∞O^Œ∞.
 QÆ∞_çH¤ <õ åfl "≥∞Å¡"∞Õ Å∞.
 QÆ∞_çH¤ #õ ∂fl =¸ã≤<å XHõ>Ë `≥iz<å XHõ>.Ë
 QÆ∞_ç¤ QÆ∞„~å#‰õΩ Ñ¨O_»∞`¡ À=Ú`«∞#fl@∞ì.
 Q˘„Ô~ ÜÕ∞_ç¿ãÎ `À_ÕÅ∞‰õΩ qKå~°=∂.
 QÀ@ q∂\˜`Õ á⁄ÜÕ∞ºÑ¨xH˜ Q˘_»e¤ Ü≥∞O^Œ∞‰õΩ.
 QÀ~°O`« =ÙO>Ë, H˘O_»O`«K™Õ êÎ_∞» .
 QÀ~°∞K«∞@∞ì Ѩ~Ú# ~ÀHõ\ ᘠÈ@∞.
 QÀ=ÙÅ#∞ HÀã≤ K≥ÑC¨ Å∞ ^•#=Ú KÕã#≤ @∞ì.
 QÀ=ÙÖËx=Óà’¡ Q˘_»∞¤ Qˆ ^≥ N =∞ǨÅH©;.
Ѷ¨∞
 Ѷ∞¨ O\ÏHõ~∞° x‚ H˜ JëêìHsΔõ LѨ^âÕ =◊ Ú K≥Ü∞« ºÉ’~Ú#@∞ì.
K«
 K«HÔ ¯~°ÑÓ¨ `« ѨÓã≤# q+¨=Ú.
 K«^=Œ =¿ãÎ =Ù#fl=∞u áÈ~Ú#k.
 K«k"Õk ~å=∂Ü«∞}=Ú Ñ¨_Q» ˘>Ëqì ^Õ=ã¨Ö÷ ÏÅ∞.
 K«k‰Ì Äõ _»∞u#fl=∞‡ "≥ÚQÆ∞_çPHõe Ü≥∞~°Q^Æ ∞Œ .
 K«hflà◊~¡ Ú<å K«ÖÏ¡K∞« ÛH˘x `åQÆ=Öˇ#∞.
 K«Å‰¡ Ωõ =zÛ =ÚO`«^•K«∞H˘#fl@∞ì.
 z`«=Î Ú t=Ùx q∂^Œ, ÉèHí Θ K≥ÑC¨ Åq∂^Œ.
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 z#fl áê=Ú#~Ú<å, ÃÑ^ŒHÌ „õ ~°`À H˘@ì=Öˇ#∞.
 pHõ\ H˜ ˘<åflà◊√,¡ "≥#flÅH˘<åflà◊√.¡
 K≥@∞ìÃÑ\ì̃#"å_»∞ hà◊√á¡ ⁄Ü«∞º_®.
 K≥@∞ì=ÚO^•, q`«∞=Î ÚO^• J#fl@∞ì.
 K≥@∞ìÜ∞≥ H˜¯Oz xK≥Û# fã≤#@∞ì.
 K≥_ç ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞x~ÚO\˜H˜ "≥à◊¡=K«∞Û#∞QÍx, K≥Å¡e~ÚO\˜H˜
"≥à◊¡‰õÄ_»^Œ∞.
 K≥ÑÊ≤ #|∞nú, Hõ\ #ì© K«nÌ xÅ=^Œ∞.
 K≥¿ÑÊ"å_çH˜ ã≤Q∞Æ æ ÖËHáõ È`Õ, q<Õ"å_çH~õ Ú<å q"ÕH=õ Ú =^•Ì.
 K≥~∞° ‰õΩ=ÙO_ÕKÀ\˜H˜ p=∞Å∞ `å"Õ∞ =ã¨qÎ .
 KÕÑѨ Å≤ ‰¡ Ωõ ~¸`« <Õ~Ê° =Öˇ<å.
 KÕ֒ѨuÎ KÕÖ’ =ÙO_»QÍ<Õ áÈeH˜ =¸_»∞=¸à◊√¡ <å‰õΩ P~°∞=¸à◊√¡
J#fl@∞ì.
 KÕã#≤ áêѨ=Ú K≥ÑÊ≤ `Õ =∂#∞#∞.
 KÕ¿ãq t=ѨÓ[Å∞, K≥¿ÑÊq J|^•úÅ∞.
[
 r`«=ÚÖËx #=Hõ~∞° , HÀѨ=ÚÖËx ^˘~°.
 *’w *’w ~åK«∞‰õΩO>Ë |∂_ç^≥ ~åe#k.
_»
 _»|∞ƒ‰õÄ „áê}Ï#‰õÄ ÅOÔH.
 _»|∞ƒ ~Ú=fix"å_»∞ =ÚO^Œ∞ Ѩ_=» Ü≥∞H˜¯ #@∞ì.
`«
 `«_Qç ∞Æ _»Å¤ `À Q˘O`«∞Hõ `≥QHÆ À™êÎ_∞» .
 `«#HÍà◊‰¡ Ωõ |O^•Å∞ `å<Õ `≥K∞« ÛH˘#fl@∞ì.
 `«#h_» `«#`À<Õ =ÙO@∞#flk.
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 `«# |eq∞Hõ<åfl ™ê÷#|eq∞ "Õ∞Å∞.
 `«ÑC¨ Å∞ "≥uHˆ "å_»∞ `«O„_ç, XѨCÅ∞ "≥uHˆ "å_»∞ F~°fiÖËx"å_»∞.
 `«ÑC¨ KÕÜ∞« ºx"å~°∞ ^è~Œ } ° Ö˜ ’ ÖË~∞° .
 `«ÅÅ∞É’_»∞Å~Ú`Õ `«ÅѨÙÅ∞É’_»∞ÖÏ.
 `«e¡ Hõ_∞» Ѩ٠K«∂K«∞#∞, ÃÑO_®¡=Ú *’|∞ K«∂K«∞#∞.
 `«eK¡ åÅ∞ Ñ≤ʼn¡ Ωõ `«ÑC¨ `«∞#fl^•.
 `«e¡ ^≥=· =Ú, `«O„_ç ^è#Œ =Ú.
 `«eÖ¡ xË Ñ≤Å¡ Le¡ÖxË ‰õÄ~°.
 `å_»∞KåÅHõáÈ`Õ #∞~Úº ѨÓ_»∞Û=∞#fl@∞ì.
 `å#∞ Ѩ\ #ì̃ HÀ_çH˜ <åÅ∞QÆ∞HÍà◊√.¡
 `å#∞ É’#∞ ^À=ÖË^∞Œ _ÀÅ∞ XHõ\ ˜ "≥∞_»#∞.
 `å#∞ XHõ\ `˜ e« ¿ã,Î ^≥=· =Ú XHõ\ ˜ `«ez#k.
 `åà◊á¡ êHõ"åi Hõq`«fi=Ú H˘O`«, `«# ÃÑ`· º« =Ú H˘O`«.
 uO>Ë Hõ^ÅŒ ÖË#∞, u#HõáÈ`Õ "≥∞^ŒÅÖË#∞.
 uO>ËQÍx ~°∞z `≥eÜ«∞^Œ∞, ky`ÕQÍx Ö’`«∞ `≥eÜ«∞^Œ∞.
 uO_çH˜ KÕ@∂ <ÕʼnõΩ |~°∞=Ó.
 uO_çH˜ u=∞‡~åA, ѨxH˜ áÈ`«~åA.
 u\˜ì K«zÛ#"å_»∂ ÖË_∞» , nqOz „|uH˜#"å_»∂ ÖË_∞» .
 uq∞‡x „|Ç≤χh, „|Ç≤χh uq∞‡h KÕ™êÎ_∞» .
 uÜ«∞ºQÍ uÜ«∞ºQÍ ~åQÆ=Ú, =¸ÅQÆQÍ =¸ÅQÆQÍ ~ÀQÆ=Ú.
 uÜ«∞ºx ~ÀQÆ=ÚÅ∂, Hõ=∞‡x=∞O^Œ∞Å∂ =Ù#fl"å.
 u~°Q=Æ ∞iy# HÍÅ∂ u@ì=∞iy# <À~°∂ =Ó~°‰Ωõ O_»=Ù.
 fÔQ‰õΩ HÍÜ«∞ |~°∞"å.
 `«∞áêH©H_õ ∞» ѨÙ# Ѷ~≤ O° w ѨÙ\ì̃#@∞ì.
 `«∞q∞‡`Õ á⁄ÜÕ∞º=Ú‰õΩ¯ Ü≥∞<åflà◊√¡ =ÙO_»∞#∞.
 `«∞Åã≤=#=ÚÖ’ QÆO*Ï~Ú "≥ÚHõ¯ "≥Úez#@∞ì.
 `≥yOz "≥#Hõ‰Ωõ áÈ~Ú#O`« `≥eq `«‰Ωõ ¯= ÖË^∞Œ .
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 `≥_∞» ¤ =ÙO_»QÍ K≥~Úº HÍÅ∞Û H˘#fl@∞ì.
 `≥eq `«‰Ωõ ¯=, PHõe Z‰õΩ¯=.
 `≥eâı=~°‰Ωõ „|Ǩχq^Œº, `≥e¿ãÎ ‰õÄã¨∞q^Œº.
 `«ÑÓ¨ C FѨÓC ^≥=· "≥∞~°∞QÆ∞#∞, ѨÑÙ¨ C ‰õÄ_»∂ ÉÏѨ_~≥ ∞° QÆ∞#∞.
 `Õ<=≥ Ù#flKÀ@ DQÆÅ∞ áÈQÆ=Ù`åq.
 `Àp`ÀK«#=∞‡ `À_çHÀ_»e K≥Öe¡ˇ ÃÑO_çH¡ ˜ áÈ~Ú#^Œ@.
^Œ
 ^Œy`æ Õ xÅ=x=Ú‰õΩ¯ `«∞q∞‡`Õ xÅ∞K«∞<å.
 ^Œyiæ H˜ Ñ≤ez ^•ã¨s hHõ#∞fl ÖÁ@ìJ#fl@∞ì.
 ^•ã¨i`«ÑC¨ ^ŒO_»=Ú`À ã¨i.
 ^•ã‘H˘_»∞Hõ~Ú<å HÍã¨∞QÆÅ"å_»∞ ~åA.
 k‰õΩ¯ÖËx "åiH˜ ^Õ=Ù_Õ k‰õΩ¯.
 nѨ=Ú =ÙO_»QÍ<Õ ~ÚÅ∞¡ K«H¯õ ÃÑ@∞ìH˘=Öˇ#∞.
 ^Œ∞#fláÈ`«∞ ~¸x#^ŒO>Ë, ^Œ∂_»#∞ Hõ\ "ì˜ ÜÕ ∞« =∞#fl@∞ì.
 ^Œ∞<Õfl ~ÀAÅÖ’ ^ÕâO◊ q∂^Œ áÈ~Ú, HÀ`«~ÀAÅÖ’ H˘_»=e
Ѩ@∞ìH˘x =zÛ<å_»@.
 ^Œ∂~°ÑÙ¨ H˘O_»Å∞ #∞#∞=Ù, ^Œyiæ H˜áÈ`Õ ~åà◊¥Q¡ ∞Æ O_»∞.¡
 ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ ^ŒÜ∞« º=Ú ã¨Ç¨ J_»Å∞`«∞Ok.
 ^Õ=Ù_»∞ =~°q∞zÛ<å ѨÓ*Ïi =~°q∞=fi_»∞.
 ^˘OQƉΩõ JO^Œi q∂^Œ J#∞=∂#"Õ∞.
 ^˘OQƉΩõ `«Å∞ѨÙfã≤ ^˘~°#∞ ÖË¿Ñ"å_»∞.
 ^˘OQƉΩõ ^˘OQÆ|∞kú, ^˘~°‰Ωõ ^˘~°|∞kú.
^èŒ
 nè~∞° _»~Ú<å HÍ=Öˇ, n#∞_»~Ú<å HÍ=Öˇ.
 ^è~·≥ º° =ÚÖËx ~åA, Ü≥∂K«#ÖËx=∞O„u.
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# 
 #Ok JO>Ë #Ok, ѨOk JO>Ë Ñ¨Ok.
 #_»=∞O„`«ÑÙ¨ ti, #~åÅq∂^Œ ‰õΩ~°∞ѨÙ.
 #=Ùfi <åÅ∞QÆO^•Å #+¨Hì Íi.
 #"ÕfiP_»^•hfl ÜÕ∞_ÕÛ"≥ÚQÆ"å}©fl #=∞‡~å^Œ∞.
 <åKÕu =∂„`« "≥‰· Ωõ O~îÜ ° ∂« „`«.
 <å ~ÚO\˜H˜ <Õ<Õ ÃÑ^Œ#Ì ∞, Ñ≤eH¡ ˜ ÃÑ@ì~å ѨOQÆ<å=∞=Ú.
 <å "ÕÅ∞ѨÙK«∞ÛH˘x <å Hõ<flÕ á⁄_çz<å"å.
 xO_»∞ ‰õΩO_» `˘}Hõ^∞Œ .
 x[=∂_ç`Õ x+¨μ~ª =° Ú.
 x„^Œá⁄ÜÕ∞º"å}˜fl ÖËÑ=¨ K«∞Û#∞QÍx, "Õ∞Å∞H˘#fl"å}˜fl ÖËщ¨ Äõ _»^∞Œ .
 x#fl =Ù#fl"å~°∞ <Õ_∞» ÖË~∞° .
 xѨC‰õÄ hà◊‰¡ Äõ =ÙO_Õ ¿ãflǨÏ=Ú.
 xѨCH˘\˜`ì Õ ~Ô O_»∞ J=Ù#∞QÍx, hà◊√¡ H˘\˜`ì Õ ~Ô O_»∞ J=Ù<å.
 xÅHõ_Ö» xË "åx =∂@ hà◊=¡ ¸@.
 h~°∞ h~°∞=OHõ<Õ áê~°∞`«∞#flk.
 h~°∞ ѨÅ"¡ ∞≥ ~°∞QÆ∞#∞, x[=Ú ^Õ=Ù_≥~∞° QÆ∞#∞.
 <Õu ‰õΩO_» <ÕÅ Éˇ\ ì̃ =\ì̃‰Ωõ O_» =Ù\ì̃q∂^Œ ÃÑ>Ë"ì å_»∞.
Ѩ
 ѨOKåOQÆ=ÚÅ∞ áÈ`Õ #Hõ„Δ `«=ÚÅ∞ áÈ<å.
 ѨO_»∞ *Ïi áêÅÖ’¡ Ѩ_@ ¤» ∞ì.
 ѨQ\Æ =˜ ∂@Å∞ ѨxH˜ KÕ@∞, ~å„u =∂@Å∞ x„^Œ‰Ωõ KÕ@∞.
 Ѩ_∞» K«∞Å HÍѨÙ~°O, z`«∞‰õΩÅ=∞O@.
 ѨxÖËx =∞OQÆe Ñ≤e`¡ Å« Q˘iy<å_»@.
 Ѩ~∞° qzÛ Ñ¨~∞° =Ù `≥K∞« ÛHÀ.
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áê_çO^Õáê_»~å áêzѨO_»¡ ^•ã¨i.
áê=Ú`À K≥eq∞, Hõu`Î À ™ê=Ú.
 áê=ÚÅÖ’ "≥∞ÅQÆ=K«∞Û#∞QÍx, ™êfi=ÚÅÖ’ "≥∞ÅQƉÄõ _»^∞Œ .
 áêÅÖ’¡ ѨOK«^•~° "≥eH˜#@∞ì.
 áêÅ∞áÈã≤ ÃÑOz<å áê=Ú Hõ~=° Hõ =∂#^Œ∞.
 Ñ≤zÛHõq∂^Œ „|Ǩ‡¢ã=Î̈ ∂.
 Ñ≤@ì H˘OK≥=Ú ‰õÄ`« Ѷ∞¨ #=Ú.
 Ñ≤\ÏìÑ\≤ Ïì áÈ~°∞ Ñ≤e¡ fiÛ#@∞ì.
 Ñ≤Å"¡ å_»∞ áêÅ∞‰õΩ ÜÕ∞_ç¿ãÎ HÍ\˜"å_»∞ HÍã¨∞‰õΩ ÜÕ∞_çÛ<å_»∞.
 ѨÙ@ìx a_»‰¤ Ωõ ѨÓã¨Å∞ Hõ\ #ì̃ @∞ì.
 ѨÙ\˜#ì <å\˜|∞kÌ Ñ¨Ù_»HÅõ `À QÍx áÈ^Œ∞.
 ѨÙ\ì̃# ~Ú<åflà◊√‰¡ Ωõ ѨÙ~°∞+¨μ_»∞ Ü«∞[˝=Ú KÕÃã#∞.
 ѨÙex Ez #Hõ¯ "å`«ÃÑ@∞ìH˘#fl@∞ì.
 ѨÙeÑ≤Å¡ ѨÙeÑ≤ÖË¡, "Õ∞HõÑ≤Å¡ "Õ∞HõÑ≤ÖË¡.
 ѨÓ@‰õÄà◊=¡ ∞‡ ѨÙ}º"≥∞~°Q^Æ ∞Œ .
 ÃÑ\ì̃`Õ uO\Ï~°∞QÍx, u\ì̃`Õ Ñ¨_"Õ å~°∞ ÖË~∞° .
 ÃÑ^ŒÅÌ `À "å^Œ∞, ÃÑ`«~∞° Å`À á⁄O^Œ∞.
 ÃÑ~°∞QÆ∞@ q~°∞QÆ∞@H˘~°̂H.
 ¿Ñ^Œ"åx H˘Ñ¨=Ú ÃÑ^ŒqH˜ KÕ@∞.
 ¿Ñ~°∞ QÆOQÍ#=∞‡, `åQÆÉ’`Õ hà◊√Ö¡ =Ë Ù.
 á⁄\ì̃"å_çH˜ ѨÙ>ì̌_∞» |∞^Œ∞Åú ∞.
 á⁄~°∞QÆ∞ ѨKÛ« QÍ=ÙO>Ë, á⁄~ÚÖ’ hà◊√á¡ Èã¨∞H˘#fl@∞ì.
 áÈ~Ú#HõO\˜H˜ =∞O^Œ∞ "Õ¿ã,Î =Ù#fl Hõ#∂fl =Ó_»∞ÛH˘xáÈ~Ú#k.
 áÈ~åx KÀ@¡‰Ωõ áÈ`Õ, ~å~åx xO^ŒÅ∞ ~åHõ=∂#=Ù.
 áÈ~°∞ #+≤ì á⁄`«∞Î ÖÏÉè=í Ú.
 „áê}=Ú áÈ~Ú<å, =∂#=Ú ^ŒH¯˜ OK«∞HÀ=Öˇ#∞.
 „áê}=Ú =ÙO_Õ=~°‰Ωõ ÉèÜ í ∞« =Ú ÖË^∞Œ .
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 „Ñ‘u`À ÃÑ\˜#ì k Ñ≤_HÔç _Õ KåÅ∞#∞.
 „Ñ‘uÖËx ‰õÄ_»∞ Ñ≤O_®‰õÄ\˜`À ã¨=∞=Ú.
| 
 ÉÏ^艌 Ωõ XHõ HÍÅ=Ú, ÉèÏQͺxH˜ XHõ HÍÅ=Ú.
 ÉÏ==∞ik „|`«Hõ HÀ~°∞#∞, ^•Ü«∂k Kå=Ù HÀ~°∞#∞.
 ÉÏqÖ’`«∞ K«∂_»=K«∞Û#∞QÍx, =∞#ã¨∞û Ö’`«∞ K«∂_»‰Äõ _»^∞Œ .
 a_»#¤ ∞ "Õã≤ Ö’`«∞K«∂z#@∞ì.
 a_»¤ Ü≥∞ky`Õ ‰õΩO_» Ü≥∞^Œ∞QÆ∞#∞.
 |∂_ç^ÖŒ ’ áÈã≤# Ѩhfl~°∞.
 ɡÅ=¡ Ú =ÙO_ÕKÀ@ DQÆÅ∞ =Úã¨∞~°∞#∞.
 |@ì`Å« ‰õÄ "≥∂HÍà◊§‰õÄ =Ú_ç"ãÕ #≤ @∞ì.
 „|Ǩ‡¢™êÎxH˜ u~°∞QÆ∞ ÖË^∞Œ .
Éèí
 ÉèHí ÖÎ̃ xË Ñ¨Ó[ Ѩ„uKÕ@∞.
 Éè~í `° ∞« _çÑ@
¨ fl=Ú, ~å=Ú_ç ~å[º=Ú.
 J~Ú`Õ aèHÍΔ kèHÍi J~Ú<å HÍ=Öˇ, ÖË^• ÅHΔÍkèHÍi J~Ú<å
HÍ=Öˇ.
 Éè’Ax=O\˜~åA Hõey`Õ, HÍo^•ã¨∞=O\˜ Hõq JѨC_Õ
=ÙO\Ï_»∞.
=∞
 =∞Oz"åxH˜ =∞~°}"Õ∞ ™êH˜.Δ
 =∞Oz"åiH˜ =∂>Ë =∞O^Œ∞.
 =∞O„`«™êx =ÚO^Œ~° =∞~°‡=Ú ^•z#@∞ì.
 =∞Ok Ü≥∞‰õΩ¯=~Ú`Õ =∞l˚QÆ Ñ¨ÅK«#.
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 =∞}˜ =∞}˜`À H˘Ü«∞º=Öˇ#∞.
 =∂@‰õΩ =∂@ `≥Q∞Æ Å∞, hà◊‰¡ Ωõ <åK«∞ `≥Q∞Æ Å∞.
 =∂@ʼnõΩ ¿Ñ^ŒiHõ=Ú ÖË^∞Œ .
=∂@Å∞ HÀ@Å∞ ^•@∞`åq, HÍÅ∞ QÆ_Ñ» ^¨ •@ÖË^∞Œ .
 =∂@Å∞ `Õ @ Å∞ =∂~ÚO@#∞, =∂Ѩ \ ˜ Éè ’ [#=Ú
q∂~ÚO@#∞.
 =∂#=Ú áÈ~Ú# "≥#Hõ „áê}"≥∞O^Œ∞‰õΩ.
 =∂xáÈ~Ú# ѨÙO_»∞ =∞m¡ ~ˆ Ñ≤#@∞ì.
 q∞`«=Ú `«ÑÊ≤ `Õ J=∞$`«"∞≥ <ÿ å q+¨"∞Õ .
 =ÚO^ŒiH˜ =¿ãÎ Q˘~Úº, "≥#‰õΩ¯ áÈ`Õ #∞~Úº.
 =ÚQÆ∞~æ ∞° P_»"å~°∞ ‰õÄ_ç`,Õ Ñ¨@Ñì Q¨ ÖÆ Ë K«∞Hõ¯Å∞ á⁄_»∞ãÎ̈q.
 =¸iÎ H˘OK≥=∞~Ú<å H©iÎ q™êÎ~=° Ú.
 "≥∂¿ã"åxH˜ `≥Å∞ã¨∞#∞ HÍ=\˜|~°∞=Ù.
Ü«∞
 Ü«∞^ä•~°=÷ Ú#‰õΩ ÜÕ∞_»∞K«∞@∞¡ JHõ¯~°Ö^Ë ∞Œ .
~°
 ~°`åflÅhfl XHõKÀ@, #`«QÎ ∞Æ Å¡Åhfl XHõKÀ@.
 ~åQÆÅâ◊x ~å"Õ∞â◊fi~°=Ú áÈ~Ú<å `«Ñʨ ^Œ∞.
 ~åA"≥∞zÛ#k =∂@, "≥ÚQÆ∞_»∞ "≥∞zÛ#k ~°OÉè.í
 ~å=∂Ü«∞}=∞O`å qx ~å=Ú_çH˜ ã‘`« Uq∞ J~Úºk Jx
J_çy#@∞ì.
 ~å=Úx=O\˜~åA =ÙO>Ë, ǨÏ#∞=∞O`«∞x=O\˜ |O@∞ JѨC_Õ
=ÙO\Ï_»∞.
 ~Ô Hõ¯Å∞ qiy# ѨH=Δ̃ Öˇ L<åfl_»∞.
 ~˘>ì̌ qiy <ÕuÖ’ Ѩ_@ ¤» ∞ì.
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 ~À\’¡ `«ÅÃÑ\ì̃, ~ÀHõ\ ˜ ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ [_çã#≤ @∞ì.
 ~ÀÅ∞ Hõ~∞° =Ù Ü≥∞~°Q^Æ ∞Œ .
Å 
 ÅOHõÖ’ ѨÙ\ì̃# "åÔ~ÖÏ¡ ~åHõãΔ ∞¨ ÖË.
 ÖË_Hç ˜ ÖËz#^Õ „ѨÜ∂« }=Ú.
 ÖËxÉÏ=HõO>Ë QÆ∞_çɤ Ï= J~Ú<å "Õ∞Å∞.
 Ö’# qHÍ~°=Ú |Ü«∞@ â◊$OQÍ~°=Ú.
 Ö’aèH˜ <åÅ∞yO^•ÖÏ #+¨=ì Ú.
 Ö’aè™⁄=Ú‡ ^˘OQÆ"å_çáêÅ∞.
= 
 =zÛ#"å^Œ∞ K«zÛ<å áÈ^Œ∞.
 =KÕÛHÍÅ=Ú Hõ<åfl =zÛ# HÍÅ=Ú "Õ∞Å∞.


=_çO¤ KÕ"å_»∞ `«#"å_»∞ J~Ú`Õ, Hõ_|» Oux ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl XHõ¯>Ë.
"å_»∞ P_ç#k P@, áê_ç#k áê@.
 q„Hõ=∂~°∞¯x =O\˜~åA =ÙO>Ë, Éèí\ ˜ì=O\˜=∞O„u JѨC_Õ
=ÙO\Ï_»∞.
 q_»∞=Ù=∞O>Ë áê=Ú‰õΩ HÀѨ=Ú, Ѩ@∞ì=∞O>Ë HõÑʨ ‰õΩ HÀѨ=Ú.
 q`«#Î =Ú XHõ\ ˜ "Õ¿ã,Î "≥ÚHõ¯ XHõ\ ˜ "≥ÚÅ∞K«∞<å.
 q`«=Î Ú H˘nÌ qÉè=í =Ú, q^ŒºH˘nÌ q#Ü«∞=Ú.
 q#Ü«∞=Ú Ö’Hõ=â◊º=Ú, q^Œº ~å[=â◊º=Ú.
 qã¨û#fl K≥ÑÊ≤ #k "Õ^=Œ Ú.
 gѨÙq∂^Œ H˘@ì=K«∞Û#∞QÍx, Hõ_∞» ѨÙq∂^Œ H˘@ì~å^Œ∞.
 "≥#fl ÃÑ\ì̃`Õ q∞OQÆÖ_Ë ∞» , "ÕÅ∞ ÃÑ\ì̃`Õ Hõ~=° ÖË_∞» .
 "≥má¡ ⁄=∞‡O>Ë K«∂~°∞Ѩ@∞ìH˘x "ÕÖÏ_ç#@∞ì.
 "Õ@∞‰õΩ"Õ@∞, =∂@‰õΩ=∂@ =ÙO_»=Öˇ.
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 "Õ}©flà◊¡‰õΩ K«hflà◊√¡, K«hflà◊¡‰õΩ "Õ}˜flà◊√¡.
 "ÕÅO "≥„i.
 "ÕÅ∞=OQÆ Éˇ@#ì n, "≥#fl J~Ú<å ~å^Œ∞.
=pÛ#"åiH˜ =~°q∞™êÎ#∞, ~åx "åiH˜ ~å~Ú"Õ™êÎ#∞.
 "Õã#≤ >Ëì "Õ¿ã,Î "≥„i"å_»∞ J~Ú<å QÔ Å∞K«∞#∞.
 "Õã#≤ ^Õ XHõQOÆ `«∞, qiy#^Õ XHõ HÍÅ∞.
 "åºkèH˜ =∞O^Œ∞ =Ù#flkQÍx, qkèH˜ =∞O^Œ∞ =Ù#fl^•.
 „"åÜ«∞QÍ „"åÜ«∞QÍ Hõ~} ° =Ú, ^ŒQQæÆ Í ^ŒQQæÆ Í =∞~°}=Ú.
 „"å¿ã"å}˜fl, HÀ¿ã"å}˜fl, w¿ã"å}˜fl #=∞‡~å^Œ∞.
â◊
â◊OY∞Ö’ áÈ¿ãÎ f~°=ú Ú, ÃÑO‰õΩÖ’ áÈ¿ãÎ hà◊√.¡
 tÖÏÉè’QÆO ã¨Å÷ Éè’QÆO #~°É’è QÆO HÍ#~å=Ù.
 t=Ùx P[˝ÖxË ^Õ p=∞ J~Ú<å ‰õΩ@ì^∞Œ .
ã¨
 ã¨O`À+¨O ã¨QOÆ |Å=Ú.
 ã¨=Ú„^Œ=Ú ~¸^Œ=K«∞Û#∞QÍx, ã¨O™ê~°=Ú ~¸^Œ~å^Œ∞.
 ™êHΔ̃HÍà◊√¡ Ѩ@∞ìHÀ=_»=Ú Hõ<åfl "åkHÍà◊√¡ Ѩ@∞ìHÀ=K«∞Û#∞.
 ã‘`Ñ« Ù¨ @ì_O» ÅOHõ‰Ωõ KÕ@∞.
 ã¨∞Y=Ú Hõ+=ì̈ ÚˆH.
 ã¨fiHÍ~°º ^è∞Œ ~°O^è~Œ ∞° _»∞, ™êfiq∞ HÍ~°º=OK«‰Ωõ _»∞.
 ã¨fi`«O„`«=Ú ã¨fi~°Öæ ’Hõ=Ú, Ѩ~`° O« „`«=Ú „áê}ã¨OHõ@=Ú.
 ™êfiu"å#‰õΩ =Ú`«ºÑ¨Ù zÑ¨Ê Öˇ^∞Œ ~°∞ K«∂z#@∞ì.
 ã‘`åѨf! =∞#H˜OHõ Kå¿ÑQÆu.
 ™êy`Õ |O_ç ™êQÆHáõ È`Õ "≥ÚO_ç.
 ã¨Ow`åxH˜ zO`«HÍÜ«∞Å∞ ~åÅ∞`åÜ«∂ ?
 ™È=∞iH˜ ™È‰õΩÖˇ‰Ωõ ¯=.
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