TELUGU PROVERBS--SUPPLEMENT

2411. ద్రావిడానాం ఘృతం నాస్తి, మిళ్ళే మిళ్ళే నిరంతరం.

There is no ghi among the Dravidas, [they serve it] always in spoonfuls.

Said by a Telugu man of the Tamilians who eat very little ghi with their food. Milli is a very small spoon used in offerings., &c.,called in Sanscrit Darvvi.

ధ.

2412. ధర్మము తల కాచును

Virtue protects the head.

The reward of virtue in this life is protection from evil.

2413. ధర్మమే జయము, దైవమే గతి.

Virtue alone is sucess, God alone is a refuge.

2414. ధూపం వేస్తే పాపం పోతున్నది.

If you offer incense, sin will be removed.


న.

2315. నక్కవాత మన్ను కొట్టినాడు.

He threw mud into the mouth of the jackal.

            i.e cheated him.

Said of the surprising recovery of a sick man who had been given up, and wshose body it was expected might provide food for the jackals.

2416. నక్కా నక్కా నా నామం చూడు, తిరిగి చూస్తే తిరుమణి చూడు.

O Jackal! Jackal! look at my Namam, if you look again see my Tirumani. (For Namam see No.789)---Tirumani (lit sacred earth) is the nsme given to the outer lines, made with white clay, of the namam.

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