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“Telugu:
నీకు వక దండము, నీ బువ్వకు వక దండము”
English Translation:
A bow to you, a bow to your food.Said when oil‘ered bad food. ​

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
అడకత్తులోని పోక”
English Translation:
Like a nut in the nippers.Adakattu are nippers used for breaking Areca nuts.To be between the hammer and the anvil. (french)

“Telugu:
పుణ్యము పుట్టెడు, పురుగులు తట్టెడు”
English Translation:
A bushelful of good works, and a dishful of wormsA great show of piety, but the prospect of future punishment for evil deeds.

“Telugu:
నా పప్పు కలిశినంతా నేనే తింటాను”
English Translation:
I will eat as much of the rice as my Dal has been mixed with.( For Dd! see N0. 188-)Said by the greater of two men who, when travelling together, hsd mixed their food, the big men having brought dAl and the other rice.Applied to a. grasping, selfish man.