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“Telugu:
పాగావంటి బంధువుడూ లేడు, అంగరకావంటి హరాంఖోరూ లేడు”
English Translation:
There is no relation like your turband, there is no scamp equal to your jacket.A turband can be tied so as to hide all holes, which is not the case with the jacket; the turband is therefore likened to a trustworthy friend, and the jacket to an unfaithful fellow.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
పందిలి పడి చచ్చిన వారూ యిల్లు పడి బ్రతికిన వారూ లేరు”
English Translation:
No men die from the falling of a Pandili ; no men live after the falling of a house.( For Pandili see No. 61. )

“Telugu:
పెట్టగల బచ్చలిపాదు కొనగల గేదె మేశిపోయినది”
English Translation:
The buffalo you intended to buy has eaten up the vegetables I intended to plant.( For Bachchali see No. 510. )Taunting a man who is always talking but never acts.

“Telugu:
తాగేది దమ్మిడీ గంజాయి, యిల్లంతా చెడు వుమ్ములు”
English Translation:
He smokes half a farthing’s worth of Ganjayi, and fouls the whole house with spittle.Ganjayi (Hind. Ganjha) is the hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) the leaves or young leaf-buds of which are bruised and smoked to produce intoxication. In its liquid form it is called Bhang.—A Dammidi is the twelfth of an ana ( anna ).Great injury caused by a little evil.