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“Telugu:
అన్నము పెట్టితే అరిగిపోతుంది, చీరయిస్తే చిరిగిపోతుంది, వాతపెట్టితే కలకాలము వుంటుంది”
English Translation:
If I give you rice, you will eat it up; if I give you a cloth, it will wear out; but if I brand you, it will last for ever.Said by a stingy person to a beggar.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
దొరలు యిచ్చిన పాలుకన్నా ధరణి యిచ్చిన పాలు మేలు”
English Translation:
The share given by the earth is better than that given by the government.Free lands are better when fertile, than shares of grain allotted by government.

“Telugu:
తనకు మాలిన ధర్మము, మొదలు చెడ్డ బేరము.”,”
,English Translation:
To give that in charity which a man himself needs to receive from others is like trading after the loss of one’s principal.

“Telugu:
ఈ చేత చేసి ఆ చేత అనుభవించినట్టు”
English Translation:
Doing with this hand, and receiving the reward with that.Said of the certain result of either a good or bad deed.As you sow you shall reap.As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.