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“Telugu:
తులసి కోటలో వుమ్మేశినా వేమిరా అంటే, యజ్ఞవేదిక అనుకొన్నాను అన్నాడ�”
English Translation:
When a man was asked why he spat on the Tulasi-Kota, he replied that he thought it was an altar.The irreverent answer of a sacrilegious sceptic, an altar being still more sacred-Talusi is the holy basil (Ocimum Sacrum). Tulasi-kôta is the Telugu name for the altar-like bed in which it is grown, in the inner yard of a Hindu house.

“Telugu:
కోమటి పిరికి, కొట్టితే వురికి”
English Translation:
A Komati is a coward; if you hit him, he runs away.(For Komati see No. 712. )

“Telugu:
తల్లిదే వలపక్షము, ధరణీదేవిదే వలపక్షము”
English Translation:
Partiality belongs to a mother and to the earth.A mother is partial to some of her children, and the earth is unequal in its favors, bringing forth more for one than for another.