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“Telugu:
అర్తి దుఃఖం ఆరునెలలు, కడుపు దుఖం కలకాలం”
English Translation:
The grief of the neck [lasts] six months; the grief of the womb, for ever.The “” grief of the neck “” signifies widowhood, when the marriage cord is broken. (See No. 878). The “grief of the womb”” signifies the loss of a child.

“Telugu:
ఉడకవే కూడా వుగాది దాకా అంటే, నాకేమి పనిలేదు యేరువాకదాకా అన్నాడ�”
English Translation:
[The host said] “Boil, boil away, O food, until new year’s day!” [the guest added] “My business will not take me away until the ploughing-season.”During the Pongal feast in January a stingy man tried by a broad hint to avoid giving a visitor food, but the latter was not to be done out of his dinner. The Telugu New year’s day falls in April, and cultivation commences in July.Eat and welcome; fast and heartily welcome.Let the guest go before the storm bursts. (German)

“Telugu:
తోచీ తోచనమ్మ తోడికోడలి చెల్లెలి పెండ్లికి పోయినద�”
English Translation:
A stupid woman going to the marriage of her husband’s brother’s wife’s sister.Doing useless things.