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“Telugu:
జాతికొద్దీ బుద్ధి, కులముకొద్దీ ఆచారము”
English Translation:
Wisdom according to your birth, religious observances according to your caste.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
చేసేవి నాయకాలు, అడిగేవి తిరిపాలు, పెట్టకుంటే కోపాలు”
English Translation:
He gives himself the airs of a great man, but begs for alms, and is angry if he gets none.

“Telugu:
ఉపాధ్యాయులవారూ, ఉక్తం ఉక్తం”
English Translation:
O teacher, uktam! uktam !Said by a school-boy when he saw a board about to fall on his master’s head. He had been taught to render the Sanscrit word Uktam by Palaka baddadi (“it was said”). These words also signify “ the board has fallen,”” which the boy took to be the correct meaning of the Sanscrit word.

“Telugu:
ధనియాల జాతి”
English Translation:
The coriander-seed caste.Said of Komatis (No. 712 ) because treating a Komati roughly is the only way of dealing with him, as rubbing the coriander-seed before it is sown is the only way of making it sprout.