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“Tamil Proverb:
இராப்பகல் கண்ணிலே.”
— English Translation:
In the eye night and day.,

“Tamil Proverb:
இராமர் இருந்த இடம் அயோத்தி.”
— English Translation:
Ayodhya was the city of Ràma.,

“Tamil Proverb:
இரவற் சீலையை நம்பி இடுப்புக் கந்தையை எறிந்தாளாம்.”
— "English Translation:
It is said, that relying on a borrowed cloth, she threw away her tattered cloth.",

“Tamil Proverb:
இராமன் மங்கையோடு இணங்கியது அவம்.”
— English Translation:
Acquiescence with the wishes of his wife was fatal to Ràma.,

“Tamil Proverb:
"இராகு திசையில் வாழ்ந்தவனும் இல்லை, ராஜ திசையிற் கெட்டவனும் இல்லை.”
— ","English Translation:
None ever prospered under Ràhu, nor was any one ever ruined under Jupiter.Rahu is the name of a monstrous serpent or dragon, the ascending node, and regarded as one of the nine planets, which, with Kèthu the descending node, is said to grasp the sun and moon periodically, and thus to cause eclipses. When the supernals assembled at a feast to drink the water of immortality obtained from the churning of the milky ocean Rahu and Kethu, two Asuras, clandestinely got admission. The sun and moon saw them and at once informed Vishnu of their presence. Vishnu dispatched his marvellous disc and decapitated them just as the coveted nectar was about to enter their throats. They to avenge themselves resolved periodically to swallow the sun and moon.",

“Tamil Proverb:
இராமனைப்போல ராஜா இருந்தால் அனுமானைப்போலச் சேவகனும் இருப்பான்.”
— "English Translation:
If the king be equal to Ráma, his servant may be equal to Hanumàn.Hanumán was the monkey chief, ally of Rama in his expedition against Lanka.",

“Tamil Proverb:
இராக் கண்ட சனி மிடாப்போல வீங்கின கதை.”
— English Translation:
The story of one who in a dream of the night saw Saturn swelling as a large pot.,

“Tamil Proverb:
இரா முழுதும் ராமாயணம் கேட்டுச் சீதைக்கு ராமன் என்ன என்ற கதை.”
— "English Translation:
The story of one who having listened to the reading of the Rámayana a whole night, asked what relationship existed between Síta and Ráma.",

“Tamil Proverb:
இராசன் ஏறிய குதிரையைப்போல.”
— English Translation:
Like a horse ridden by a king.,

“Tamil Proverb:
இராமேசுரத்துக்குப் போயும் சனீசுரன் தொலையவில்லை.”
— "English Translation:
Though he went on a pilgrimage to Ràmèswaram, Saturn has not left him.",

“Tamil Proverb:
இராசமுகத்துக்கு எலுமிச்சம் பழம்போல.”
— English Translation:
As a lemon offered to a king.A gift to procure his favour: a hindu when offering a lemon or fruit of any kind invariably does so with the right hand.,

“Tamil Proverb:
"இராவணன் குடிக்கு மகோதரன் போலும், சுயோதனன் குடிக்குச் சகுனிபோலும்.”
— ",English Translation:
He is what Mahódharan was to the family of Rávana and what Sakuni was to Suyodhana.Said of one who under professions of friendship secretly plots one’s ruin.,

“Tamil Proverb:
இராச கீரியைக் காவுகிறதுபோல.”
— English Translation:
Like carrying a royal mongoose.,

“Tamil Proverb:
இராவண சந்நியாசிபோல் இருக்கிறான்.”
— English Translation:
He is as Ràvana in the guise of a hermit.,

“Tamil Proverb:
இந்தக் கூழுக்கோ இத்தனை திருநாமம்?”
— English Translation:
Is it for this gruel that so many sacred namams are used?,

“Tamil Proverb:
இரண்டு பெண்டாட்டிக்காரன் வீட்டில் நெருப்பேன்?”
— English Translation:
Why fire in the house of a man that has two wives?,