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Tamil Proverb:
இராப்பட்டினி கிடந்தவன் உரித்த வாழைப்பழம் விற்கிறதா என்று விசாரித்தானாம்.
English Translation:
It is said that he who starved the whole night inquired if peeled plantains could be obtained.,

Tamil Proverb:
இராசா கடன்படப் புளுக்கை காடித்தண்ணீர் குடித்ததுபோல.
English Translation:
As a slave lived on gruel because the king was in debt.,

Tamil Proverb:
இராசாளியைக் கண்ட கொக்குப்போல.
English Translation:
Like a heron which saw a falcon.,

Tamil Proverb:
இராசன் செங்கோல் தன் நாடுவரையில்.
English Translation:
A king’s sceptre extends to the limit of his territory.,

Tamil Proverb:
இராசா மகள் ஆனாலும் கொண்டவனுக்குப் பெண்டுதான்
English Translation:
Though a princess, she is the wife of the man who has taken her in marriage.",

Tamil Proverb:
இராசன் ஆனாலும் தன் தாய்க்கு மகனே.
English Translation:
Though a king, he is the son of his mother.",

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

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:
இராசன் ஏறிய குதிரையைப்போல.
English Translation:
Like a horse ridden by a king.,

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