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“Telugu Proverb:
న.నంగి వంగలు మేస్తే నారికేళాలు దూడమేశినది అన్నాడట.“When the Nangi ate up the brinjals, the calf ate up the",”
— ,"English Translation:
cocoanuts” said be A certain S'udra named Venn before going on a pilgrimage delivered over charge of his brinjal garden to a Komati called Kustumbha. When he returned and applied for his garden his friend told him that the Nangi had eaten up all the brinjals. Vénu knew that no such animal existed, but remained quiet and waited his opportunity to pay oil’ the Kornati. Shortly afterwards Knstumbha required a man to watch his cocoannt garden and engaged Venn for this work. The éddra sold all the cocoa nuts and appropriated the proceeds. On being questioned by the Kornati, Vépu told him that the calf had eaten all the cocoanuts. "" How is that P” asked Kustumbha,“ How could it reach them 9"" “ Oh"" replied Venn“ When the Nangi ate the brinjals could not the calf eat the cocoanutsl'” The Komati, knowing his own dishonesty, could give no answer.

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— English Translation:
Useless reading, like the blazing of millet stalks.

“Telugu Proverb:
ధీరుడయినా కావలె, దీనుడయినా కావలె",”
— ,English Translation:
You must get a hero or a beggar [ for a husband].

“Telugu Proverb:
ధైర్యములేని రాజు, యోచనలేని మంత్రి”
— English Translation:
A king without courage, a minister without judgment.

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— English Translation:
[The thief] going to rob in Dharmapuri went crouching from Dharwada ( Dharwar ).

“Telugu Proverb:
ధాష్టీకానికి ధర్మము లేదు, గుడ్డి కంటికి చూపు లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no justice in oppression, and no sight in ablind eye.

“Telugu Proverb:
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.

“Telugu Proverb:
దోవలో కూర్చుడి దొబ్బులు తిన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Sitting in the middle of the road and being abused by every passer by.

“Telugu Proverb:
ద్వారపూడి పచ్చెపువాడి వత్తు”
— English Translation:
Like a pickpocket of Dvarapudi.Dvarapudi is a notorious village in the Godavery District.

“Telugu Proverb:
దొరికిన సొమ్ముకు దొంగ అవుతాడా”
— English Translation:
Does a man become a thief by finding property ?

“Telugu Proverb:
దొరలు యిచ్చిన పాలుకన్నా ధరణి యిచ్చిన పాలు మేలు”
— English Translation:
The share given by the earth is better than that given by the government.Free lands are better when fertile, than shares of grain allotted by government.

“Telugu Proverb:
దొడ్డెడు గొడ్లను దొంగలు తోలుకొని పోతే, గొడ్డు గేదె శ్రీ మహాలక్ష్మి అయినది”
— English Translation:
After the whole of the cattle had been stolen from the shed, the barren buflalo became as valuable as Maha Lakshmi (the goddess of fortune).

“Telugu Proverb:
ధనియాల జాతి.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.",”
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“Telugu Proverb:
ద్వారపూడి పచ్చెపువాడి వత్తు”
— English Translation:
Like a pickpocket of Dvarapudi.Dvarapudi is a notorious village in the Godavery District.

“Telugu Proverb:
దోవలో కూర్చుడి దొబ్బులు తిన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Sitting in the middle of the road and being abused by every passer by.

“Telugu Proverb:
దొరికిన సొమ్ముకు దొంగ అవుతాడా”
— English Translation:
Does a man become a thief by finding property ?