ProverbPedia

Tamil Proverb:
"நிஷ்டூரன் கண்ணைத் தெய்வம் கெடுக்கும், நீதிமான் கண்ணைப் பரிதானம் கெடுக்கும்.
English Translation:
God will destroy the eyes of an oppressor, and a bribe will destroy the eye of an upright man.",

Tamil Proverb:
நிசாம் அல்லி தண்டில் நிசார்க்காரனைக் கண்டது உண்டா?
English Translation:
Was any trousered sepoy seen in the army of Nizam Aly?,

Tamil Proverb:
நிசம் ஒன்று பல தீங்கு நீக்கும்.
English Translation:
One thing ascertained will remove many evils.,

Tamil Proverb:
நான் பிடித்த முயலுக்கு மூன்று கால்.
English Translation:
The hare that I caught had three legs.,

Tamil Proverb:
நான் நட்டேன் நாதன் பயிர் ஆக்கினான்.
English Translation:
I planted; god caused it grow.,

Tamil Proverb:
நான் ஒன்றை எண்ண விதி ஒன்றை எண்ணிற்று.
English Translation:
While I expected one thing, destiny ordained another.",

Tamil Proverb:
நான் இட்ட மருந்தும் போக ஒட்டாது நன்னாரி வேரும் சாக ஒட்டாது.
English Translation:
The medicine I gave, as a charm, will not allow him to go; the sarasparilia, an ingredient, will not suffer him to die.The proverb relates to charms, in which, as in magical arts generally, the Hindus in every part of India and Ceylon, have great faith. Servants have recourse to this device, and lovers also, for the purpose of influencing the affections and will of those whose favour or compliance they desiderate.The usual method, as indicated in the proverb, is to administer in the food of the party the ingredients that are fitted for the purpose contemplated; of course the preparation is surreptitiously added to the food of which it is known the individual is about to partake.A gentleman of my acquaintance recently dismissed all his servants and took into his service a person in whom he appeared to place the greatest confidence. The neighbours and the discarded servants believe that the gentleman acted under a charm.Some of the things used for certain purposes as charms, may not be mentioned here. The brain of a male child &c., are considered very potent.Professional magicians are employed when stolen property or buried treasure is sought. The magician uses a black preparation, a small quantity of which is placed on a betel leaf and put into the hands of an attendent boy, who is directed to look steadily at it, aided by the light of a lamp, while the magician invokes the presence and aid of certain deities. When the boy announces a phenomenon, say a tree, a monkey or a dog or a goblin, he is told to do obeisance to it to encourage further discoveries. The earth may cleave asunder and reveal the thing wanted, or a scene, including a house and certain persons going and coming, water &c., may appear, when the boy proceeds to describe the objects before him, as an earthen pot, or bangle &c., &c.,.as the case may be.To discover a thief among suspected persons sometimes dry grain as rice may be given to be eaten. The person whose mouth secretes no moisture for mastication is supposed to be the thief.",

Tamil Proverb:
நானும் அறியேன் அவளும் பொய் சொல்லாள்.
English Translation:
I indeed do not know; nor will she tell a lie.,

Tamil Proverb:
நானும் நரைத்து நரைமண்டை ஆனேன் காடு நடக்கக் கண்டது புதினம்.
English Translation:
I have lived long and become grey-headed, but I have not seen a moving jungle.",

Tamil Proverb:
நானிலம் தன்னில் நாயகம் கல்வி.
English Translation:
Learning is a gem when compared to the four kinds of soil.They are the hilly,-forest,-agricultural and maritime tracts of a country.",

Tamil Proverb:
நாற்கலக் கூழுக்கு நானே அதிகாரி.
English Translation:
I have the command of four kalams of gruel.,

Tamil Proverb:
நாற்பது சென்றால் நாய்க்குச் சரி.
English Translation:
Like a dog, if over forty.",