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“Telugu:
అన్నిబొండాల నీళ్లూ నీవే తాగరా అయ్యల్లా”
English Translation:
Alas! my son, drink the water of all the cocoanuts.The father had refused to give his son a single cocoanut while alive, but offered him the whole after he had died of thirst.To lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
కొండంత దూదికి కొండంత నిప్పు యేల”
English Translation:
Why a mountain of fire to [burn down] a mountain of cotton?A little fire burn: up a great deal of corn.

“Telugu:
ఎద్ద్దేమి యెరుగురా అటుకులచవి, గాడ్దేమి యెరుగురా గంధపొడి వాసన.”,”
,English Translation:
What does a bullock know of the taste of parched grain? what does an ass know of the smell of perfume?To throw pearls before swine.Strew no roses before swine. (Dutch.)

“Telugu:
తల్లిచాలు పిల్లకు తప్పుతున్నదా”
English Translation:
Will the child (daughter) fail to follow in its mother’s track ?She hath a mark after. her mother.As the old cock crows, so crows the young.””As is the mother so is her daughter.” Ezekiel xvi. 44.