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“Telugu:
ఈదబోతే తాగ నీళ్లు లేవు”
English Translation:
When he went to swim, there was not enough water to drink.Disappointed hopes.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
గోట మీటితే పొయ్యే పనికి గొడ్డలి యెందుకు”
English Translation:
Why an axe for, that which can be done with a fillip of the nail?Unnecessary labour.

“Telugu:
కోమటి నిజము”
English Translation:
A Komati’s truth.

“Telugu:
గంధపొడిలో బూరగ పట్టినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like blowing a horn into perfumed powder.Gandhapodi is thrown over one another by the relations of the bride and bridegroom at Hindu marriages.