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“Telugu:
ఉసురు వుంటే వుప్పు అమ్ముకొని బ్రతకవచ్చును”
English Translation:
If you preserve your life, you can at least live by selling salt.Used as an argument not to risk life for the sake of gain.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
జ్ఞాతిగుర్రు అరిటికర్రు వదలవు”
English Translation:
The stain of plantain [can never be effaced], the grumbling of cousins never ceases.

“Telugu:
నాగవల్లి నిష్ఠురము”
English Translation:
Squabbling on the fourth day of the marriage.( For Ndpamlli see No. 1256.)Any disputes with regard to the presents. &c.. are brought forward on the fourth day;until then no one can open his mouth.Forgetting many past benefits on account of one slight fault.

“Telugu:
ఈ వూళ్లో పెద్దలు యెవరంటే తాళ్లు, దాతలు యెవరంటే చాకళ్లు”
English Translation:
When asked who were the great (men) in the village, he said “ The Pa1myras;” when asked who were the givers (of presents), he replied “The washermen.”A joke. The Palmyras (see No. 290) are the tallest trees, and the washermen give people back their clothes.