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“Telugu:
ఎత్తుకొని తిన్నబోలె యెదురుగా వస్తే, చంకన వున్నబోలె సలాం చేశినదà°”
English Translation:
When he was met by the bowl that he used to collect alms in and eat out of, the bowl under his arm made salam to it.A begging impostor paying a visit on one occasion to a village where he thought he was not known, kept his alms-bowl under his arm. but when he met a man carrying an old bowl that had once belonged to him, the one under his arm is said to have betrayed its owner by claiming acquaintance with its predecessor.