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“Telugu:
కలిగినయ్య గాదె తీసేటప్పటికి పేదవానికి ప్రాణము పోయినది”
English Translation:
By the time the rich man opened his corn bin, the poor man had died.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
ఆగభోగాలు అక్క కుడిస్తే, అంబటి పరకలు బావ కుడిచినాడు”
English Translation:
While my sister enjoyed every luxury, my brother-in-law had nothing to eat but the scum of the porridge.Said of a man who is poorly treated in his father-in-law’s house while his wife fares well.

“Telugu:
పెద్దల వుసురు పెనుబామై తాకును”
English Translation:
The sorrow [you have caused ] to the pious will come upon you again like a great serpent.””His mischief shall return upon his own head.”” Psalm vii. 16. ​

“Telugu:
కడుపులోని మాట అంటే, వూరంతా అవుతున్నది”
English Translation:
If you let out your secret, it will get all over the village.Three know it, all know it. (Italian.)The secret of two is God’s secret; the secret of three is all the world’s. (French)