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“Telugu:
ఉడకవే కూడా వుగాది దాకా అంటే, నాకేమి పనిలేదు యేరువాకదాకా అన్నాడ�”
English Translation:
[The host said] “Boil, boil away, O food, until new year’s day!” [the guest added] “My business will not take me away until the ploughing-season.”During the Pongal feast in January a stingy man tried by a broad hint to avoid giving a visitor food, but the latter was not to be done out of his dinner. The Telugu New year’s day falls in April, and cultivation commences in July.Eat and welcome; fast and heartily welcome.Let the guest go before the storm bursts. (German)

“Telugu:
గబ్బిలము ఆకాశము పడకుండా పట్టుకొంటావనుకొన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
Like the bat which thinks it holds up the sky and keeps it from falling.Said of a man who thinks everything depends on himself.

“Telugu:
చేసేవి శివపూజలు, చెప్పేవి అబద్ధాలు”
English Translation:
His employment is the worship of Siva, but his words are lies.A hypocrite.Much praying, but no piety.Beads about the neck and the devil in the heart.