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“Telugu:
పిల్లిని చంపిన పాపము నీది, బెల్లము తిన్న పాపము నాది”
English Translation:
You take the sin of killing the cat, I’ll take the sin of eating your molasses.Said by s stingy Komati to a Brahman priest to whom he had presented the cheapest possible ofl‘ering that would expiate the sin he had committed by killing a cat, viz., a little image of a cat made of molasses, which he afterwards was greedy enough to take back again and swallow.

“Telugu:
బ్రతకని బిడ్డ తెగబారెడు”
English Translation:
The dead infant is always a fine child.Thought more of when dead than when living.For folks fare well, and fair children die.

“Telugu:
నిలవ నీడా పట్ట కొమ్మా లేదు”
English Translation:
No shade to stand under, or branch to clutch.Helpless and forlorn.