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“Telugu:
చింత చచ్చినా, చింత పులుపు చావదు”
English Translation:
The tamarind may be dried, but it loses not its acidity.Retaining vigour of mind though weakened in body.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
కుక్కను చంపిన పాపము గుడి కట్టినా పోదు”
English Translation:
The sin of killing a dog cannot be expiated even by building a temple.

“Telugu:
బోడెద్దుకు పోటు మప్పడము”
English Translation:
Training a hornless bullock to gore.Leading the innocent to vice. ​

“Telugu:
పేరు పెనిమిటిది, అనుభవము మామగారిది”
English Translation:
The name is my husband’s, the suffering is my father-in law’s.Said by Sita to the Rishis’ wives when they condoled with her on her husband’s sufferings. She knew that Rama’s misfortune was not to be compared with that of her father-in-law Dasaratha who died of grief, cursed by the old hermit whose son he had accidentally killed.The name with one, the reality with another.