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“Telugu:
అయ్యవారిని చెయ్యబోతే కోతి అయినది”
English Translation:
His attempt to make [an image of] Ganésa ended in [the moulding of] a monkey.Mud images of Ganésa are made and worshipped on the 4th day of the light fortnight in the month Bhadrapada (August-September ).A ridiculous failure.

“Telugu:
కొలిచేవాడూ గుడ్డి, కొలిపించుకొనేవాడూ గుడ్డి”
English Translation:
The man who measures [the grain] is blind, and the man who has had it measured is blind also (i.e., the buyer and the seller.)Defects on both sides.

“Telugu:
నిశ్చితార్థము నాడే నీలగ వలశినది, నాగవల్లి దాకా వుండడము నా అదృష్టమే గదా”
English Translation:
He ought to have died on the day of betrothal, it is my good fortune that he has lived until the fourth day of the marriageSaid ironically by a girl who had been married to an old man who died before the completion of the ceremonies.