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“Telugu:
ఎత్తుకొని తిన్నబోలె యెదురుగా వస్తే, చంకన వున్నబోలె సలాం చేశినద�”
English Translation:
When he was met by the bowl that he used to collect alms in and eat out of, the bowl under his arm made salam to it.A begging impostor paying a visit on one occasion to a village where he thought he was not known, kept his alms-bowl under his arm. but when he met a man carrying an old bowl that had once belonged to him, the one under his arm is said to have betrayed its owner by claiming acquaintance with its predecessor.

“Telugu:
జీవరత్నము యిత్తడిని పొదిగితే, రత్నానికి యేమి లోపము.”,”
,English Translation:
What does a fine ruby suffer by being set in brass ?The disgrace of putting a talented man in a mean situation attaches to the employer not to the employé.

“Telugu:
పందుం తిన్నా పరకడుపే, యేదుం తిన్నా యేకాదశే”
English Translation:
Though he eat ten Tums of food he will say he is starving ; and though he eat five Tums, he will say it is a fast.( For Tdmu ace No. 619. )