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“Telugu:
నా పాదమే గతి అన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
My foot is my safety.The disciples of a Guru on commencing to cross a river said “” May theholiness of our master’s feet preserve us!”” After they had crossed it in safety the self righteous Guru believing that his presence had preserved them, stepped into the water saying “”My foot is my safety” and was carried away by the stream, and drowned.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
దొంగ చెయ్యి దాచిపెట్టితే, అమావాస్య వచ్చినప్పుడు అల్లల్లాడినట్టు.”,”
,English Translation:
The thief’s hand that was kept began to shake when the dark night of the new moon came.The time it had been accustomed to steal.

“Telugu:
ఏడిచేదాని మొగుడు వస్తే, నా మొగుడూ వస్తాడు”
English Translation:
If the weeping widow’s husband returns, mine will come also.Stolid indifference. Want of feeling.

“Telugu:
ఇల్లు చొరబడి యింటివాసాలు లెక్కపెట్టినాడ”
English Translation:
He got into the house and counted the rafters.Preparatory to laying a false claim to it, and adducing his intimate knowledge as a proof that the building was his own.Swindling.