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“Telugu:
పసుపు కొమ్ము యివ్వని కోమటి పసారమంతా కొల్ల యిచ్చినాడు”
English Translation:
As impossible as that a Kômati who would not give away a bit of turmeric should allow his whole store to be plundered.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
గడ్డపలుగులు గాలికి కొట్టుకొనిపోతూ వుంటే, పుల్లాకు నా పని యేమి అన్నద”
English Translation:
When the crowbars were blown about by the wind, the leaf platter said “What is to become of me?”Pullaku is a cast away leaf-dish which has been once used.A mean person thinking of his own loss when his superiors are suffering.

“Telugu:
పెండ్లివారు వచ్చి పెరట్లో దిగినారా”
English Translation:
Are the people coming to the marriage waiting in the back yard ?i.e. “ Why such haste?””

“Telugu:
బ్రతికి వుంటే, బలుసుకూర తిని వుండ వచ్చును”
English Translation:
If I live, I can exist on Balusukura.Balurukura is the Canthium Parviflorum.Preferring hardship to oppression. “Submission to any necessity however grievous.”” (Elliot. )What can’t be cured must be endured.