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“Telugu:
ఓపనివారికి వద్దన్నవారే తలి తండ్రులు”
English Translation:
The lazy man looks upon those as his parents who say “Don’t [work ].”An idler is delighted at every interruption.

“Telugu:
నీవు కాకపోతే నీ అబ్బ మరివకడాయెను”
English Translation:
If you won’t do it, your father will.i. e. a better person.

“Telugu:
జోగీ జోగీ రాచుకొంటే బూడిదె రాలినది”
English Translation:
When two Jogis jostled against each other ashes fell [from their bodies].Nothing is to be got out of the quarrels of the poor.