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“Telugu:
పూస పోగు వుంటే, బుజమెక్క వలెనా.”,”
,English Translation:
Although a man has necklace and earrings is he to sit on [ another man’s] shoulder?Should a rich man be puffed up with pride?

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
కుంటెద్దు రానిదీ దూలమెత్తరు”
English Translation:
Until the lame bullock comes, they Won’t lift the beam.

“Telugu:
కడుపులో లేనిది కౌగిలించుకొంటే వస్తున్నదా”
English Translation:
Will [affection] that does not exist in the heart be caused by embracing [the body]?

“Telugu:
ఉపాధ్యాయులవారూ, ఉక్తం ఉక్తం”
English Translation:
O teacher, uktam! uktam !Said by a school-boy when he saw a board about to fall on his master’s head. He had been taught to render the Sanscrit word Uktam by Palaka baddadi (“it was said”). These words also signify “ the board has fallen,”” which the boy took to be the correct meaning of the Sanscrit word.