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“Telugu:
పెద్దలతో వాదు, పెతరులతో పొందు.”,”
,English Translation:
Disputing with the aged [is as wrong as] keeping company with ghosts.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
ఏడుపులో యేడుపు యెడమ చెయ్యి బయట పెట్టుమన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
Show your [withered] left hand and add to their grief.The story is that after a marriage the bridegroom was found to be a fool, which caused much regret to the family of the bride. The bride groom’s friends then told him to show the withered state of his left hand which he had hitherto concealed.Making bad matters worse.

“Telugu:
ఘంటాకర్ణునికి అష్టాక్షరీవుపదేశం చెయ్యబోయినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like attempting to teach Ghantakarna the Ashtakshari.Ghantakarna ( Bell-eared) is the name of an attendant on Siva.Ashtakshari is a sacred formula used in the worship of Vishnu, composed, as the word denotes, of eight syllables (ఓం నమోనారాయణాయ.)

“Telugu:
ఊరు వుస్తెకాయంత, సిద్ధాంతము తాటికాయంత”
English Translation:
The village is like the Ustekaya and the religious duties are like the Tatikaya.The Ustekéya (No. 339) is a small fruit, and the Tatikaya (No. 390) a large fruit.Applied to exactions imposed upon people for religious purposes greater than they can bear.