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“Telugu:
పోడుబాము సామిత”
English Translation:
Like the Boa Constrictor.Applied to indolent persons; or to those who, from religious motives, separate themselves from the world and strive to quench all natural emotions.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
ఏనుగనెక్కినవాడు కుక్క కూతకు జడియడు”
English Translation:
The man who has mounted an elephant will not be afraid at the bark of a dog.He who is in favor with the great will not fear the enmity of the mean.

“Telugu:
తాళ్లకు తలను చండ్లు మేకలకు మెడను చండ్లు”
English Translation:
The Palmyra trees have teats on their heads, the goats have teats (Wattles) on their necks.The Hindus call the flower stalk (apadix ) of the Palmyra a teat.Useless appendages.

“Telugu:
చదివినవాని కన్నా చాకలవాడు నయము”
English Translation:
A washerman is better than an educated person.The washerman, though illiterate, invariably distinguishes the clothes belonging to different people by putting certain marks on them, but many of the educated cannot discern between good and evil.