పుట:A Collection of Telugu Proverbs.pdf/271

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1459. పిల్లిని చంకబెట్టుకొని పెండ్లికి వెళ్లినట్టు.

Going to a marriage with a cat under your arm.
(See Nos. 310, 508.)
The cat is a bad omen.
Transgressing the rules of society.

1460. పిల్లిని చంపిన పాపము నీది, బెల్లము తిన్న పాపము నాది.

You take the sin of killing the cat, I’ll take the sin of eating your molasses.
Said by s stingy Komati to a Brahman priest to whom he had presented the cheapest possible ofl‘ering that would expiate the sin he had committed by killing a cat, viz., a little image of a cat made of molasses, which he afterwards was greedy enough to take back again and swallow.

1461. పిల్లి బ్రహ్మహంత.

Kill a cat, kill a Brahman.
Doing harm to a cat is considered as sinful as injuring a Brahman.

1462. పిల్లి బ్రాహ్మణుడు, పీట ముత్తైదువ.

A cat [is as sacred as] a Brahman, and the stool ( used for prayers, &c.) is as sacred as his wife.

1463. పీటకూ పిర్రకూ వయిరము.

Enmity between the posteriors and the seat.

1464. పీతాంబరము యెరువిచ్చినమ్మ పీట వెంబడి పట్టుకొని తిరగవలశినది.

The lady who lent a woman a silk cloth, must walk after her with a stool.
If you lend any thing good to a careless person you must take measures to prevent his spoiling it, as the silk cloth would have been spoiled had the woman sat upon the ground.

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