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TELUGU PROVERBS.

315. ఉత్తర కుమార ప్రజ్ఞలు.

The boastings of Uttara Kumfira.

(See No. 547.)

Uttara, the son of king Virata, volunteered to attack the Kurus, but his courage failed him and he turned tail at the sight of the enemy (see Virataparva of the MnhAbhArata)

Bragging. Bombast.

316. ఉత్తర చూచి యెత్తర గంప.

Take up your basket [of seed] when you see [the sun in] Uttara.

Uttara is one of the twenty-seven lunar mansions. When the sun is in Uttara there is invariably rain, and seed is then sown.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Know your opportunity. (Latin.)^[1]

317. ఉత్తర వురిమి కురిశినా, పాము తరిమి కరిచినా తిరగదు.

If there be rain with thunder when the sun is in Uttara, there will be no drought; if a snake pursues and bites you, the bite will be fatal.

(For Uttara see No. 316.)

318. ఉద్యోగం పురుషలక్షణం, అది పోతే అవలక్షణం.

Employment makes the man; he is a luckless fellow if he lose it.

319. ఉద్యోగం పురుషలక్షణం అన్నాడు, గొడ్డలితేరా నిట్రాడు నరుకుదాము.

They say “endeavour makes the man,” so bring an axe, and let us out down the centre post.

(See Nos. 1387, 1388, 1389.)

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