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(14) Bilkhi ru Leh a bai, 
Man bhai sukie 
«¢ Tis Bilkhi’s ae 
I like the bread without it.’’ 
(15) Jedag na jana thi, 
Tau tauwa bi na janai thi? 
‘*Tf you did not know how to kindle the fire, 
Then did you also not know how to bring the pan ?”’ 
(16) Aj nipiti kal nipiti, 
Késar fila sada nipiti. 
‘* To-day and to-morrow she is without a son, 
She is without a son even when the saffron blooms.” | 
(Used as of a childless woman, to show impossibility.) | 
(17) Tate khe karchhi, 
Shale khe hath. 
‘* A spoon for the hot 
And the hand for the cold.” | 
(18) Je déo-jya hunda, 
Tau mano ri bujhda. 
“* If I were like a deit 
I would know everyone’s mind.’’ 
(19) Jasra bao si ho 
Sé baj dalkie kwai kha ? 
‘* He, whose father is a lion, jwhy 
Will he eat without flesh ? 
(One who has good supporters will always be successful). 
(20) Ju meri maiwo6 nila, 
Sé man bi dhachola. 
‘“* He, who takes away my mother, 
Will have to support me too.’’ h 
(Used of a widow’s child when its mother takes Th pe? 
husband, and meaning that he who ploughs the land will ha 
to pay the taxes Ss.) 
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(21) Galau tanyin Ganga, 
Tethia porki jimpr. 
‘*When bathing, up to one’s throat it is the Ganges, 
But above the throat it is death itself.’’ 
(One cannot do what is beyond his power.) 
(22) Je panmesur dekhd ni, 
Tau kadurti fa tau pachhyanu a. 
** Even if no one has seen God, 
Des can still be ch ate by His nature.”’ 
