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M S'kh us ne d')'e, jis ne s'ikh suhd. 



" Bandar ne he s'kh d jie, bay yd kd ghar jd. 



Teach him who cares for teaching. 



Why teach the ape? the weaver-bird's house will be 

 destroyed. 



(Once in the rains a monkey took shelter under a tree; 

 a weaver-bird who had her nest there advised the 

 monkey to build one like it. The latter thereupon 



make 



his own). 



^, sikhdar, adj., learning, under training. 

 . sH } n.f , same as rang (q.v.). 

 ft^T, sinyd, n.m., tailor. 



u Bind tilak ke pdndiyd, bind purkh ke ndr 

 " Bdeh bhald nd dden, sinyd, sarp, sundr." 



A pandit with no forehead mark, a woman without 

 her man, or a tailor, a snake, or a goldsmith — these 

 are ill, (whether they pass you) to left or right. 



€hi. sim, n.f., boundary. 



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ci Gam ganwdr, sansar budh, sim uldke pdnch 

 "Jab awe darbdr men, miydn kahe so sdnch. 



In his village the yokel is a thousand wits, when he 

 crosses the border he's five. When he gets to the 

 court its ■ Oh yes, Sir, it just as you say, Sir. 



? ? 



#tT. sir, n.m., 1. Share. 



2. Sharer. 



€Nt sil 9 adj., cold. 



€€ Kdkd ji, bhayd ji, Dilpat Rde biddwen sen 



'* Tdt ghar te dye sen, si ghar ne jdwen sen 



" Milnd ho to milo, Sdmhar kd sang mdhn sen." 



Uncle, brother, Dilpat Rai is calling you. 



He comes from the hot house and is going to the cold ! 



If you'ld meet him, meet him now; company from 

 Sambar is with him too. 



(The good wife sends a child to call the family to 

 dinner. Dilpat Rai is the lentils [ddl], which are 

 taken out of the oven and put in the plate. Com- 

 pany from Sambhar is, of course, salt*) 



€t^Rr, silak y n.f., cold. 



€ten, sild> adj., cold. 



§fa, sis, n.m., 1. Moon. 



2. Head. 



11 Bars hid das, kdnydn parid ras. 

 u Bars hud bis, mastak charid sis. 



