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 * இரவற் சோறு பஞ்சம் தாங்குமா?
 * Will borrowed rice prove a security against famine?

 
 * இரவற் சீலையை நம்பி இடுப்புக் கந்தையை எறிந்தாளாம்.
 * It is said, that relying on a borrowed cloth, she threw away her tattered cloth.

 
 * இராகு திசையில் வாழ்ந்தவனும் இல்லை, ராஜ திசையிற் கெட்டவனும் இல்லை.
 * None ever prospered under Ràhu, nor was any one ever ruined under Jupiter.
 * Rahu is the name of a monstrous serpent or dragon, the ascending node, and regarded as one of the nine planets, which, with Kèthu the descending node, is said to grasp the sun and moon periodically, and thus to cause eclipses. When the supernals assembled at a feast to drink the water of immortality obtained from the churning of the milky ocean Rahu and Kethu, two Asuras, clandestinely got admission. The sun and moon saw them and at once informed Vishnu of their presence. Vishnu dispatched his marvellous disc and decapitated them just as the coveted nectar was about to enter their throats. They to avenge themselves resolved periodically to swallow the sun and moon.

 
 * இராக் கண்ட சனி மிடாப்போல வீங்கின கதை.
 * The story of one who in a dream of the night saw Saturn swelling as a large pot.

 
 * இராசன் ஏறிய குதிரையைப்போல.
 * Like a horse ridden by a king.

 
 * இராசமுகத்துக்கு எலுமிச்சம் பழம்போல.
 * As a lemon offered to a king.
 * A gift to procure his favour: a hindu when offering a lemon or fruit of any kind invariably does so with the right hand.

 
 * இராச கீரியைக் காவுகிறதுபோல.
 * Like carrying a royal mongoose.

 
 * இராசன் ஆனாலும் தன் தாய்க்கு மகனே.
 * Though a king, he is the son of his mother.

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