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28 33. Panche mít, pacháse Thákur.

Five to your friend and fifty to God : (don't grumble over it).

34. Ghorá aur phorá hath pherne se barhtá hai.

Horses and boils increase by stroking : (literally so to be rendered; but there is a pun on 'barhtá hai which means both "improves" and "grows worse." Horses are improved by stroking and boils grow worse.)

35. ''Jo hiyáh men na kháe búrá to phir kháe? dhúrá!''

Who won't eat sweets at his wedding, what will he eat afterwards ? Dust! (The miser.)

36. Ukhlí men sir dená, phir choton se kyá darná?

If you put your head into the mortar, why fear blows?

37. Jin 'aurat sís charháí áj na ujárá, kal ujárá.

Take your wife's advice and be ruined to-day, at any rate to-morrow.

38. Dená bhalá na báp ká betí bhalí na ek, Chalná bhalá na kos ká; jo Sáhib rákhe tek.

It is not well to owe to your father : it is not well to have even one daughter.

It is not well to walk even a mile ; God preserve us from these.

39. Yeh to puráná khúnd hai.

He is a dried-up old trunk.

40. Agar Rájá ruthegá, to apná sohág legá kisí ká bhág na legá.

If the king be angry he can take away your livelihood, but not your good luck.

41. Jogí jogí lare khapparon ká nás.

When monk fights monk the begging-bowls suffer: (the lowly suffer for the quarrels of the great).

42. ''Bhúkh men bhojan kyá ? Nínd men darshan kyá?''

Any food for the hungry ? any bed for the sleepy ?

43. Jagan Náth men sab koí háth pasárá.

Every one puts his hand forth (to the dish) at Jagan Náth. (There is no distinction of caste in eating at the Jagan Náth (Juggernaut) festival.)

44. Dátá dán de, bhandári kd pet phate.

The generous man gives and his steward breaks his heart.