পৃষ্ঠা:Some Assamese proverbs.djvu/১১৫

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WANT OF MEANS — THE CASTOR OIL PLANT. 105 318. Want of means. ^.^ ,,,., / ^^ ^t ^ f*' i^t^^^p *PF I ' J^r nil gam si sabatkai Baru. He who has not cattle is the smallest of all. 819- Blind to one's own faults. Apondr mukh bek^, Ddponfik chari lathi. ' His own face is ugly, But he kicks the mirror four timee^ ♦'" ,,>'v' '^^^1 •-'. itti»tt5?= Sanskrit ^ff*!, looking-glass. 820. Empty vessels sound the loudest. Bis ndikiya sapar PhoCn)pduriei sar. The snake is not poisonous, It only hisses. This applies to the case of a man who talks much hut who does little. 821- The castor oil plant the banyan where there are no trees, 5^t^^ C^f^^ ^lt^ ?^1W I Ndikiya desat erai bar gacbh. In a treeless country the castor oil plant is a banyan.

  • ijM ^, the castor oil plant (Palma christi). The prorerb

is derived from the Sanskrit sloka "^T^ WH ig'CJft^tf^ aj^cstpt