পৃষ্ঠা:Some Assamese proverbs.djvu/১১৯

FATALITY-WANT OF THREFT. 109 388. | Fatality. যেতিয়াহে পাব কালে, | কি কৰিব বেজৰ মেলে। Jetiyahe paba kale, Ki kariba bejar mele. when the time of death arrives, The advice of physicians is useless. মেল literally means an assembly. 884. Unchastity. বাৰে ভৰাৰ নাম জানে, বেইটা পৈৰ নাম নেজানে। Bare bhatarar nam jane, Beita pair nam nejane. She knows the names of her twelve paramours, But does not know the name of her married husband, ভতৰা, Sanskrit ভৰ্তা, husband. The word ভতৰা in Assamese is applied to the bull also, hence the slang term used here for a paramour. 885, | Masery heaped upon misery. গেলাত টো দিয়া। Gelät tenga diya, To pour acid on rotten fish. 86. Want of thift. : হাতিয়ে খায় যিমান লাদেও সিমন। | Hatiye khai jiman ladeo siman. | The elephant voids as much as it eats. The more a man's income increases the more he spends. Univ Calif - Digitized by Microsoft ®)