পৃষ্ঠা:Some Assamese proverbs.djvu/৩৮

28 SOMD ASSAMESE PROVERBS. Class Il. PROVERBS RELATING TO WORLDLY WISDOM AND MAXIMS, EXPEDr. | EvcY AND CUNNING, AND WARNINGS AND ADVICE. 6. A small income and much feasting. অলপ আৰ্জন বিদ্যৰ ভোজন, না সেই পুৰুষৰ দৰিদ্ৰৰ লক্ষণ। - Alap arjan bistar bhojan, Sei purushar daridrar lakhyan. A small income and much feasting, | Are the signs of a man becoming poor আৰ্জন= gain, income; লক্ষণ= a mark or token. SH On trying to teach foods. অজ্ঞানিক জ্ঞান দি মনত পালো কষ্ট, কনিবোৰ ভঙ্গি পেলাই বাহহা কৰিলো নষ্ট। Ajnanik jnan di manat palo kashta, Kanibor bhangi pelai baho karilo nashta. In teaching an ignorant person I became troubled in mind, for he broke the nest and destroyed our eggs. This proverb refers to a folk tale related in the Iltopadesh which is as follows: There was a large simul tree frequented by a colony of parrots who laid their eggs in the hollow of the tree. An old parrot used to keep guard over the eggs of the other parrots in their absence. One day a wild cat tried to climb the tree, but the old parrot objected. The former, however, by dint of flattery and fair speeches caused the parot to be off his guard and succeeded in climbing the tree and eating the eggs. The old parrot, when he saw what had happened, spoke the saying above. Univ Calif - Digitized by Microsoft ®