26 NORTH INDIAN PROVERBS.
(d.)Jab tah na dehhun apni naim, tab tab na }mtaun gur ki baini.
Until I see with my own eyes I will not believe (even my spiritual) teacher's words.
(4.) Baniyd hd beta mdl M par girtdhai.
If a shopkeeper stumble it is on to wealth.
(5.) Biydl gdihi Idt bhaU.
(Even) the kick of a pregnant cow is good: (allusion to the sacred character of the cow).
(6.) Jis M pJiatt nahin biydhi, Woh Tcyd jdne pir pardi ? Whose skin has never cracked, What knows he of another's pain ?
(7.) Bare bol kd sir nichhe.
Pride before a fall.
(8.) Bog kd ghar khdnsi^ lardi kd ghar hdnsu
Coughing is the home of sickness, banter the home of quarrel.
(9.) Marnd aur shddi ^aurat bin sobhd nahin detd.
It is not becoming to die or be married without a woman.
(10.) Jiwan maran,jas apjas, Bidkdtd hdth.
Life and death, fame and dishonour, are in the hands of Fate.
(11.) Jo garje barse nahin.
If it thunder it won't rain : (still waters run deep).
(32.) Dabi bilU chuhon se kdn katdti hai.
The conquered cat gets her ears bitten by rats.
(13.) Jahdn murghd nahin hotd, wahdn kyd din nahin charhtd ?
Is there no day where there is no cock (to crow) ?
14. Sir mundhdte ole pare.
The hail came down on his shaven poll.
15. Kdnsi par bijli parti hai. Zinc attracts lightning.
16. Bhdrd gaurd bano. Be full (of worth).
17. Samman samd pachhdn ; je koimdre Idt, hdnsi kar jdn. (Says) Samman, know the times ; if any one kicks you take it as
a joke: (be all things to all men).
