46 SOME ASSAMESE PROVERBs. 131. One who is always 6 hot awater. বাৰটা মাহৰ তেৰটা জগৰ, সদাই মুগুছে এটা লগৰ। Barata mahar terata jagar, sadai nuguchhe eta lagar. In twelve months thirteen scrapes, I cannot exist without getting into hot water. This is the complaint of somebody who is always in trouble. 189. Opposites. বলীয়ে নিলীয়ে কিহৰ হতাহতি,। ধনীয়ে নির্ধনীয়ে কিহৰ মিত্ৰাৱতী। Baliye nirbaliye kihar hatahati, Dhaniye nirdhaniye kihar mitrawati, what passage-of-arms can there be between the strong and the weak, What friendship can there be between the rich and the poor বলী means a strong man, বলি also means a sacrifice. হতাহতি means hand-to-hand conflict; also two people working together at the same task. মিত্ৰাৱতী is the same as মিতিৰালি, which means friendship. 133. So terrible that even Bhagbanta and Basudeo are afraid, ভয়ত ভগৱন্ত পলাই কিললৈ বাসুদেৱ দৰাই। Bhayat Bhagabanta palai kilalai Basudeo darai. Bhagabanta even dies from fear, and Basudev is afraid that | he will be beaten. | ভগৱন্ত or ভগৱান is পৰমেশ্বৰ (Parmeswar), বাসুদেব is another name for কৃষ্ণ (Krishna). 184. Bitter words are hard to hear". ভাতৰ তিতা খাবলৈ ভাল, মাতৰ তিতা খাবলৈ টান । Bhatar tita khabalai bhal, matar tita khabalai tan It is possible to eat bitter rice, but it is hard to hear bitter words. ভাতৰ তিতা, rice that is favoured with acid to make it palatable. Univ Calif - Digitized by MicroSoft )
