74 SOME ASSAMESE TROVERBS. 219. Sorters. Bharik nerc bhare, jubayak nere pachalar kh^re. The burden does not leave the porter's back. And pachald khdr curry does not leave the slovenly man. The above means that a porter cannot earn his livelihood without carrying loads, and a sloven can only get pachala khdr (a bad kind of curry) to eat. 'is^l— the sprout of the plantain tree from which curry is prepared. 220. Meligion. Dbarmar jai adbarmar khay. The victory of religion is the decline of wickedness. ^"i (dharma) is moral and religious duty. Dharma was an ancient sage, sometimes classed among the prajapatis, the fathers of the human race, who were produced by Manu. Dharma married thirteen (or ten) of the daughters of Dakhsa, and had a numerous progeny, but all his children " are manifestly allegori- cal, being personifications of intelligences and virtues and religi- ous rites, and being, therefore, appropriately wedded to the proba- ble authors of the Hindu Code of religion and morals, or the equally allegorical representation of that code, Dharma." — (Wilson) cf. *ft<«t«^'^ ^i:^tsf5s i " t 221. Step-mother. Ki kom mdhi air gun, Ehate kharani ehi^te Ion ! What shall I say o£ my tt^p-niother's kindness, In one hand she has solution of potash and in the othor salt f
