.SOME ASSAMESE PROVERBS. Mr. Abdul Majid notes on this—“ when a man loses his wife and becomes a widower (barala), he is so immersed in grief that, when he lights a torch, he lets it burn his hand in his absence of mind.” 280. | Padowser. ঠন ঠন মদন গোপাল, একেটা বৰলাৰ নখন চোতাল। Than than Madan Gopal, eketa baralir nakhan chotal. He is alone by himself a f Malan Gopal ” (a widower), he possesses nine courtyards (and houses to correspond). মদন গোপাল (Madan Gopal) is either a bachelor or a widower. মদন (Madan) is one of the names of কাম (Kama), the Indian Cupid. (Gopal), cowkeeper, a name of the youthful Krishna whilst living amongst the cowherds in Brindaban. 231. Widourer. পৰ্ব এত কাছকনি ভৈয়ামত বাণ, বৰলাত বিচাৰিছে শুকান ধান। Parbatat kachhakani bhayamat ban, Baralat bicharichhe shukan dhan. To look for turtle's eggs in the hills, to put up a weir (across a stream) in the plains, | Are as difficult things to do as to obtain dry paddy at a | widower's house. In the proverb just above, we have some of the advantages of widowerhood. In this proverb we have one of the disadvan- tages. বাণ (ban) is a weir thrown across a stream to prevent the fish finding their way out to the Brahmaputra. Such weirs are dificult to put up, and still more difficult to keep in place, as the streams are liable to rise suddenly and wash them away. Turtle's eggs are found on the sandhills alongside rivers. They are difficult to find unless the turtle is seen making its way off from the place where the eggs have been deposited. Univ Calif - Digitized by Microsoft ®
