পৃষ্ঠা:Some Assamese proverbs.djvu/২৩

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INATTENTION-IGNORANCE.

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 হুতাই তাই is impatient; হুতাহ্‌, is derived from the Sanskrit হুতাশন, fire; the word তাই is added for the sake of rhyme. This is the complaint of a troubled house wife. খৰিচা is a pickle made from the young shoots of the bamboo, and is eaten with boiled rice It is much esteemed.

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32.

Inattention.

কওঁতেই কলা, জতৰতে শলা।
Ko (n) tei kalá, jatarate shalá.

If I tell him he is deaf, the spindle is in the spinning wheel.

 “There are none so deaf as those who wo’nt hear.”

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33.

Inattention.

মই কও ৰাজ ভগনৰ কথা,
সি কয় কল থোকা বাদুলিয়ে খালে।
Mai ko ráj bhaganar kathá,
Si kai kal thoká báduliye khále.

I talk about a revolution;
He interrupts me, saying, a bat has eaten the
 bunch of plantains.

রাজভগন literally means the breaking up of a kingdom.

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34.

Ignorance.

যার নাই তৰ্জু তুল,
সি কি জানে বানিজৰ মোল।
Jar nai tarju tul,
Si ki jane banijar mol.

He who has not a pair of scales,
What does he know of the worth of trade?

 মোল is value, worth.