బిడ్డలను కన్నమ్మా, భిక్షము పెట్టినమ్మా చెడరు
biddalanu kannamma, bhikshamu pettinamma chedaru
The mother who gave birth to children and the mother who gave alms will never perish.
This proverb emphasizes the virtues of motherhood and charity. It suggests that those who perform selfless acts—such as raising children or helping the needy—will always be blessed, protected, and will never face total ruin in life due to the good karma they have accumulated.
Related Phrases
అయినమ్మ పెళ్లి, అదిరినమ్మ కన్ను
ayinamma pelli, adirinamma kannu
The wedding of a woman who is ready (to be married) and the twitching of an eye.
This proverb is used to describe a situation where an event was already certain to happen, but some small, irrelevant omen or trivial excuse is credited for it. It mocks the tendency to attribute a natural or inevitable outcome to a superstition.
వాని ఇంట్లో ఇలిభిక్షము బలిభిక్షము పుట్టదు
vani intlo ilibhikshamu balibhikshamu puttadu
In his house neither Ili nor Bali is offered.
This expression is used to describe an extreme miser or a very stingy person. It suggests that the person is so greedy or poor-hearted that they wouldn't even offer a tiny bit of food to a housefly or provide a small portion for ritual charity. It is used to highlight someone's total lack of generosity.
Ili is applied to the grains of raw rice religiously offered to ants, &c. Bali is the food given in the same manner to crows before commencing a meal. He'll flay a flint. Dogs run away with whole shoulders.
మిండలను మరిగినమ్మ, మీగడ తిన్నమ్మ ఊరకుండరు.
mindalanu mariginamma, migada tinnamma urakundaru.
A woman used to lovers and a woman used to eating cream cannot remain quiet.
This proverb is used to describe how once a person develops a taste for luxuries or a habit of indulging in forbidden/secret pleasures, they find it impossible to give them up. It highlights the persistent nature of deep-seated habits or addictions.
అన్నం పెట్టినవారింటికి కన్నము పెట్టినట్లు
annam pettinavarintiki kannamu pettinatlu
Like breaking into the house of the person who fed you.
This expression describes extreme ingratitude or betrayal. It refers to a person who harms their benefactor or someone who has helped them in their time of need. It is used to condemn the act of biting the hand that feeds you.
తా బెట్టుకోనిది భిక్షమా?
ta bettukonidi bhikshama?
Is it a charity if one does not have it themselves?
This expression is used to highlight that one cannot give to others what they do not possess themselves. It is often used in a cynical or realistic sense to point out that a person who is struggling or lacking resources cannot be expected to help others or provide charity.
అన్నము పెట్టినవారిల్లు కన్నము పెట్టవచ్చునా?
annamu pettinavarillu kannamu pettavachchuna?
May you break into the house of him who has fed you ?
This proverb emphasizes the virtue of gratitude and loyalty. It suggests that it is a great sin or an act of extreme betrayal to harm or cheat someone who has helped or supported you during your time of need.
Kannam is a hole made by burglars in the wall of a house.
మిండలను మరిగిన అమ్మా, మీగడలు తిన్న అమ్మా ఊరకుండరు.
mindalanu marigina amma, migadalu tinna amma urakundaru.
She who has used paramours, and she who has eaten the skim of boiled milk will never cease to do so. Once an use, and ever a custom.
This proverb suggests that once someone gets habituated to certain luxuries, pleasures, or vices, it is impossible for them to give them up or remain indifferent. It is used to describe people who are enslaved by their past habits or secret desires.
చేసినమ్మ చేప చేయనమ్మ చెదలు
chesinamma chepa cheyanamma chedalu
The woman who worked got fish, the woman who didn't got termites.
This proverb emphasizes that hard work leads to fruitful results, while laziness or procrastination leads to waste and decay. It is used to motivate someone to put in effort to reap rewards rather than letting opportunities rot away.
ఉన్నమ్మ ఉన్నమ్మకే పెట్టె, లేనమ్మా ఉన్నమ్మకే పెట్టె
unnamma unnammake pette, lenamma unnammake pette
The woman who has gives to the woman who has; the woman who has not also gives to the woman who has.
This proverb describes a social irony where resources or gifts tend to flow towards those who are already wealthy or powerful, rather than to those in need. It highlights that everyone seeks to please the rich, while the poor are often ignored or even forced to give up what little they have to those above them.
తీగ పెట్టినమ్మ మాట తీయగా, కమ్మపెట్టినమ్మ మాట కమ్మగా, విచ్చుటాకులున్నమ్మా నీమాట విన సహించదు అన్నదట.
tiga pettinamma mata tiyaga, kammapettinamma mata kammaga, vichchutakulunnamma nimata vina sahinchadu annadata.
The words of the one who gave a creeper are sweet; the words of the one who gave a leaf-stalk are savory; but the words of the one who has blooming leaves are unbearable to hear.
This proverb highlights human psychology and bias based on self-interest. It refers to a person who praises those who have given them something (even something small like a vegetable creeper or a palm leaf) while being critical or intolerant of those who have plenty but have not shared anything with them yet. It is used to describe how people's perceptions of others are often colored by the benefits they receive.