Nepali proverb
बिद्या नै धन हो
Bidhya nai dhan ho.
Education is Wealth.
Nepali proverb
बाह्र बर्ष बाइबल पढायो, भुकम्प आउँदा राम राम
Bahra barsha bible padaayo, bhukampa aauda Ram Ram
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Bahra barsha bible padaayo, bhukampa aauda Ram Ram
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Nepali proverb
बिहे गर्ने अलमल मा केटी खोजै बिर्सियो
Bihe garne almal ma kt khojnai birsiyo.
Mukhya kam nai birsinu.
Nepali proverb
बैगुनीलाई गुनले मार्नु
Baiguni lai gun le maarnu.
Kill the ungrateful with gratitude.
Proverbs that share words with this one
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
Nepali proverb
बाह्र बर्ष रामायण पढायो, सीता कस्की जोइ
Bahra barsha ramayan padaayo, sita kaski joi?
Nepali proverb
बाह्र बर्षमा पोइ आयो, मै राँडीलाइ ज्वारो आयो
Bahra barsha maa poi aayo, mai raadi lai jworo aayo.
Nepali proverb
कुकुरको पुच्छर बाह्र बर्ष सम्म ढुङ्रोमा राखेपनी बाङ्गाको बाङ्गै
Kukur ko puchhar bahra barsha dhungro maa raakhe pani bangaa ko baangai
Awareness
आम्दानी चार आनाको खर्च बाह्र आनाको
Aamdani chaar aanaa ko kharchaa bahra aanaa ko.
One's earnings are insufficient to meet expenses
Fate
अभागी मोरो हग्न बस्यो, बाह्र हातको घोँचो पस्यो
Abhaagi moro hagna basyo, bahra haat ko ghocho pasyo.
Misfortune befalls the unlucky at every turn, even when they try to avoid it
Adaptability
अघि हेर्नु चार हात, पछि हेर्नु बाह्र हात
Aghi hernu chaar haat, pachhi hernu bahra haat
It takes more effort to move forward & achieve something than to look back and dwell on the past