खाने मुखलाई जुँगाले छेक्दैन
Khaane mukh lai jungaa le chhekdaina
Where there is will there is way.
Kunta ki buhari bhatmaas khaaki.
Kunta ki buhari bhatmaas khaaki.
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Khaane mukh lai jungaa le chhekdaina
Where there is will there is way.
Khanna khanna lokachaar, khaaye pachhi maanaa chaar
Acting shy about receiving benefits but taking more than your share when the benefits come
Garjane baadal barshadaina.
Thunder clouds do not always give rain.
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
Bhauju le poleko dewar, buhari le poleko sasuro
Buhari ko chhati heri gaule aghaye, naati keto bhokai.
Kam xaina buhari pada ko kando kanayera bas
Kunta ko mahadev kharaani ghaseko.
Saasu ko maya chhori chhaunjel, buhari ko maya chhora chhaunjel.
Usai ta buhari marich khaayeki.