Original · ಮೂಲ
ಸಾಲವನು ಕೊಂಬಾಗ ಹಾಲೋಗರುಂಡಂತೆ
ಸಾಲಿಗರು ಕೊಂಡು ಎಳೆವಾಗ ಕಿಬ್ಬದಿಯ
ಕೀಲು ಮುರಿದಂತೆ ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞ
Transliteration
sālavanu kombāga hālōgaruṇḍante
sāligaru koṇḍu eḷevāga kibbadiya
kīlu muridante sarvajña
English · ಆಂಗ್ಲ
Taking a loan is sweet —
like a meal of rice and milk.
But when the lender comes to collect
and drags it back from you,
it is as if a rib in your side
were snapped at the joint.
Source · ಆಕರ
ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞನ ವಚನಗಳು (ತ್ರಿಪದಿಗಳು)
Anthology of Sarvajna's sayings, Kannada Sahitya Parishat (1978); also digitised on Kanaja
Digitization: Kanaja (Govt of Karnataka) / Kannada Wikisource
Themes
prudenceself-restraintconsequencesforesight
This entry is part of the Wisdom Atlas open dataset, released under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Translations marked "Open Wisdom" are original to this project. Original texts are from public domain sources.