আনলৈ হুল পুতি নিজে মৰে ফুটি
Proverb: A Thorn for Others
আনলৈ হুল পুতি নিজে মৰে ফুটি means “if you try to harm another, you harm yourself”.
How It Works
| Words | Meaning |
|---|---|
| আনলৈ | “for another, towards another” |
| হুল পুতি | “having planted a thorn” |
| নিজে | “oneself” |
| মৰে ফুটি | “dies pricked” |
The ending -ি on পুতি and ফুটি is the “having done” form. It joins actions in a line: plant a thorn, then get pricked. The two halves end on the same sound, পুতি and ফুটি.
In plain words: যিয়ে আনৰ বেয়া কৰিব খোজে, তেওঁৰ নিজৰে বেয়া হয় “whoever wants to harm another is harmed himself”.
The thorn stands for the harm, and the one who gets pricked is the person who planted it. People use the saying as a warning to someone who plans harm for another.
Examples (3)
- আনলৈ হুল পুতি নিজে মৰে ফুটি।
Whoever plants a thorn for another dies pricked by it himself.
The whole proverb, with -লৈ on আন and the -ি form পুতি.
- যিয়ে আনৰ বেয়া কৰিব খোজে, তেওঁৰ নিজৰে বেয়া হয়।
Whoever wants to harm another is harmed himself.
The same idea in plain words.
- আইতাই ক’লে, “আনলৈ হুল পুতি নিজে মৰে ফুটি; সদায় ভাল কাম কৰিবাঁ।”
My grandmother said, “Whoever plants a thorn for another gets pricked himself; always do good.”
The proverb is quoted before a piece of advice.
How It Connects
Learn This First
This proverb uses the -ি form and -লৈ, so learners need both first.