ఆకలి యుడుగాని కడుపును – సుమతి

Akali yudugani kadupunu
vekati yagu lanja padupu viduvani bratukun
brakonna nuti yudakamu
mekala padiyunu rota medini Sumati!

vrekatiyagu=pregnant; prakonna=stale; rota=disgust; medi=earth.

Sumati, on this earth certain things are disgusting: food that does not satisfy hunger, a pregnant whore who doesn’t give up her profession, the stale water in a well, and goat’s milk. Tasteless or insufficient food is bad. The necessity for money felt by a pregnant whore to continue her work, accumulated water in a well which is unhygienic, goat’s milk, which has a different smell compared with cow’s milk, are auseating. But it must be pointed out that Mahatma Gandhi used to drink goat’s milk as it was nourishing.