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“ അവന്നു ഒരു പുഴക്ക് ഒരു പത്തൽ”
English Translation:
For him, a single wooden stick to cross an entire river. (Tackling an immense challenge with ridiculously inadequate means.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ അമ്മവിട്ട പശുക്കിടാവെ പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a calf released to run to its mother. (Rushing ahead with unbounded joy, eagerness, and unrestrained freedom.)

“ പൊന്നുവെക്കേണ്ടയെടത്തു പൂവെങ്കിലുംവെക്കണം”
English Translation:
Where gold ought to be offered, place at least a flower. (If you cannot afford an ideal, costly tribute, at least offer a humble token of sincere respect.)

“ അമ്മയുറിമേലും പെങ്ങൾ കീഴിലും ഓൾ ഉരലിലും”
English Translation:
Mother on the high hanging shelf, sister below, and wife upon the mortar. (The delicate, often fraught domestic hierarchy and rivalries within a joint household.)