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“ ഇണയില്ലാത്തവന്റെ തുണകെട്ടല്ല (പിടിക്കരുതു)”
English Translation:
Never take companionship with a solitary renegade who has no peer or partner. (Avoid keeping company with rootless, unaccountable individuals who recognize no loyalties.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഒട്ടുംപറയാഞ്ഞാൽ പൊട്ടനായ്പോകും”
English Translation:
If you never speak up, you will be dismissed as a mute fool. (Total silence and lack of assertion invite others to overlook your presence and tread on your rights.)

“ ഇല്ലത്തെ പൂച്ചപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a cat in an affluent homestead. (Living a pampered, carefree life with free run of the place without lifting a paw.)

“ ഒറ്റാലിൽ കിടന്നതുംപോയി, കിഴക്കുനിന്നു വന്നതും പോയി”
English Translation:
What was inside the wicker trap was lost, and what was swimming in from the east escaped too. (Losing both the certainty in hand and the prospect ahead by being overly greedy.)