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“ ഇല്ലം നിറച്ചാൽ വല്ലം നിറയ്ക്കണം”
English Translation:
After ceremonially filling the house with harvest sheaves, you must work to fill the grain basket. (Sacred rituals and good omens are meaningless unless backed by practical, diligent labor.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ അവരെയും അപരാധവും കുറെശ്ശെമതി”
English Translation:
Both broad beans and faults are best kept small. (Minimizing grievances and blame keeps relationships from spoiling.)

“ തന്നാലെ താൻ കെട്ടാൽ അണ്ണാവി എന്തു ചെയ്യും”
English Translation:
If someone ruins himself through his own willful folly, what can the master do? (No teacher, mentor, or advisor can save a person who is stubbornly hell-bent on self-destruction.)

“ മൂർഖനെ തിന്നുന്ന നാട്ടിൽ ചെന്നാൽ മൂർഖനെ തിന്നണം”
English Translation:
If you arrive in a land where they feast on venomous cobras, you must eat cobras. (When in Rome, do as the Romans do; adapt thoroughly and without resistance to the prevailing customs of whatever place you enter.)