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“ ഉക്കത്തു പുണ്ണുള്ളവൻ ഊതൽ കടക്കുമൊ”
English Translation:
Can a man with an open ulcer in his armpit brave the biting wind? (Someone hiding an agonizing, sensitive weakness cannot endure probing scrutiny or harsh conditions.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കൂടെചാകുന്ന എന്റെ കോതെച്ചീ, കോടിക്കോണകം തന്നേച്ചുപോ”
English Translation:
O Kothechi, dying beside me in the same tragedy, leave me your brand-new cloth before you expire! (Selfish, petty greed persisting even at the edge of the grave or in the midst of shared calamity.)

“ താഴത്തുവീട്ടിൽ വന്ന വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച മേലേവീട്ടിലും”
English Translation:
The Friday that visited the lower house will inevitably arrive at the upper house too. (Misfortune spares no one; the adversity or day of reckoning that strikes a neighbor will eventually visit you.)

“ എന്റെ വായ് കുറ്റികൊണ്ടുകീറിയതല്ല”
English Translation:
My mouth was not pried open with a wooden wedge. (I possess my own voice and speak freely without fear or favor.)