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“ ഏൺചാണുടമ്പുക്കും ശിരസ്സേപ്രമാണം”
English Translation:
For an eight-span body, the head remains the supreme authority. (The intellect must govern physical impulses, just as a wise leader must direct the community.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കട്ടകൊണ്ടു കട്ടതല്ലി”
English Translation:
Smashing one clod of earth with another clod of earth. (Fighting fire with fire; using equal, matched force to break an obstacle.)

“ ഒറ്റസന്താനം കുരുടന്റെ വടിപോലെ”
English Translation:
An only child is like a blind man’s cane. (The sole support and hope upon which an entire family’s future precariously depends.)

“ കരിവാടു ചുട്ടു നായെ തല്ലിയപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like roasting fragrant dried fish and then thrashing the dog for coming near. (Enticing someone with irresistible temptation and then cruelly punishing them for an instinctive response.)