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“ കട്ടതു ചുട്ടു പോകും”
English Translation:
Stolen goods will burn away to ashes. (Ill-gotten wealth never prospers and eventually brings its own destruction.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ആറുചാത്തം ഉണ്ടവനെ ആനത്തുടലിട്ടു പൂട്ടിയാലൂം നിൽക്കയില്ല”
English Translation:
A man who has feasted on six heavy memorial banquets cannot be restrained even with elephant chains. (Bodily necessity and the physical consequences of extreme overindulgence cannot be held back by force.)

“ മൗനംകൊണ്ടു മദവാനെയും ജയിക്കാം”
English Translation:
Through composed silence, even a furious rogue tusker can be subdued. (Dignified, unyielding calm disarms aggressive, violent hostility far more effectively than shouting matches.)

“ മലർന്നുകിടന്നു തുപ്പിയാൽ മാറത്തു വീഴും”
English Translation:
If you spit while lying flat on your back, it falls squarely upon your own chest. (Slandering elders, benefactors, or one’s own family recoils directly upon oneself, bringing self-inflicted disgrace.)