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“ കാക്കകുളിച്ചാൽ കൊക്കാമൊ (കൊച്ചയാകയില്ല)”
English Translation:
If a crow takes a dip, will it emerge as a white egret? (No amount of washing or cosmetic whitewashing can alter one’s fundamental nature.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കരണം പിഴച്ചാൽ മരണം ഭവിക്കും”
English Translation:
A single slip in the acrobat’s leap brings instant death. (In high-stakes, perilous undertakings, a momentary blunder proves fatal.)

“ ചാൺവെട്ടിയാൽ മുളംനീളം”
English Translation:
Cut off a span, and it grows back a cubit long. (A stubborn, hydra-headed nuisance that multiplies and worsens the more you try to suppress it.)

“ ചെത്തി, ചെത്തി ചെങ്ങളം കണ്ടു”
English Translation:
Chipped and scraped continuously until the red bedrock was laid bare. (Persistent digging or over-scrutinizing down to the hard, unvarnished core of a matter.)