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“ കുളിപ്പാൻകുഴിച്ചതിൽ കുളിപ്പാൻചെല്ലുമ്പോൾ താന്താൻ കുഴിച്ചതിൽ താന്താ”
English Translation:
When going to bathe in the pit dug for bathing, each must step into the pit they dug for themselves. (As you sow, so shall you reap; everyone must face the consequences of the traps and choices they prepared.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ അടുക്കളയല്ല, അരങ്ങത്രെ”
English Translation:
This is not the private kitchen; it is the open stage. (Public arenas demand decorum and composure, unlike the privacy of home.)

“ അരിയിട്ടും വെച്ചു ഉമിക്കു പിണങ്ങുക”
English Translation:
Cooking the rice for someone, then picking a bitter quarrel over the worthless chaff. (Doing a major kindness, only to ruin it by squabbling over petty trifles.)

“ ചെല്ലം പെരുത്താൽ ചിതലരിക്കും”
English Translation:
If treasure boxes multiply excessively, termites will devour them. (Hoarding wealth beyond manageable bounds invites neglect, pestilence, and rot.)