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“ പണ്ടെമടിച്ചിക്കു ഒരു ഉണ്ണിയതുമുണ്ടായി”
English Translation:
The woman who was already lazy now has an infant to care for. (An already sluggish, indolent person being handed the perfect excuse to abandon all work.)

“ പൊട്ടൻ പറഞ്ഞാൽ പട്ടെരി കെൾക്കുമൊ”
English Translation:
If a fool speaks, will the learned Bhattathiri ever deign to listen? (The proud, scholarly elite routinely ignore the insights and grievances of the simple and uneducated.)

“ കെട്ടിയിട്ട പട്ടിക്കു കുപ്പയെല്ലാം ചോറു”
English Translation:
To a chained dog, every rubbish heap looks like a bowl of rice. (To someone living in desperate deprivation, even the coarsest scraps appear as a banquet.)