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“ കൊണിയിരുന്നാൽ ഗുണത്തിനുകൊള്ളാം”
English Translation:
A touch of sharpness serves a good purpose. (Maintaining a healthy reserve, vigilance, and firmness prevents others from walking all over you.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഏറെവിളഞ്ഞാൽ വിത്തിനാകാ”
English Translation:
If allowed to over-ripen, it ceases to be viable seed. (Over-maturation spoils purpose; missing the optimal window renders an asset useless.)

“ മനസ്സിൽ കാണുമ്പോൾ മരത്തേൽ കാണും”
English Translation:
What is first perceived in the mind is soon seen upon the tree. (Keen intuition, foresight, or suspicious forethought quickly finds confirmation in plain reality.)

“ തൻറെ മീടംകാഞ്ഞിട്ടു ആരാൻറെ കണ്ണാടി പൊളിക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Do not smash someone else’s mirror because your own face looks dried up and withered. (Do not attack the messenger or destroy the truth simply because reality exposes your own shortcomings.)