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“ തള്ള ചൊല്ലാ വാവൽ കിഴുക്കനാം ജാതി”
English Translation:
The bat that ignored its mother’s counsel ended up hanging upside down forever. (Defying parental wisdom and wise elder guidance leads straight to an inverted, troubled existence.)

“ പഴമ്പിലാവിലവീഴുമ്പോൾ പച്ചപ്പിലാവില ചിരിക്കെണ്�”
English Translation:
When the withered yellow jackfruit leaf falls, let not the green leaf mock. (The young should never ridicule the decline of the aged, for the exact same fate awaits them in time.)

“ തുലാവർഷംകണ്ടു ഓടിയവനുമില്ല, കാലവർഷംകണ്ടു ഇരുന്നവനുമില്ല”
English Translation:
No one ever fled before the retreating northeast monsoon, and no one ever sat idle before the torrential southwest monsoon. (Passing, intermittent showers call for no alarm, but great seasonal transformations demand immediate preparation and hard labor.)