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“ ക്ഷേത്രപാലനു പാത്രത്തോടെ”
English Translation:
Surrendering the feast along with the serving vessel to the fierce guardian deity. (Giving up everything, lock, stock, and barrel, to appease an aggressive and unyielding power.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പിണംകണ്ട കഴുവെപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a vulture sighting a carcass. (Descending swiftly, greedily, and without pity upon someone else’s misfortune to scavenge the remains.)

“ ആയിരം പഴഞ്ചൊൽ ആയുസ്സിനുകേടല്ല, ആയിരം പ്രാക്കൽ ആയുസ്സിനുകേടു”
English Translation:
A thousand ancient proverbs do no harm to life, but a thousand bitter curses shorten it. (Traditional wisdom nurtures life, but inviting the deep curses of wronged people invites ruin.)

“ ഒടുക്കമിരുന്നവൻ കട്ടിലൊടിച്ചു”
English Translation:
The one who sat down last broke the cot. (The final person bears the full blame for a collapse that was slowly building up under many before him.)