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“ പടയിൽ ഉണ്ടോ കുടയും വടിയും”
English Translation:
In the heat of battle, does anyone carry an umbrella and a walking stick? (In times of fierce conflict and grave crisis, leisurely comforts and delicate manners must be discarded.)

“ ശൂരിമേൽ വാഴവീണാലും വാഴമേൽ ശൂരി വീണാലും വാഴെക്കുകേടു”
English Translation:
Whether the plantain stem falls upon the dagger or the dagger falls upon the plantain, the injury is always to the plantain. (The weak and defenseless always suffer the damage when colliding with sharp, ruthless power, regardless of who initiated the contact.)

“ കുശവനു പലനാളത്തെ വേല വടിക്കാരന് ഒരു നാഴികത്തെ വേല”
English Translation:
Many days of labor for the potter, but a single moment’s work for the man with a staff. (What takes long diligence and skill to build can be destroyed in seconds by reckless malice.)