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“ ചതയം ചതഞ്ഞു കിടക്കും”
English Translation:
Under the Chatayam asterism, the drizzle lies bruised and sluggish. (Gloomy, damp weather that drags on monotonously; or affairs that linger without energy.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കല്ലിന്മെൽ വെച്ചു കുത്തിചീച്ചാലും ചാകയില്ല”
English Translation:
Even if placed upon a flat stone and pounded flat, it will not die. (Possessing extraordinary, stubborn resilience that survives the harshest beatings.)

“ ഇറച്ചിക്ക്പോയോൻ വിറച്ചിട്ട്‌ചത്ത്‌; കാത്തിരുന്നോൻ നുണച്ചിട്ടും ചത്തു”
English Translation:
The one who went out hunting meat froze to death; the one who waited at home salivating starved to death. (Reckless adventure and passive inaction can prove equally fatal if balance and prudence are absent.)

“ ചുമക്കുന്നകഴുത ചെനെക്കയില്ല”
English Translation:
A donkey broken by heavy pack-loads does not conceive. (Relentless, crushing toil and exhaustion leave no vitality for creative growth, prosperity, or flourishing.)