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“ തന്നമ്പലം നന്നെങ്കിൽ പൊന്നമ്പലം ആടെണ്ടാ”
English Translation:
If your local temple is sacred and serene, you need not go dance at the golden shrine of Sabarimala. (If fulfillment, peace, and harmony are present in your own home, there is no need to wander afar seeking foreign wonders.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കർക്കടഞ്ഞാറ്റിൽ പട്ടിണി കിടന്നതു പുത്തരി കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ മറക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Once the feast of the fresh harvest arrives, do not forget the famine endured during the monsoon rains. (Never let newfound prosperity erase the memory and humble lessons of your starving days.)

“ പുണ്ണിലൊരമ്പുതറച്ചതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like an arrow piercing squarely into an existing ulcer. (Inflicting agonizing trauma on an area that was already hurting; adding insult to injury.)

“ അച്ഛൻ ആനപ്പാപ്പാൻ എന്നുവെച്ചു മകന്റെ ചന്തിക്കും തഴമ്പുണ്ടാകുമൊ”
English Translation:
Just because the father is a mahout, does the son get calluses on his rear? (Skill, experience, and the toll of hard labor are not inherited automatically.)