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“ ദുർജ്ജനസംസർഗ്ഗത്താൽ സജ്ജനംകെടും”
English Translation:
Through intimate association with the wicked, the virtuous are ruined. (Evil company corrupts good character; dishonor and ruin by association are inevitable.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ വിഷം തീണ്ടിയവൻ ചത്തപ്പോൾ വിഷഹാരി എത്തി”
English Translation:
The venom-healer arrived just as the snake-bitten victim drew his last breath. (Belated assistance; help arriving only after the catastrophe has run its course and the victim is beyond saving.)

“ കോലേൽ പഴന്തുണിചുറ്റിയപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like wrapping a ragged old cloth around a stick. (A shoddy, flimsy makeshift; or an emaciated, pathetic figure swathed in ill-fitting garments.)

“ മട്ടികഅടിച്ചു കയറ്റിയതിനു ആണിക്കോ ശിക്ഷ”
English Translation:
The mallet drove the spike in, so is the nail to receive the punishment? (Unjustly penalizing a passive tool or subordinate while the driving authority escapes accountability.)