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“ നാടില്ലാത്തവൻ ആനവളർത്തരുതു”
English Translation:
He who owns no broad lands should not keep an elephant. (Do not undertake grand, expensive luxuries unless you possess the underlying wealth to sustain them.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ നായ്ക്കണ (ഞാങ്ങണ) എങ്കിലും നാലുകൂട്ടികെട്ടിയാൽ ബലംതന്നെ”
English Translation:
Even if they are only hollow river reeds, bundling four together yields genuine strength. (Unity is strength; even frail, modest elements become resilient when bound together in solidarity.)

“ തന്നേയിട്ടാൽ കൊയ്യാൽഇല്ല”
English Translation:
If sown and abandoned to itself, there will be no crop to reap. (Enterprises left without active care, vigilance, and labor will yield nothing but failure.)

“ ഒന്നെയുള്ളെങ്കിലും ഉലക്കകൊണ്ടടിച്ചു വളർത്തണം”
English Translation:
Even if you have only an only child, raise them with strict discipline. (Do not spare the rod simply because an only child is precious; pampering fosters ruin.)