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“ പാറ്റിതുപ്പിയാൽ പള്ളിയറയിലും തുപ്പാം”
English Translation:
If you learn to spit in a fine mist, you can spit even inside the royal bedchamber. (If an act is executed with sufficient subtlety, discretion, and finesse, one can get away with the most forbidden conduct unnoticed.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ധർമ്മടം പിടിച്ചതു കോയ അറിഞ്ഞില്ല”
English Translation:
The capture of the isle of Dharmadam went completely unnoticed by the Koya merchant. (Completely oblivious to monumental historical events and political shifts taking place right in one’s own neighborhood.)

“ നാണമില്ലാത്തവന്റെ ആസനത്തിലൊരാലു കിളുത്താൽ അതുമൊരുതണലു”
English Translation:
If a banyan tree sprouts from a shameless man’s rear, he merely rejoices in the shade. (A thoroughly shameless person is so stripped of dignity that he twists even humiliating public disgrace into a boast.)

“ ചള്ളിലെ ചാറുള്ളു”
English Translation:
The rich gravy is found only in the thick stew. (Substance, genuine flavor, and value are concentrated in the deep essence, even if it looks unrefined on the surface.)