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“ ഭോഷനോർത്തു ആമയാണെന്നു”
English Translation:
The fool fancied it was a turtle. (Mistaking a dangerous or useless object for a prize out of sheer ignorance and gullibility.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ സാക്ഷിയുടെ കാലുപിടിക്കുന്നതിനേക്കാൾ ശത്രുവിന്റെ കാലു പിടിക്കുന്നതു നല്ലതു”
English Translation:
Better to clasp the feet of your enemy than to fall at the feet of an unreliable witness. (Direct reconciliation with an open adversary is far safer and more dignified than placing your fate in the hands of a treacherous, bribable intermediary.)

“ നടന്നുവന്നു നടന്നോനും നടന്നുവന്നു കിടന്നോനും ചികിത്സവേണ്ടാ”
English Translation:
He who walks off his journey and he who rests properly after his journey need no doctor. (Natural pacing, balanced physical activity, and adequate rest are the best medicine for sustaining good health.)

“ ഒരുത്തനായാൽ ഒരുത്തിവേണ്ടെ, പിന്നെവേണ്ടെ, പിന്നെവേണ്ടെ”
English Translation:
If there is a man, must there not be a woman, and then children, and then ever more? (Life’s progression inevitably brings expanding family responsibilities and escalating commitments.)