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“ കപ്പലിനു പണിതുപണിതൊരു ചിമിഴായി”
English Translation:
Toiled and labored to build a great ship, but it ended up as a tiny trinket box. (High ambitions and monumental effort dwindling into a petty, trivial result; the mountain brought forth a mouse.)

“ ഏൺചാണുടമ്പുക്കും ശിരസ്സേപ്രമാണം”
English Translation:
For an eight-span body, the head remains the supreme authority. (The intellect must govern physical impulses, just as a wise leader must direct the community.)

“ അയിലത്തല അളിയനും കൊടുക്കയില്ല”
English Translation:
The head of the mackerel is not spared even for one’s brother-in-law. (Coveting a delicacy or prize so jealously that one refuses to share it even with close family.)