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“ മഞ്ഞച്ചേര മലർന്നു കടിച്ചാൽ മലനാട്ടിലെങ്ങും (മലയാളത്തെങ്ങും) മരുന്നില്ല”
English Translation:
If a yellow rat snake bites belly-up, there is no antidote in all of Kerala. (A folk paradox; while rat snakes are non-venomous, an unnatural inversion represents an impossible calamity for which no cure exists.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഉണ്ടവനു പായ്(ഇടം) കിട്ടാഞ്ഞിട്ടു, ഉണ്ണാത്തവനു ഇല കിട്ടാഞ്ഞിട്ടു”
English Translation:
The one who has feasted complains of having no mat to rest on, while the hungry man has no leaf from which to eat. (The frivolous grievances of the privileged contrast sharply with the desperate survival needs of the deprived.)

“ പതിനെട്ടും ഒറ്റയും പയറ്റിയവ”
English Translation:
One who has mastered all eighteen combat disciplines as well as the secret solitary strike. (A battle-tested veteran who knows every tactical move, technique, and trick in the trade.)

“ ആയതു നീളം, അറിഞ്ഞതുവീതി”
English Translation:
The path traversed marks the length; the wisdom gained marks the breadth. (Experience measures the quantity of life, but discernment measures its true quality.)