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“ മാവുതിന്നാൽ പണിയാരമില്ല, പെണ്ടാട്ടിയെ തിന്നാൽ മക്കളില്ല”
English Translation:
If you eat up the raw batter there will be no sweet cakes, and if you destroy your wife there will be no children. (Squandering your seed capital or mistreating the core source of future growth deprives you of all future harvest; do not ruin the foundation of tomorrow’s prosperity.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ എളിയൊരെകണ്ടാൽ എള്ളുംതുള്ളും”
English Translation:
At the sight of the weak, even a sesame seed leaps with arrogance. (Bullies and cowards act haughty only when confronting those who cannot fight back.)

“ പെരിയോരു വന്നാൽ പൃഷ്ഠം കൊടുക്കണം”
English Translation:
When elders or great persons arrive, offer your seat with deference. (Showing proper reverence and yielding space before those of superior wisdom and stature.)

“ വെറ്റിലെക്കെടങ്ങാത അടക്കയില്ല, ആണിന്നടങ്ങാത പെണ്ണില്ല”
English Translation:
There is no areca nut that cannot be folded within a betel leaf, and no woman who cannot be reconciled to a man. (Traditional patriarchal adage expressing that every counterpart can find accommodation and suited harmony within a domestic union.)