ProverbPedia

“ വന്നറിയാഞ്ഞാൽ ചെന്നറിയണം”
English Translation:
What you failed to learn when it came to your door, you must go out and learn the hard way. (When gentle warnings and secondhand advice are ignored, direct, painful experience becomes the only instructor.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ മുലക്കണ്ണു കടിക്കുമ്പോൾ കവിൾക്കുമിടിക്കേണം”
English Translation:
If the nursing infant bites the nipple, tap its cheek. (Administer prompt, gentle correction the moment a dependent crosses boundaries and causes harm.)

“ പണ്ടെദുർബല, പിന്നെയൊ ഗർഭിണി, പോരാഞ്ഞിട്ടു ബാധയുടെ ഒരുപദ്രവവും”
English Translation:
Feeble to begin with, then pregnant, and on top of that, tormented by an evil spirit. (A compounding series of afflictions piling onto an already frail and overburdened individual.)

“ താങ്ങോർ ഉണ്ടെങ്കിൽ തളർച്ചയുമുണ്ട്”
English Translation:
Where there are props to lean on, there is also weakness and fatigue. (Over-reliance on external cushions and crutches fosters physical and moral frailty.)