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“ കിംഗതെ സലിലെ സേതുബന്ധന”
English Translation:
What is the point of erecting a dam after the floodwaters have already drained away? (Locking the stable door after the horse has bolted; useless precautions taken too late.)

“ തന്നൂർ പേയും അയലൂർ വെള്ളവും പേടി”
English Translation:
Dread the ghost from your own village, and fear the floodwaters from the neighboring land. (Local adversaries know your intimate vulnerabilities, while outside crises strike without warning; be wary of both domestic spite and foreign peril.)

“ അഞ്ചഞ്ചുപലം ഒന്നഞ്ചുപലം”
English Translation:
Five five-palams or one twenty-five palam. (Six of one, half a dozen of the other; splitting hairs over equivalent values.)