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“ വിരൽ ചുട്ടു കവിൾ തുളെക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Do not burn your own finger to brand a hole in your own cheek. (Self-inflicted spite; never incur personal harm and pain merely to enact a petty, self-destructive point.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പെരുവഴി തൂവെക്കരമില്ല”
English Translation:
The broad public highway carries no ferry fee. (Universal, open roads belong to everyone; basic shared rights are free from private tolls.)

“ കള്ളത്തിപശുവിനു ഒരു മട്ടി, തുള്ളിച്ചിപെണ്ണിനു ഒരു കുട്ടി”
English Translation:
For a straying cow, a heavy drag-clog; for a restless girl, a child in her arms. (Heavy domestic burdens and responsibilities ground and tame unruly temperaments.)

“ ഉണ്ട വീട്ടിൽ കണ്ടു കെട്ടരുതു”
English Translation:
Never scheme scandal or dishonor in the house where you have dined. (Breaching the sanctity and trust of a host’s home is an unpardonable betrayal.)