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“Malayalam Proverb:
ആശ്രയം ഇല്ലാത്തവർക്ക് ഈശ്വരൻ ആശ്രയം”
— English Translation:
For those who have no earthly refuge, God alone is the refuge. (Providence watches over the helpless and forsaken.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആസനംമുട്ടിയാൽ അമ്പലം വെൺപറമ്പു”
— English Translation:
When bodily urgency turns desperate, even a consecrated temple is treated as an open field. (Dire physiological necessity overrides all sacredness and decorum.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആളില്ലാദുഃഖം അഴുതാലുംതീരാ”
— English Translation:
The grief of having no kin or companion will not subside no matter how long you weep. (Tears cannot cure the deep ache of absolute isolation.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആളറിഞ്ഞാൽ കാള മൂടുകൊണ്ടു”
— English Translation:
When the bull recognizes the master, it submits willingly. (People yield and fall into order when they recognize genuine, firm authority.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആളിൽകുറിയവനെ വിശ്വസിച്ചുകൂടാ”
— English Translation:
Never place your trust in a person of stunted stature. (An ancient folk warning cautioning against deceptive cunning in diminutive individuals.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആളുക്ക് മാങ്ങ, അടിയത്തിന് തലച്ചുമടു”
— English Translation:
For the landlord the sweet mango, while for the laborer the crushing head-load. (The spoils go to the privileged elite, while the grueling toil remains the burden of the worker.)

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— English Translation:
He is an absolute Ashadhabhuthi. (A sanctimonious fraud posing as a pious ascetic; a wolf in sheep's clothing.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആസനത്തിൽപുൺ അങ്ങാടിയിൽകാട്ടരുത്”
— English Translation:
Do not display an ulcer on your rear in the open marketplace. (Keep intimate embarrassments and shameful domestic troubles private.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആശയുടെ ആധിക്യം ആപത്തിന്നിരിപ്പിടം”
— English Translation:
The excess of desire is the very dwelling place of ruin. (Unchecked greed is the birthplace of disaster.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആശവലിയൊൻ അതാവുപെട്ടുപോം”
— English Translation:
He whose ambitions are boundless will fall into profound misery. (Vaulting ambition overleaps itself and crashes into despair.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആലസ്യമെന്നുമേ ആപത്തുകാരണം”
— English Translation:
Sloth is ever the fountainhead of calamity. (Idleness and chronic procrastination inevitably invite ruin.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആലി നാഗപുരത്ത് പോയപോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like Ali journeying all the way to Nagpur. (An aimless, futile trek that yields no result and leaves the traveler bewildered.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആലുങ്കാ പഴുക്കുമ്പോൾ കാക്കയ്ക് വായ്പുണ്ൺ”
— English Translation:
When the banyan fruit finally ripens, the crow is struck with mouth sores. (Ill fortune striking at the exact moment of opportunity, preventing one from enjoying the reward.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആലുവായിൽ നിന്നു തഴവായിൽ പുക്കപിന്നെ ചട്ടുകവും ഉരുളിയും ഞാൻ കണ്ടിട്ടില്ല”
— English Translation:
Ever since moving from Aluva to Thazhava, I haven't laid eyes on a ladle or a cooking pot. (A dramatic turn for the worse; falling from comfort into outright deprivation after a fateful move.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആലെക്കൽനിന്നു പാല് കുടിച്ചാൽ വീട്ടിൽ മോരുണ്ടാകയില്ല”
— English Translation:
If you drink all the milk right at the cowshed, there will be no buttermilk left at home. (Consuming resources recklessly at the source leaves dependents with nothing.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആറുചാത്തം ഉണ്ടവനെ ആനത്തുടലിട്ടു പൂട്ടിയാലൂം നിൽക്കയില്ല”
— English Translation:
A man who has feasted on six heavy memorial banquets cannot be restrained even with elephant chains. (Bodily necessity and the physical consequences of extreme overindulgence cannot be held back by force.)