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“Malayalam Proverb:
ആവതുപോൽ ആചാരം”
— English Translation:
Observances and rituals according to one's means. (Cut your coat according to your cloth; religious rites and customs should match practical capacity.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആറുമാസം ചെന്ന ചേന ആറിതിന്നാൻ പാടില്ലെ”
— English Translation:
Can a yam that took six long months to grow not be allowed a moment to cool before eating? (After waiting patiently through a long endeavor, do not spoil it with reckless impatience at the very end.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആവൽക്ക് ആവൽ വിരുന്നു വന്നാൽ അങ്ങേ കൊമ്പിലും ഇങ്ങേ കൊമ്പിലും തൂങ്ങിക്കൊള്ളും”
— English Translation:
When one bat visits another as a guest, they simply hang side by side from adjacent branches. (Unpretentious folks accommodate one another effortlessly without elaborate, false formality.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആറുനൂറുകടക്കിലും കോണകമൊന്നുമതി”
— English Translation:
Even if debts exceed six hundred, a single loincloth is all one needs. (When ruin is total and everything is stripped away, worldly entanglements cease to matter; basic survival is simple.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആവശ്യക്കാരനു ഔചിത്യമില്ല”
— English Translation:
A person in desperate need has no room for propriety. (Necessity knows no decorum; acute urgency overrides formal etiquette.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആറ്റരികിൽ കളഞ്ഞാലും (തൂകുവിലും) അളന്നുകളയണം (തൂകണം)”
— English Translation:
Even if you are casting it into the river, measure it before you throw it away. (Maintain strict accounting and discipline, even when writing off a total loss or giving freely.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആവിയുമില്ല അനക്കവുമില്ല”
— English Translation:
Neither a breath of steam nor a sign of movement. (Completely lifeless, unresponsive, and dead quiet.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആർക്കാനിരുമ്പിടിക്കും അവനവനു തവിടിടിക്കയില്ല”
— English Translation:
Ready to forge heavy iron for strangers, but unwilling to pound rice bran for one's own home. (Exhausting oneself performing hard labor for outsiders while neglecting the basic duties of one's own household.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആവുംകാലം ചെയ്തു ചാവും കാലം കാണാം”
— English Translation:
Do good deeds while you have the strength, and you will witness the reward when your end approaches. (Virtuous labor in one's youth secures peace and honor in the evening of life.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആർക്കാനും കൊടുക്കുമ്പോൾ അരുതെന്ന് വിലക്കരുത്”
— English Translation:
When someone is giving to another, never forbid or hinder the giving. (Never obstruct acts of charity or stand between someone in need and an open hand.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആശതീർന്നാൽ സമ്പത്തായി”
— English Translation:
When craving ends, true wealth begins. (Contentment is supreme wealth; freedom from desire is the greatest fortune.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആർക്കാനും കൊടുത്ത വസ്ത്രത്തിനീടേറും”
— English Translation:
A garment given away in charity lasts the longest. (Generosity and goodwill endure far longer than selfishly hoarded possessions.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മനാരിക്ക = ശൗചിക്ക”
— English Translation:
[Linguistic gloss from source text: "Manarikkuka" means to cleanse oneself or perform ablutions after defecating.]

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആർക്കാനും വേണ്ടീട്ടോക്കാനിക്ക”
— English Translation:
Why retch and vomit for someone else's sake? (Do not take on unnecessary suffering or grief over problems that belong to others.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആലത്തുരലും വീട്ടിഉലക്കയും ചീനത്തമ്മിയും വീട്ടിൽഒരുത്തിയും”
— English Translation:
An ironwood mortar, a rosewood pestle, a granite grinding slab, and a capable mistress in the house. (The four enduring pillars of a sturdy, prosperous, and well-managed home.)

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