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“ സത്യത്തിനെന്നും പതിനാറു”
English Translation:
Truth is forever sixteen years of age. (Truth possesses ageless vitality and eternal youth; uncorrupted reality never withers, decays, or loses its lustre.)

“ വേലി പുഞ്ച തിന്നുതുടങ്ങി”
English Translation:
The fence has begun to graze upon the wetland crop. (Systemic institutional corruption; those appointed to protect resources actively pillage them.)

“ വേലി തന്നെ വിതെച്ച പുഞ്ചക്കു വിനാശമൂലം”
English Translation:
The fence itself becomes the cause of ruin for the sown crop. (When protective measures or heavy fortifications end up suffocating and destroying the enterprise they were meant to shield.)

“ വേശ്യ മൂത്താൽ കുരങ്ങു”
English Translation:
When a courtesan grows old, she looks like an ape. (Superficial, cosmetic glamour and sensual allure fade rapidly, leaving behind an unadorned and hollow reality.)

“ വേലിമേൽ കിടന്ന പാമ്പിനെ എടുത്തു കഴുത്തേൽ ചുറ്റി”
English Translation:
Took the snake that was lying quietly upon the fence and wound it around one’s own neck. (Inviting gratuitous, lethal disaster upon oneself by meddling with a dangerous hazard that was causing no harm where it lay.)

“ വൈകുവോളം വെള്ളംകോരി, വൈകീട്ടു കുടം ഇട്ടുടച്ചു”
English Translation:
Drew water all day long until dusk, and then deliberately smashed the pot in the evening. (Working diligently to build an achievement, only to ruin the entire outcome through a reckless fit of temper at the very end.)

“ വൈദ്യൻ അടിച്ചാൽ മർമ്മം തടിക്കും”
English Translation:
If a physician strikes a blow, the vital pressure point swells. (When an expert with intimate knowledge of vulnerabilities turns hostile, the strike is devastating because they know exactly where to wound.)

“ വൈദ്യൻ കാട്ടിൽ കയറിയതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like an Ayurvedic healer stepping into the wild forest. (Entering a realm brimming with endless remedies and opportunities where an untrained eye sees only useless weeds.)

“ വൈദ്യന്റെ അമ്മ പുഴുത്തെ ചാകൂ”
English Translation:
The physician’s own mother dies of neglected, festering sores. (The shoemaker’s children go barefoot; an expert’s own household is often deprived of the very skills dispensed to the outside world.)

“ വൈരമുള്ളവനെക്കൊണ്ടു ക്ഷൗരം ചെയ്യിക്കുമ്പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like hiring someone who harbors a deadly grudge to shave your throat. (Placing yourself in total, lethal vulnerability before a known adversary who holds the razor.)

“ ശകുനം നന്നായാലും പുലരുവോളം കക്കരുത്”
English Translation:
Even if the omens are favorable, do not keep thieving until daybreak. (Never stretch good fortune or an opportunity to reckless excess; greed and overstaying your luck invite inevitable exposure and ruin.)

“ വൈശ്രവണന്റെ ദ്രവ്യം പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like the boundless wealth of Vaishravana (Kubera). (An inexhaustible, legendary fortune; riches so vast that they can never be depleted.)

“ വേല ഒപ്പമല്ലെങ്കിലും വെയിൽ ഒപ്പം കൊണ്ടാൽ മതി”
English Translation:
Even if the work done is not equal, it is enough if you bore the blazing sun together. (Shared solidarity; standing together through hardship and distress matters as much as the exact measure of labor.)

“ ശകുനിയെപ്പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like Shakuni. (A cunning, venomous schemer who secretly orchestrates strife and engineers the complete downfall of a house.)

“ വേലയില്ലാത്ത അമ്പിട്ടൻ കഴുതയെ പിടിച്ചു ചിരച്ചു”
English Translation:
The barber with no trade caught a donkey and shaved it. (Engaging in absurd, comical, and useless busywork out of sheer idleness.)

“ ശവം ചുട്ടവൻ ചാവു കഴിക്കയില്ല”
English Translation:
He who burned the corpse is excluded from the funeral feast. (The laborer who performs the grim, essential toil is cast aside when honors, rewards, and ceremonial banquets are shared.)