ProverbPedia

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഗുരുക്കളെ നിനച്ചു കുന്തവും വിഴുങ്ങണം”
— English Translation:
Keeping one's master in mind, one must be ready to swallow even a spear. (Absolute devotion and loyalty to one's teacher demand bearing the most grueling hardships without complaint.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കോഴി ചിള്ളുംപോലെ തന്റെമുമ്പിൽമാത്രം”
— English Translation:
Like a chicken scratching the soil only immediately in front of itself. (Parochial short-sightedness; caring only for one's immediate selfish perimeter without regard for the wider world.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഗുരുക്കൾക്കു കൊടുക്കുന്നത് അപ്പംതിന്നാൽ പലിശക്കുകൊള്ളുന്നത് പുറത്തു”
— English Translation:
Eating the sweet cake intended for the master results in paying the interest squarely on one's own back. (Defrauding one's teacher or misusing sacred dues brings swift, agonizing retribution upon oneself.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കോഴിമുട്ട ഉടെപ്പാൻ കുറുന്തടി വേണമൊ”
— English Translation:
Do you need a heavy club to break a hen’s egg? (Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut; employing wildly excessive force on a fragile, simple matter.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഗുരുക്കൾക്കുള്ളത് ചക്കകൊണ്ടാൽ പലിശക്കുള്ളതു പുറത്ത്”
— English Translation:
If you steal the jackfruit meant for the master, the interest will be extracted squarely from your back. (Defrauding a teacher or sacred authority brings severe physical retribution upon oneself.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കോഴിമുട്ടെക്കു തുരുമ്പു പറിക്കയാണൊ”
— English Translation:
Are you scraping for rust on an eggshell? (Pedantic fault-finding; frantically hunting for non-existent blemishes on something naturally smooth.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഗുരുക്കൾ നിന്നു പാത്തിയാൽ ശിഷ്യർ നടന്നു പാത്തും”
— English Translation:
If the teacher urinates standing, the disciples will urinate while walking. (When a leader engages in minor misconduct, their followers indulge in far worse excesses; bad leadership multiplies degeneracy.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കോഴിയിറച്ചി തിന്മാറുണ്ടു, കോഴിപ്പൂ ചൂടാറുണ്ടോ”
— English Translation:
We may eat chicken meat, but does anyone wear a rooster's comb in their hair? (One may draw practical use from something without making an absurd, tasteless parade of its crude parts.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഗുരുവിനെക്കരുതിയാൽ പിതൃമനെക്കഴക”
— English Translation:
If you truly revere your master, clean and tend to your father's house. (Genuine spiritual devotion begins with fulfilling filial duties and honoring your domestic roots.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കോഴിയുടെ ഉറക്കം ഉറങ്ങുക”
— English Translation:
Sleeping the sleep of a fowl. (A fitful, shallow slumber where one is constantly on edge and easily startled.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഗുരുവില്ലാത്ത വിദ്യയാകാ”
— English Translation:
Knowledge acquired without a master is of no account. (Self-taught skill without legitimate guidance and discipline lacks true depth and foundation.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കോഴിയുടെ മുലയൂട്ടുപോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a hen nursing her chicks with milk. (An absolute natural impossibility; an absurd, hollow promise of something that cannot exist.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഗ്രന്ഥത്തിൽകണ്ട പശു പുല്ലു തിന്നുകയില്ല”
— English Translation:
A cow pictured in a book will never graze on grass. (Theoretical models and paper knowledge cannot solve practical, real-world problems.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കോഴിയെക്കാൾ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടെക്കു”
— English Translation:
The egg claiming to possess more wisdom than the hen. (The novice presuming to lecture the master; inexperienced youngsters attempting to school seasoned elders.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഗൊത്രമറിഞ്ഞു പെണ്ണും പാത്രമറിഞ്ഞു ഭിക്ഷയും”
— English Translation:
Choose a bride by knowing her lineage, and give alms by knowing the worthiness of the recipient. (Exercise discernment; alliances require examining family character, just as charity requires ensuring it goes to the deserving.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ക്ഷണംപിത്തം ക്ഷണംചിത്തം”
— English Translation:
One moment burning bile, the next moment a completely changed mind. (A mercurial, volatile temperament that shifts unpredictably with every passing second.)