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“ അച്ഛൻ ആനപ്പാപ്പാൻ എന്നുവെച്ചു മകന്റെ ചന്തിക്കും തഴമ്പുണ്ടാകുമൊ”
English Translation:
Just because the father is a mahout, does the son get calluses on his rear? (Skill, experience, and the toll of hard labor are not inherited automatically.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ എയ്പാൻ വിചാരിച്ചതു് നാശങ്ങളും ചെയ്യും”
English Translation:
What was aimed as an arrow can unleash widespread destruction. (Reckless schemes and words loosed in haste often cause far more devastation than intended.)

“ മന്തുകാലൻറെ കാത്തളപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like an ornamental anklet worn upon a leg swollen with elephantiasis. (A clumsy, grotesque adornment that only draws attention to a deformity rather than beautifying it.)

“ 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.)