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“ അറിയാത്തവനു അടുക്കള ആറുകാതം”
English Translation:
To the ignorant, the kitchen seems six leagues away. (Even simple, close-at-hand tasks appear daunting to someone who does not know how to do them.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കുന്നിക്കുരു കപ്പയിൽ ഇട്ടാലും മിന്നും”
English Translation:
Even if a scarlet rosary seed is dropped into a heap of rubbish, it will still gleam. (True beauty, virtue, and nobility shine through regardless of degraded surroundings.)

“ നാഴിപ്പൊന്നുകൊടുത്താലും മൂളിപ്പെണ്ണു എനിക്കുവേണാ”
English Translation:
Even if accompanied by a measure of gold, I want no woman who only grunts and mumbles. (Material wealth cannot compensate for a sullen, sour, and uncommunicative partner.)

“ കണ്ടം കൊണ്ടവനേ പിണ്ടം വെക്കൂ”
English Translation:
Only the one who inherited the paddy field will offer the ancestral rice cakes. (Obligations and solemn duties fall upon whoever reaps the inheritance and property.)