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“ ആനക്കാര്യത്തിനിടയിൽ ചേനക്കാര്യം”
English Translation:
Bringing up the price of yams in the middle of trading elephants. (Interrupting weighty, momentous matters with trivial irrelevancies.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കൂട്ടം കുത്തിയാൽ കുല വാടും”
English Translation:
If the central bunch is struck, the fruit withers; if internal division strikes the group, the lineage declines. (Internal strife and discord ruin a united family or community from within.)

“ വാളെടുത്തവനൊക്കെ വെളിച്ചപ്പാടൊ”
English Translation:
Is everyone who brandishes a ritual sword a true temple oracle? (Donning outward vestments, titles, or props does not confer genuine spiritual authority, wisdom, or competence.)

“ തേവർ ഇരിക്കെ വെലിക്കല്ലിനെ തൊഴെണ്ടാ”
English Translation:
While the presiding deity stands before you, do not bow to the boundary stone. (Seek help and grace directly from the supreme authority rather than flattering petty underlings and boundary markers.)