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“ അരെച്ചതു കൊണ്ടുപോയി ഇടിക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Do not take what has already been ground finely to be crushed again in the mortar. (Do not crudely redo or undo finished, meticulous work.)

“ അരിയെറിഞ്ഞാൽ ആയിരം കാക്ക”
English Translation:
Scatter a pinch of rice, and a thousand crows flock together. (Dangle a handout or profit, and opportunists appear out of nowhere.)

“ ഇരിമ്പുരസം കുതിര അറിയും; ചങ്ങല രസം ആന അറിയും”
English Translation:
The horse knows the bitter taste of the iron bit; the elephant knows the grinding weight of the iron chain. (Each creature understands best the specific burdens, discipline, and suffering of its own lot.)