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“ ആരിയൻ നെല്ലിന്റെ ഓല മൂത്താലെ ഉണങ്ങു കങ്കമ്പുണ്ണ”
English Translation:
The blade of prime paddy withers only when fully mature, just like a deep, stubborn ulcer heals only when it runs its full course. (Certain deep ailments and life processes take their own time to resolve and cannot be prematurely rushed.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പേടിക്കുകാടുദേശം പോരാ”
English Translation:
For chronic cowardice, an entire country of forests is not large enough. (A fearful mind can never find a hiding place secure enough; the dread lives within, not in the terrain.)

“ വല്ലഭമുള്ളവനു പുല്ലുമായുധം”
English Translation:
To a truly capable warrior, even a blade of grass serves as a weapon. (A master craftsman or brilliant mind can accomplish extraordinary feats using the humblest of instruments.)

“ മേടമാസത്തിൽ പുലയൻ ആനക്കും വില ചോദിക്കും”
English Translation:
In the harvest month of Medam, even the field laborer asks the purchase price of an elephant. (When the brief flush of seasonal harvest wages arrives, even the poorest feel momentary abundance and put on grandiose, ambitious airs.)