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“ തന്നോടു ചോദിച്ചേ താനൊന്നു ചൊല്ലാവു”
English Translation:
Speak your piece only when you have been asked. (Unsolicited opinions invite contempt; reserve your counsel until it is requested.)

“ അമ്മക്കു പ്രാണവേദന മകൾക്കു വീണവായന”
English Translation:
The mother is in mortal agony, while the daughter is busy playing the lute. (Callous indifference; fiddling while Rome burns.)

“ പണികൂടാതെ പണമില്ല”
English Translation:
Without labor, there is no wealth. (No sweat, no sweet; honest earnings cannot be made without dedicated toil.)