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“ ഇറച്ചിക്ക്പോയോൻ വിറച്ചിട്ട്‌ചത്ത്‌; കാത്തിരുന്നോൻ നുണച്ചിട്ടും ചത്തു”
English Translation:
The one who went out hunting meat froze to death; the one who waited at home salivating starved to death. (Reckless adventure and passive inaction can prove equally fatal if balance and prudence are absent.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ വള്ളത്തിൽകിടന്നോടിയാൽ വള്ളംകരക്കടുക്കുമൊ”
English Translation:
Will the canoe reach the shore any faster if you run back and forth inside it? (Agitated, restless scurrying within a fixed framework accomplishes nothing; progress requires steady rowing, not anxious fidgeting.)

“ ചെറുതു കുറുതുപണിക്കു നല്ലവിരുത”
English Translation:
Exceptionally clever at trivial odd jobs. (Adept at managing minor minutiae, but completely incapable of handling substantial, serious undertakings.)

“ വിളക്കൊടു പാറിയാൽ ചിറകുകരിയും”
English Translation:
If you flutter against the open flame, your wings will scorch. (Flirting with destructive, volatile, or overwhelmingly powerful forces inevitably results in severe self-inflicted injury.)