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“ ഇല്ലത്തുനല്ലതിരിക്കുവാൻ പോകയില്ല”
English Translation:
When one is well-provided for at home, one does not go wandering abroad. (Contentment and abundance at home eliminate the need to seek shelter elsewhere.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ആനനടത്തവും കുതിരപ്പാച്ചലുംശരി”
English Translation:
Equating the deliberate stride of an elephant with the frantic gallop of a horse. (Two distinct natures and methods, each valid in its own sphere, cannot be judged by the same yardstick.)

“ ആശ്രയം ഇല്ലാത്തവർക്ക് ഈശ്വരൻ ആശ്രയം”
English Translation:
For those who have no earthly refuge, God alone is the refuge. (Providence watches over the helpless and forsaken.)

“ ഒന്നു വരാത്തവനുമില്ല ഒമ്പതു വന്നവനുമില്ല”
English Translation:
No one is visited by zero troubles, and no one is struck by all nine. (Life balances out; no mortal is completely spared hardship, nor does anyone endure all the world’s afflictions.)