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“ ഉണ്ടെങ്കിലോണം പോലെ ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ പട്ടിണി”
English Translation:
If there is food, feast like it is Onam; if not, starve. (A feast-or-famine existence marked by reckless indulgence in abundance and misery in scarcity.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പട്ടിക്കുമീശവന്നതുകൊണ്ടു അമ്പട്ടനെന്തു കാർയ്യം”
English Translation:
If a dog grows whiskers, what business is it of the barber? (Developments among irrelevant or base quarters bring neither utility nor concern to respectable trades.)

“ കൂടെ കിടന്നവനെ രാപ്പനി അറിഞ്ഞുകൂടു”
English Translation:
Only the one who slept beside the sick person knows the severity of the night fever. (Only those who share close, daily proximity truly understand someone’s hidden pain and silent struggles.)

“ പൊക്കാളിവെച്ചാൽ വക്കാണം ഉണ്ടാം”
English Translation:
Cultivating Pokkali wetland paddy brings bitter brawls. (Farming shared, tide-washed saline wetlands inevitably leads to constant boundary disputes and watercourse quarrels.)