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“ എരുമക്കിടാവിനു് നീന്തംപഠിപ്പിക്കെണ്ടാ”
English Translation:
You don’t need to teach a buffalo calf how to swim. (Never teach a fish to swim; innate instincts require no outside coaching.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ മണൽ പിരിച്ചു നൂലാക്കി”
English Translation:
Spun loose sand into fine thread. (Accomplishing a seemingly impossible feat through extraordinary ingenuity, cunning, or magical skill.)

“ പാമ്പിനു പാൽ വിഷം; പശുവിനു പുല്ലു പാൽ”
English Translation:
To the serpent, sweet milk turns into venom; to the cow, coarse grass turns into nourishing milk. (Inner nature determines outcome: noble souls produce blessings from humble sustenance, while corrupt minds turn purity into poison.)

“ തന്നിഷ്ട്ടത്തിനു മരുന്നില്ല”
English Translation:
There is no medicine for willful obstinacy. (Stubborn, self-willed arrogance is an incurable affliction that rejects all remedy and reason.)