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“ എഴുകോൽ പുരയിൽ എൺകോൽ കന്തം”
English Translation:
An eight-cubit ridgepole for a seven-cubit house. (An absurd disproportion where an oversize part overwhelms the structure it was meant to fit.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ എലവു കാത്തിരുന്ന പക്ഷിയെപ്പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like the bird that waited for the silk-cotton fruit to ripen. (Patiently enduring long anticipation only to end up with mouthfuls of dry, inedible cotton; sheer disappointment.)

“ അകത്തിട്ടാൽ പുറത്തറിയാം”
English Translation:
What is done in secret inside will show on the outside. (Truth will out.)

“ ഭരണി കരിക്കയുമില്ല, കുരിശു വരക്കുകയുമില്ല”
English Translation:
Neither celebrating the goddess’s Bharani feast nor making the holy sign of the cross. (Sitting indecisively on the fence; belonging fully to no faith, culture, or conviction.)