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“ ഏറെവെളുത്താൽ പാണ്ടു”
English Translation:
If skin turns excessively pale, it is vitiligo. (Any quality carried to an unnatural extreme ceases to be an ornament and becomes a disease.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ സ്വരമുള്ളപ്പോൾ താളംവരാ, താളമുള്ളപ്പോൾ സ്വരംവരാ”
English Translation:
When melody flows, rhythm is lost; when rhythm is kept, melody fails. (Frustrating disharmony and lack of coordination; vital complementary talents failing to unite effectively.)

“ നാടെനിക്കു, നഗരമെനിക്കു, പകലെനിക്കുവെളിവില്ല”
English Translation:
The countryside is mine, the city is mine, yet by broad daylight I dare not show my face. (Empty, grandiose bragging by an outlaw who cannot even walk the streets without hiding from the law.)

“ ഇളമ്പക്കത്തോട്ടത്തിൽ നായ്ക്കയറിയതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a stray dog crashing into an oyster bed. (An awkward, clumsy interloper creating pointless wreckage where he has no business being.)