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“ ഇരച്ചുവിട്ട വാണംപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a skyrocket roaring through the air. (Moving at blistering, explosive speed, often burning out just as swiftly.)

“ അത്യാശെക്കനർത്ഥം”
English Translation:
Boundless greed brings profound loss. (Grasp all, lose all.)

“ വായ്ക്കരിക്കുവകയുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ നംപൂരിനാടുനീങ്ങുമൊ”
English Translation:
If there were enough grain for the funeral rites, would the Namboothiri ever pass away (or wander abroad begging)? (Extreme destitution forces even the proudest into desperate, humiliating measures; nobody surrenders station if basic needs are met.)