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“ കടുകീറി കണക്കു; ആനകെട്ടി ഓശാരം”
English Translation:
Splitting a mustard seed for strict accounting, while gifting an elephant as a casual favor. (Absurdly stingy over trivial pennies while recklessly squandering colossal fortunes.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ തന്നൂർ പേയും അയലൂർ വെള്ളവും പേടി”
English Translation:
Dread the ghost from your own village, and fear the floodwaters from the neighboring land. (Local adversaries know your intimate vulnerabilities, while outside crises strike without warning; be wary of both domestic spite and foreign peril.)

“ ഏക്കം കൊടുത്തിട്ടു ഉമ്മട്ടംവാങ്ങുക”
English Translation:
Paying a heavy earnest sum only to receive poisonous datura in return. (Paying a premium price for something that turns out to be toxic and ruinous.)

“ ചൊറിക്കറിവില്ല”
English Translation:
An itch knows no reason or restraint. (Intense primal urges, bodily discomforts, and blind compulsions overpower rational inhibition.)