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“ കാരമുരട്ടു ചീരമുളയ്ക്കയില്ല – ചീര മുരട്ടു കാര മുളയ്ക്കയില്ല”
English Translation:
Tender spinach will not sprout from the root of a thorny carissa, nor will a thorn bush grow from spinach. (Character and virtue reflect their origins; nature breeds true to type.)

“ പൂതൽ = ചെതുക്ക്”
English Translation:
[Linguistic gloss from source text: Clarifies that “Poothal” means decaying, rotten, or brittle spongy wood (“chethukku”), glossing proverb #1873.]

“ നായ്ക്കോലം കെട്ടിയാൽപിന്നെ കരക്കെല്ലുള്ളു”
English Translation:
Once you put on the guise of a dog, you have no choice but to bark. (Once you voluntarily accept a role, station, or costume, you must play the part and bear its humiliations without complaint.)