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“ കപ്പാളത്തീയനു മുപ്പാളത്തണ്ണീർ”
English Translation:
For a destitute palm-tapper, three spathes of water. (The humble laborer receives only the meager share suited to his station.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ വിനാശകാലെ വിപരീതബുദ്ധി, ആരാന്റെ കത്തി എന്നെയൊന്നുകൊത്തി”
English Translation:
In times of doom, perverted judgment reigns: “Someone else’s knife has slashed me!” (When ruin approaches, reason fails; individuals commit self-destructive blunders and absurdly blame external phantoms.)

“ ഞണ്ടു, മണ്ഡലി, കായൽ, വാഴ, കുടപ്പന, പെറ്റാൽ ശേഷിക്കയില്ല”
English Translation:
The crab, the viper, the reed, the plantain tree, and the talipot palm: none survives the act of bearing fruit or offspring. (Certain creations and enterprises exhaust and destroy their source in the very process of coming to fruition.)

“ വിശപ്പുള്ള കഴുത ഏതു പുല്ലും തിന്നും”
English Translation:
A starving donkey will graze on any grass. (Beggars cannot be choosers; desperate hunger or acute necessity compels one to accept the lowliest sustenance without complaint.)