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“ കാണം വിറ്റും ഓണം ഉണ്ണണം”
English Translation:
Feast on Onam even if you must mortgage your ancestral land. (Celebrate core traditions and fulfill essential duties at all costs, regardless of the financial strain.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കണ്ടതെല്ലാം പറഞ്ഞാൽ കണ്ണിനു ദോഷം”
English Translation:
If you blabber about everything your eyes witness, harm will fall upon your eyes. (A warning that unrestrained gossiping and lack of discretion invite dangerous retaliation.)

“ പാമ്പും ചേമ്പും ചെറുതു മതി”
English Translation:
A little of a serpent and a little of wild taro are quite enough. (Potent and dangerous things need only small doses to show their power; even a tiny snake carries venom, and even a scrap of wild taro causes torment.)

“ കെട്ടിയ മരത്തിനു കുത്തരുതു”
English Translation:
Do not butt your horns against the very tree to which you are tethered. (Never attack or undermine the protector, patron, or institution upon which your security depends.)