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“ കുളത്തിൽ ഉണ്ടെങ്കിലെ മടയിൽപായൂ”
English Translation:
Water rushes through the sluice gate only if the reservoir is full. (Dependents and enterprises can draw resources only if the primary fountainhead has abundance.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ആനപ്പുറത്തു ഉണ്ണികടിച്ചതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a tiny tick biting the hide of an elephant. (An annoyance so trivial that it causes zero impact on someone truly formidable.)

“ കമന്നുവീണാൽ കാല്പണം കയ്യിൽ”
English Translation:
Even if he falls flat on his face, he rises with a quarter-penny in his palm. (An extraordinarily lucky or slick opportunist who turns even an accident into personal profit.)

“ ആയിരം വേനൽക്കു അരകോടൽ”
English Translation:
A brief monsoon shower makes up for a thousand scorched summers. (Even a small touch of timely grace revives what seemed parched and ruined by long hardship.)