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“ കൊതുപോകുന്നതറിയും, ആനപോകുന്നതറികയില്ല”
English Translation:
Noticing a tiny mosquito passing by, yet failing to see an elephant walking through. (Straining at a gnat while swallowing a camel; obsessing over minor trivia while blind to massive realities.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കല്പനതന്നെപോരാ കനിവിൽനിനവുംവേണം”
English Translation:
A stern command alone is not enough; there must also be compassionate intent. (Authority exercised without empathy and human understanding turns into rigid cruelty.)

“ തുടങ്ങല്ലമുമ്പെ അതാവതോളം, തുടങ്ങിയാൽ പിന്നതു കൈവിടല്ല”
English Translation:
Hold back from starting as long as you can; but once begun, never let it go. (Deliberate carefully before committing, but once an enterprise is undertaken, see it through with unyielding perseverance.)

“ ഇലക്കറിയെന്തിനു മഞ്ഞ, ഏക്കറക്കെന്തിനു മണ്ണ്”
English Translation:
Why add turmeric to leafy greens, and why dump extra soil upon an acre of land? (Superfluous additions to things that are already complete in themselves; carrying coals to Newcastle.)