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“ കൊല്ലാൻപിടിച്ചാലും വളർത്താൻപിടിച്ചാലും കരയും”
English Translation:
Squeals in terror whether caught for slaughter or gathered up to be cared for. (Blind, indiscriminate panic that fails to recognize the difference between loving care and lethal danger.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ നാലാമത്തെപെണ്ണു നടപൊളിക്കും”
English Translation:
A fourth daughter will disrupt family custom. (A traditional folk superstition cautioning against the disruptive impact of birth order upon household traditions.)

“ എലി നിരങ്ങിയാൽ പിട്ടം തഴകയില്ല”
English Translation:
A rat scurrying over the floor will not develop calluses on its rump. (Fidgety, trivial movements achieve nothing of enduring substance.)

“ ആയിരം അമ്പിട്ടക്കത്തികൂട്ടിയാൽ ഒരു മരംവെട്ടുമൊ”
English Translation:
Can you fell a massive tree by bundling together a thousand pocket knives? (A collection of petty, inadequate tools cannot accomplish a task that demands serious power.)