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“ തീണ്ടിയൊർക്കു മോർപ്പാള കളയരുതൊ”
English Translation:
For those who have already incurred defilement, can they not even discard the soiled areca-leaf cup? (Once an unavoidable compromise or loss has occurred, there is no sense in fretting over shedding associated petty remnants.)

“ പലപുതുവല പൊളിച്ചശേഷം ഒരു പഴവലയിലകപ്പെടും”
English Translation:
After tearing through many brand-new nets, one eventually gets caught in an old, tattered net. (A cunning rogue who repeatedly escaped sophisticated traps finally trips up over a simple, unexpected obstacle.)

“ അണകടന്ന വെള്ളം നോക്കി അലച്ചാലും തിരിയാതു”
English Translation:
Wailing over water that has breached the dam will not make it flow backward. (No use crying over spilt milk; what is done cannot be undone.)