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“ പുലി ഏകാദശി നോക്കിയാലും പാരണക്കു പശുതന്നെ”
English Translation:
Even if a tiger observes the holy Ekadashi fast, it breaks the fast by slaughtering a cow. (Hypocritical pretenses of piety; a predator’s core nature remains lethal regardless of outward vows.)

“ ഉദകക്രിയ ചെയ്ത കൈകൊണ്ടു ശേഷക്രിയയും ചെയ്യണമൊ”
English Translation:
Must the hand that performed the water libations also carry out the remaining funeral rites? (Having once made the painful, definitive break, why continue to drag out exhausting obligations?)

“ എല്ലാരും പല്ലക്കേറിയാൽ ചുമപ്പാനാളവേണ്ടെ”
English Translation:
If everyone rides in the palanquin, who will be left to carry the poles? (If everyone insists on being a chief, no one is left to do the work.)