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“ ചെമ്പിൽ അമ്പഴങ്ങാപുഴുങ്ങിതിന്നിട്ടും ജീവിക്കണം”
English Translation:
One must survive even if it means subsisting on sour hog-plums boiled in a copper pot. (One must bear the harshest privations and bitterest austerity to endure through life.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പകൽ കക്കുന്ന കള്ളനെ രാത്രിയിൽ കണ്ടാൽ തൊഴണം”
English Translation:
If you meet the daylight thief in the dark of night, you must bow down to him. (When dealing with a brazen rogue under conditions that completely favor him, humble deference is a matter of survival.)

“ കൊണ്ടവൻ അഞ്ചും”
English Translation:
He who has received the charge must stay watchful. (Holding ownership, custody, or debt naturally brings vigilance and anxiety.)

“ 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.)