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“ ജളനെ വളരെ ആശ്രയിക്ക, ജന്മിയെ കൈവിടാതെയും ഇരിക്ക”
English Translation:
Rely cautiously upon the simpleton, while taking care never to sever ties with the landed lord. (Prudent worldly management: handle unpredictable folk with care while keeping your lifeline to substantial authority intact.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഒരുവിദ്യപഠിക്കിലും വിഷവിദ്യപഠിക്കണം, വിഷവിദ്യപഠിക്കിലും വിഷമിച്ചു പഠിക്കണം”
English Translation:
If you learn an art, master the lore of counteracting poison; and if you learn that craft, master it through rigorous hardship. (Strive for skills that hold mastery over life and death, and acquire them through uncompromising discipline.)

“ പുല്ലിട്ടതീയും പുലയരെബാന്ധവും”
English Translation:
A fire fed with straw and alliances with the fickle. (Flaring up into a bright, roaring blaze in an instant, only to die down and vanish just as quickly; lacking substance and endurance.)

“ വേലക്കള്ളിക്കു പിള്ള സാക്ഷി”
English Translation:
For the lazy maidservant, the nursing infant is the ready excuse. (An indolent person always points to dependents or petty distractions to justify avoiding hard labor.)