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“ തനിക്കൊരു മുറമുണ്ടെങ്കിലെ തവിട്ടിന്റെ ഗുണമറിയൂ”
English Translation:
Only if you possess your own winnowing basket do you appreciate the value of rice bran. (Only when you hold the proper tools and practical responsibility do you understand the worth of modest resources.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഉറി പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a suspended kitchen pot-sling. (Hanging in precarious limbo, shifting helplessly with every slight breeze.)

“ നെല്ല പൊലുവിനു കൊടുത്തെടത്തുനിന്നു അരി വായ്പവാങ്ങല്ല”
English Translation:
Do not borrow husked rice from the very house where you once bestowed grain as a harvest bounty. (Never demean yourself by begging for loans from former dependents or households where you once acted as a generous benefactor.)

“ പാൽവിളമ്പിയെടത്തു പഞ്ചതാര; മോർവിളമ്പിയെടത്തുപ്പ്”
English Translation:
Sugar where sweet milk is poured, and salt where sour buttermilk is served. (Exercising proper discretion; providing the exact complementary accompaniment suited to each distinct occasion.)