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“ തന്നാലെ താൻ കെട്ടാൽ അണ്ണാവി എന്തു ചെയ്യും”
English Translation:
If someone ruins himself through his own willful folly, what can the master do? (No teacher, mentor, or advisor can save a person who is stubbornly hell-bent on self-destruction.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ആശാനക്ഷരം ഒന്നുപിഴച്ചാൽ ശിഷ്യന്നക്ഷരം അമ്പത്തൊന്നും”
English Translation:
If the master errs by a single letter, the disciple blunders across all fifty-one. (A minor mistake by a leader multiplies into total confusion among their followers.)

“ ആയിരംകുടത്തിന്റെ വാകെട്ടാം, ഒരാളിന്റെ വാകെട്ടാൻ വഹിയാ”
English Translation:
You can seal the mouths of a thousand earthenware pots, but you cannot seal the mouth of a single person. (It is impossible to muzzle public gossip or prevent loose talk.)

“ ഉണ്ടചോറ്റിൽ കല്ലിടരുത്”
English Translation:
Do not cast stones into the rice you have eaten. (Never betray or harm the hand that sustained and fed you.)