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“ തന്നിൽ പെരിയതു ചങ്ങാതി”
English Translation:
Choose as a companion one who is greater and wiser than yourself. (Associating with people of superior character, knowledge, and stature elevates one’s own mind and conduct.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കുലയാന മുമ്പിൽ കുഴിയാനയെ പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like an antlion standing before a majestic tusker elephant. (A laughable, staggering mismatch between immense might and tiny insignificance.)

“ ഇല്ലത്തില്ലെങ്കിൽ കൊല്ലത്തും(കോലോത്തും) ഇല്ല”
English Translation:
If it cannot be found in your ancestral home, you will not find it in Kollam (or the royal palace). (True peace, security, and sustenance begin at home; what is absent within cannot be found wandering afar.)

“ വാക്കിൽ തോറ്റവനും മൂക്കിൽ കേറിയവനും പാഞ്ഞവനും ഇല്ലാ”
English Translation:
None admits defeat in an argument, just as none admits being blinded by rage or fleeing in fear. (Human obstinacy; a defeated disputant invents endless excuses rather than gracefully conceding that they were wrong.)