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“ തൂണുംചാരിയിരിക്കുന്നവനു പയിറ്റാമെന്നൊരു മോഹം തോന്നും”
English Translation:
He who merely leans against the arena pillar fancies that he too can leap into martial combat. (Armchair critics; idle spectators watching safely from the sidelines imagine difficult disciplines are easy.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ എല്ലാമറിഞ്ഞവനുമില്ല, ഒന്നും അറിയാത്തവനുമില്ല”
English Translation:
No one knows everything, and no one knows nothing. (Nobody possesses complete omniscience, yet everyone possesses some share of insight.)

“ ഇല്ലത്തുണ്ടോ മത്തിത്തല”
English Translation:
Will you ever find a sardine’s head in an orthodox Brahmin homestead? (Hunting for something fundamentally incompatible, forbidden, or impossible in a given setting.)

“ പാലം കടക്കുവോളം നാരായണ, നാരായണ, പാലം കടന്നാൽ പിന്നെ കൂരായണ”
English Translation:
Until the bridge is crossed, chanting “Narayana, Narayana”; once across, chanting “Koorayana!” (Lavishing sweet devotion and prayers while in desperate need, followed by mocking contempt and ingratitude the moment the crisis is passed.)