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“ തോട്ടം തോറും വാള (വാഴ), ദേശംതോറും ഭാഷ”
English Translation:
Plantain trees in every homestead garden, and a different dialect in every countryside province. (Language and customs shift from land to land, just as staple crops naturally fill every local backyard.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പേടി അകം പുക്കാൽ കാടകംസ്ഥലം പൊരാ”
English Translation:
Once fear enters the heart, even the depths of the wild forest offer insufficient room to hide. (When gripped by internal terror, no external sanctuary feels vast or safe enough.)

“ കാര്യം കാണാൻ കഴുതക്കാലും പിടിക്കണം”
English Translation:
To accomplish your purpose, you may have to hold even a donkey’s hooves. (Swallowing one’s pride and flattering even the lowliest fool when an essential goal is on the line.)

“ ഒറ്റാലിൽ കിടന്നതുംപോയി, കിഴക്കുനിന്നു വന്നതും പോയി”
English Translation:
What was inside the wicker trap was lost, and what was swimming in from the east escaped too. (Losing both the certainty in hand and the prospect ahead by being overly greedy.)