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“ തോണിയുരുളും തുഴയറിയാഞ്ഞാൽ”
English Translation:
The canoe will surely capsize if you do not master the oars. (Lack of fundamental skill and navigational competence leads straight to disaster in any enterprise.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ആലസ്യമെന്നുമേ ആപത്തുകാരണം”
English Translation:
Sloth is ever the fountainhead of calamity. (Idleness and chronic procrastination inevitably invite ruin.)

“ എന്നാലന്നു കാക്ക മലന്നുപറക്കും”
English Translation:
On that day, crows will fly upside down. (When pigs fly; an event that will never come to pass.)

“ ഏറിപ്പോയാൽ കോരിക്കൂടാ (താഴെപോകും)”
English Translation:
Once it overflows excessively, you cannot scoop it back up. (Unchecked excess leads to irrecoverable loss; what spills past all boundaries is gone for good.)