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“ തൻറെ ഒരുമുറം വെച്ചിട്ടു ആരാന്റെ അരമുറം പറയരുതു”
English Translation:
Do not hide your own full winnowing basket while gossiping about another’s half basket. (People in glass houses should not throw stones; do not broadcast the minor shortcomings of others while concealing your own massive faults.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ വെള്ളം വറ്റിയെടത്തു മീൻ കളിക്കുമ്പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like fish frolicking where the water has already evaporated. (A fleeting, oblivious display of merriment on the brink of imminent doom and suffocation.)

“ ഒട്ടുംപറയാഞ്ഞാൽ പൊട്ടനായ്പോകും”
English Translation:
If you never speak up, you will be dismissed as a mute fool. (Total silence and lack of assertion invite others to overlook your presence and tread on your rights.)

“ തൂറാത്തവൻ തൂറിയാൽ തീട്ടംകൊണ്ടാറാട്ടം”
English Translation:
When one who never excreted finally does, the whole town is submerged in filth. (When someone unaccustomed to action, authority, or spending finally breaks out, they indulge to an uncontrollable, vulgar excess.)