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“ ധനാശി പാടിപ്പൊയി”
English Translation:
The final raga Dhanashri has already been sung. (The show is over; the enterprise has reached its definite end; the curtain has fallen.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ മറയിൽവെച്ചു മദ്ദളം കൊട്ടുന്നതെന്തിനു”
English Translation:
Why beat a booming maddalam drum behind a thin screen? (Why make clumsy, futile attempts to hide an action that is inherently loud, obvious, and bound to be noticed by all?)

“ പുത്തൻപെണ്ണു(അവി) പുരപ്പുറം അടിക്കും; പിന്നെപെണ്ണു ഉണ്ടെടം(വെയിച്ചെടം) അടിക്കയില്ല”
English Translation:
The brand-new bride will sweep even the top of the thatched roof; but later on, she won’t even sweep the floor where she ate. (A new broom sweeps clean; extravagant initial zeal and display quickly deteriorate into chronic laziness and neglect.)

“ പലപുതുവല പൊളിച്ചശേഷം ഒരു പഴവലയിലകപ്പെടും”
English Translation:
After tearing through many brand-new nets, one eventually gets caught in an old, tattered net. (A cunning rogue who repeatedly escaped sophisticated traps finally trips up over a simple, unexpected obstacle.)