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“ നനച്ചെറങ്ങിയാൽ കുളിച്ചു കയറും”
English Translation:
Once you step into the water and get wet, you might as well take a full bath before stepping out. (In for a penny, in for a pound; once committed to a venture, see it through completely rather than retreating halfway.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ആളുക്ക് സഹായം, മരത്തിന് വേർ”
English Translation:
Humans require mutual support, just as trees require deep roots. (Interdependence is the foundational anchor of human life.)

“ 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.)

“ ആശാനക്ഷരം ഒന്നുപിഴച്ചാൽ ശിഷ്യന്നക്ഷരം അമ്പത്തൊന്നും”
English Translation:
If the master errs by a single letter, the disciple blunders across all fifty-one. (A minor mistake by a leader multiplies into total confusion among their followers.)