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“ നരിവാലുകൊണ്ടൊ കടലാഴം പാർപ്പു”
English Translation:
Can you measure the depth of the ocean with a tiger’s tail? (Attempting a vast, monumental investigation with dangerously inadequate and absurdly mismatched instruments.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കാക്കയിൽ പൂവൻഇല്ല”
English Translation:
There is no prize rooster among crows. (In a crowd of mediocre or base individuals, none possesses true distinction.)

“ കാപ്പണത്തിന്റെ പൂച്ച ഒരു പണത്തിന്റെ നെയികുടിച്ചു”
English Translation:
A quarter-penny cat lapped up a full penny’s worth of clarified butter. (The upkeep and damage caused by a cheap asset far outstrip its worth.)

“ 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?)