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“ ഗൊത്രമറിഞ്ഞു പെണ്ണും പാത്രമറിഞ്ഞു ഭിക്ഷയും”
English Translation:
Choose a bride by knowing her lineage, and give alms by knowing the worthiness of the recipient. (Exercise discernment; alliances require examining family character, just as charity requires ensuring it goes to the deserving.)

“ പൊന്നരുവാ, നെരടിയമ്മി, വെച്ചാലൊട്ടു കൊടുക്കയും വേണ്ടാ”
English Translation:
A golden sickle and an uneven grinding stone—neither kept with ease nor readily given away. (A white elephant; an awkward possession that is too impractical to use, yet too valuable or troublesome to part with.)

“ ആനയെ വിലയാക്കിവിറ്റാൽ കയറിനെന്തുപിശകുന്നു”
English Translation:
Once you have sold off the whole elephant, why haggle over the tether rope? (After surrendering a major fortune, it is petty to penny-pinch over negligible accessories.)