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“ നായ്ക്കു മീശവളർന്നാലുണ്ടൊ അമ്പട്ടനുകാര്യം”
English Translation:
If a dog sprouts whiskers, does it bring any trade to the barber? (Irrelevant occurrences and changes in base quarters create no practical benefit or concern for respectable society.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ നുള്ളിഎടുക്കുന്നെടത്തു കുഴി, നുള്ളിവെക്കുന്നെടത്തു കുന്നു”
English Translation:
Where you pinch away a pit forms, and where you heap pinches a mound rises. (Continual small drains lead to bankruptcy, while steady, modest savings accumulate into a mountain of wealth.)

“ കൊമ്പൻപോയതു മോഴെക്കുംവഴി”
English Translation:
The trail blazed through the jungle by the tusker becomes a path for the hornless bullock too. (Formidable pioneers forge difficult trails, making safe passage effortless for ordinary followers.)

“ കണ്ണി ഒന്നുപൊട്ടിയാൽ ചങ്ങലയും പൊട്ടി”
English Translation:
If a single link snaps, the whole chain is broken. (A system is only as strong as its weakest link; one single failure compromises the entire structure.)