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“ നാലാംകുരുന്തല നഷ്ടം”
English Translation:
The fourth terminal sprout brings only loss. (Folk agricultural wisdom warning that over-harvesting or pushing growth into a fourth cycle leads to diminishing returns and ruin.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പശുകുത്താൻവരുമ്പോൾ പഞ്ചാക്ഷരം ഒതിയാൽ പോര”
English Translation:
When a cow charges to gore you, chanting the sacred mantra will not suffice. (Imminent physical danger calls for swift defensive action, not spiritual incantations.)

“ കൂട്ടത്തിൽ പാടാനും വെള്ളത്തിൽ പൂട്ടാനും ആർക്കാ കഴിയാത്തതു”
English Translation:
Who cannot sing along when in a choir, or plow when the field is already flooded? (Anyone can manage when conditions are effortless and everyone else is carrying the momentum.)

“ വന്നറിയാഞ്ഞാൽ ചെന്നറിയണം”
English Translation:
What you failed to learn when it came to your door, you must go out and learn the hard way. (When gentle warnings and secondhand advice are ignored, direct, painful experience becomes the only instructor.)