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“ നിലാവുദിക്കൊളവും പന്നിനിൽക്കുമൊ”
English Translation:
Will a wild boar linger in the fields until the bright moon exposes it? (A cunning trespasser will not wait around to be caught in plain sight; wrongdoers strike swiftly and vanish.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ മനസ്സിൽ ചക്കര മധുരിക്കുകയില്ല”
English Translation:
Jaggery imagined in the mind does not taste sweet. (Daydreaming and wishful thinking cannot provide real nourishment; contemplation is no substitute for reality.)

“ മാവിൽ തിന്നാൽ പണിയാരത്തിൽ കുറയും”
English Translation:
If you eat from the raw batter, it will reduce the yield of fried cakes. (Dipping prematurely into your seed capital or core ingredients diminishes the final return.)

“ ഗുരുക്കൾക്കുള്ളത് ചക്കകൊണ്ടാൽ പലിശക്കുള്ളതു പുറത്ത്”
English Translation:
If you steal the jackfruit meant for the master, the interest will be extracted squarely from your back. (Defrauding a teacher or sacred authority brings severe physical retribution upon oneself.)