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“ നെയ്യപ്പംതിന്നാൽ രണ്ടുണ്ടുകാര്യം, മീടുംമിനുങ്ങും വയറും നിറയും”
English Translation:
Eating a ghee-fried cake accomplishes two things: the lips glisten and the stomach is filled. (Killing two birds with one stone; gaining both outward prestige and solid, practical nourishment.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ താഴത്തുവീട്ടിൽ വന്ന വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച മേലേവീട്ടിലും”
English Translation:
The Friday that visited the lower house will inevitably arrive at the upper house too. (Misfortune spares no one; the adversity or day of reckoning that strikes a neighbor will eventually visit you.)

“ ഒരുമയ്ക്കു ഒൻപതു വർക്കത്ത്”
English Translation:
In solidarity there is ninefold blessing and abundance. (Unity brings compounded prosperity and strength.)

“ ഊരുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ ഉപ്പുവിറ്റും കഴിക്കാം”
English Translation:
As long as there is an inhabited village, one can survive even by selling salt. (Where human society exists, honest labor and humble enterprise will always secure a living.)