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“ നെല്ല പൊലുവിനു കൊടുത്തെടത്തുനിന്നു അരി വായ്പവാങ്ങല്ല”
English Translation:
Do not borrow husked rice from the very house where you once bestowed grain as a harvest bounty. (Never demean yourself by begging for loans from former dependents or households where you once acted as a generous benefactor.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കുംഭകർണ്ണൻറെ ഉറക്കംപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like the deep slumber of Kumbhakarna. (An oblivious, impenetrable sleep from which it is nearly impossible to be roused.)

“ 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.)

“ വിളമ്പുന്നോൻഅറിയാഞ്ഞാൽ ഉണ്ണുന്നോൻഅറിയണം”
English Translation:
If the one serving food lacks discretion, the one eating must know his own limit. (If a host or benefactor lacks judgment in giving, the recipient must have the self-control and dignity not to overindulge.)