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“ നേരുപറഞ്ഞാൽ നേരത്തെപോകാം”
English Translation:
If you speak the truth, you can depart early. (Telling the truth cuts through complications and resolves matters swiftly, whereas deceit only drags out trouble.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പടെക്കു പോകുമ്പോൾ കുട പിടിപ്പിക്ക”
English Translation:
Having an umbrella held over you while marching into battle. (Comical, effeminate vanity in the face of lethal danger; inappropriate softness in a brutal arena.)

“ ചിങ്ങംഞാറ്റിൽ ചിനിങ്ങി, ചിനിങ്ങി”
English Translation:
Sputtering and drizzling fitfully under the Chingam sun. (Hesitant, sluggish progress that drags on with frustrating, intermittent delays.)

“ തൻറെ മീടംകാഞ്ഞിട്ടു ആരാൻറെ കണ്ണാടി പൊളിക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Do not smash someone else’s mirror because your own face looks dried up and withered. (Do not attack the messenger or destroy the truth simply because reality exposes your own shortcomings.)