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“ നോക്കിനടക്കുന്ന വള്ളി കാൽക്കുതടഞ്ഞു”
English Translation:
The very medicinal creeper one was searching for snagged against one’s own foot. (Serendipity; stumbling upon the very solution close at hand that was sought with great effort far away.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കൊള്ളികൊണ്ടു അടികൊണ്ടപൂച്ച മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങിയേയും പേടിക്കും”
English Translation:
A cat struck by a firebrand is terrified even of a firefly. (Once bitten, twice shy; severe trauma instills an irrational fear of harmless things that merely resemble danger.)

“ ഏട്ടിൽകണ്ടപശു പുല്ലുതിന്നുകയില്ല”
English Translation:
A cow drawn in a book will never graze on grass. (Paper solutions and theoretical models cannot satisfy practical, real-world needs.)

“ ഇരുമുറിപ്പത്തായത്തിൽ ഒരുമുറിവിത്തെന്റെത്”
English Translation:
In a two-compartment grain bin, the seed grain in one chamber is mine. (Asserting one’s distinct, indisputable share and ownership in a joint household.)