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“ പകൽ വിളക്കെന്നപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like lighting a lamp at high noon. (Utterly superfluous and redundant; providing minor aid where boundless abundance already exists.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ അരപ്പണി ആശാനേയും കാണിക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Never show unfinished work even to the master craftsman. (Half-done work invites premature criticism before the full design can be appreciated.)

“ പാലിനു പഞ്ചാര”
English Translation:
Adding sugar to sweet milk. (Gilding the lily; enhancing something that is already delightful and excellent.)

“ ചെട്ടികെട്ടാൽ പട്ടുടുക്കും”
English Translation:
When the merchant goes bankrupt, he dresses in fine silk. (A falling, desperate person putting on an exaggerated outward display of luxury to mask impending financial ruin.)