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“ പണമില്ലാത്തവൻ പിണം”
English Translation:
A person without money is like a lifeless corpse. (Without wealth or resources, a person is treated as socially dead and devoid of standing.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ തന്നിഷ്ട്ടത്തിനു മരുന്നില്ല”
English Translation:
There is no medicine for willful obstinacy. (Stubborn, self-willed arrogance is an incurable affliction that rejects all remedy and reason.)

“ ഇളിച്ചവായനു അപ്പംകിട്ടിയതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like an open-mouthed, grinning simpleton having a sweet rice cake drop straight into his mouth. (An unearned, undeserved stroke of sheer good fortune falling into the lap of a fool.)

“ ഏറെവലിച്ചാൽ കോടിയും കീറും”
English Translation:
Pull too hard, and even brand-new, unwashed fabric will tear. (Push anything past its breaking point, and even fresh strength will snap.)