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“ പണമുള്ളവനെ മണം ഉള്ളു”
English Translation:
Only the person with money possesses a sweet fragrance. (Wealth confers charm, prestige, and desirability; the rich always attract admiration.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഒന്നുകൊണ്ടറിയാം ഒമ്പതിന്റെ ബലാബലം”
English Translation:
From a single sample, you can judge the strength and weakness of the other nine. (A single specimen reveals the quality and character of the whole lot.)

“ എല്ലാമാരയാനും തണ്ടിന്മേൽ, ചങ്കരമാരയാൻ തൊണ്ടിന്മേൽ”
English Translation:
Every drummer rides upon palanquin poles, while Shankara the drummer perches on a dried coconut husk. (The unfair irony where all peers enjoy honors while the luckless individual gets scraps.)

“ ആയിരം ആർത്തി, ഒരു മൂർത്തി”
English Translation:
A thousand desperate cries of distress, yet only one divine refuge to heed them. (Countless human miseries turn to a single supreme wellspring of salvation.)