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“ പണികൂടാതെ പണമില്ല”
English Translation:
Without labor, there is no wealth. (No sweat, no sweet; honest earnings cannot be made without dedicated toil.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കുന്നിക്കുരു കപ്പയിൽ ഇട്ടാലും മിന്നും”
English Translation:
Even if a scarlet rosary seed is dropped into a heap of rubbish, it will still gleam. (True beauty, virtue, and nobility shine through regardless of degraded surroundings.)

“ പിള്ളചിത്തം പീനകീറും; നായിചിത്തം തുണികീറും”
English Translation:
A child’s whim tears the wrapper; a dog’s whim shreds the cloth. (Immature or unreflective natures inflict senseless damage out of sheer caprice, unaware of the value destroyed.)

“ രാജാവിനോടും, വെള്ളത്തോടും, തീയോടും, ആനയോടും കളിക്കരുത്”
English Translation:
Trifle not with a king, with rushing water, with fire, or with an elephant. (Never play with overwhelmingly powerful, volatile, and lethal forces that can destroy you in an instant.)