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“ പന്നികിടക്കെ കേഴഎന്തിനു”
English Translation:
Why hunt for a barking deer when a wild boar lies right before you? (Do not waste effort chasing a minor, elusive prize when a substantial, ready asset is already in front of you.)

— Malayalam

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“ പെരുത്തലമട്ടൽ ചവിട്ടും പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like stepping on a dry, slippery coconut-frond stalk. (Slipping unexpectedly and taking a sudden, humiliating fall on a concealed hazard.)

“ കോഴിക്കുഞ്ഞും കുറക്കുഞ്ഞും കാക്കക്കുഞ്ഞും കണിയാൻ കുഞ്ഞും ഒരുപോലെ”
English Translation:
The chick, the wild fledgling, the crow chick, and the astrologer’s child are all the same. (Inborn traits, innate craft instincts, and generational habits show themselves from earliest infancy.)

“ ജളനെ വളരെ ആശ്രയിക്ക, ജന്മിയെ കൈവിടാതെയും ഇരിക്ക”
English Translation:
Rely cautiously upon the simpleton, while taking care never to sever ties with the landed lord. (Prudent worldly management: handle unpredictable folk with care while keeping your lifeline to substantial authority intact.)