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“ പയ്യെതിന്നാൽ പനയും തിന്നാം”
English Translation:
If eaten slowly and steadily, one can consume even an entire palmyra palm tree. (Patience and continuous, incremental effort can accomplish seemingly impossible, monumental tasks.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ രാജാവിന്റെ നായായിട്ടല്ലെ എറിഞ്ഞുകൂടാത്തത്”
English Translation:
Is it not because it is the king’s hound that one cannot stone it? (Subordinates and rogues are tolerated and shielded solely because of the formidable power backing them.)

“ നൊന്തകണ്ണീലെ കുന്തം ചാടു”
English Translation:
The spear always strikes the hurting eye. (Misfortune always lands where one is already vulnerable; adding injury to an existing wound.)

“ പകൽ കക്കുന്ന കള്ളനെ രാത്രിയിൽ കണ്ടാൽ തൊഴണം”
English Translation:
If you meet the daylight thief in the dark of night, you must bow down to him. (When dealing with a brazen rogue under conditions that completely favor him, humble deference is a matter of survival.)