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“ പാങ്ങങ്ങും പടയിങ്ങും”
English Translation:
Allegiance lies over there, while the battle rages over here. (A dangerous rift in loyalties; harboring sympathy for one faction while physically standing in the other camp.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഇന്നുചെയ്യാവുന്നതു നാളെയാക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
What can be accomplished today should never be deferred until tomorrow. (Act promptly; procrastination only compounds burdens.)

“ കണ്ണുചിമ്മി ഇരുട്ടാക്കി”
English Translation:
Shutting one’s own eyes to claim the world has gone dark. (Willful denial of reality; pretending a problem does not exist by refusing to face it.)

“ ഉക്കണ്ടം എനിക്കും തേങ്ങാ മുല്ലപ്പള്ളിക്കും”
English Translation:
The fibrous dry husk for me, and the rich coconut flesh for Mullappally. (A grossly rigged partnership where the vulnerable laborer gets the trash and the master takes the prize.)