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“ പാമ്പും ചേമ്പും ചെറുതു മതി”
English Translation:
A little of a serpent and a little of wild taro are quite enough. (Potent and dangerous things need only small doses to show their power; even a tiny snake carries venom, and even a scrap of wild taro causes torment.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കിട്ടിയതു കാര്യം, കിടെച്ചതു കല്ല്യാണം”
English Translation:
What is secured is the real gain; what is obtained is a true celebration. (A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; value what you have firmly obtained.)

“ വെടിമരുന്നും തീയും ഒന്നിച്ചുവെച്ചിരുന്നാലൊ”
English Translation:
What happens if gunpowder and fire are stored together? (Bringing two volatile, explosive elements into close proximity invites inevitable, instantaneous catastrophe.)

“ കുപ്പയിൽകിടന്നു കൂർച്ചമാടം (മാളിക) കിനാവുകണ്ടപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like lying on a refuse pile and dreaming of a palatial tower. (Building castles in the air while living in total destitution.)