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“ പാൽപ്പായസംകുടിച്ചവനു പനങ്കാടിഎന്തിനാ”
English Translation:
Why would one who has savored rich milk pudding ever crave sour palm-ferment? (Those accustomed to supreme quality and refined delights have no appetite for coarse, inferior substitutes.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഇരുന്നു മരം മുറിച്ചാൽ താൻ അടിയിലും മരം മുകളിലും”
English Translation:
If you sit beneath a tree while chopping it down, you end up underneath and the timber on top. (Careless laziness and poor planning ensure that your own work crushes you.)

“ ഏറും മുഖവും ഒന്നൊത്തുവന്നു”
English Translation:
The charge of the bull and the face met in direct alignment. (An unavoidable, head-on collision of forces; or a moment where momentum and timing meet squarely.)

“ കുരുടന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ കണ്ണീരൊഴുക്കിയാൽ ഫലമെന്ത്”
English Translation:
What is the point of weeping before a blind man? (Pleading for empathy or compassion from someone who is incapable of perceiving your grief.)