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“ പിടിച്ചതുമറന്നിട്ടു മറന്നതുപിടിക്കുംമുമ്പെ വശമാക്കേണ്ടതെല്ലാം വശമാക്കെണം”
English Translation:
Before dropping what you hold to grasp what was forgotten, make sure you have fully secured all that must be mastered. (Consolidate your current ground thoroughly before impulsively jumping into new or neglected ventures.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ മന്തുകാലൻറെ കാത്തളപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like an ornamental anklet worn upon a leg swollen with elephantiasis. (A clumsy, grotesque adornment that only draws attention to a deformity rather than beautifying it.)

“ പണത്തിനുമീതെ പരുന്തും പറക്കയില്ല”
English Translation:
Even an eagle will not fly above money. (Money reigns supreme over all worldly affairs; no power or height is beyond the sway of wealth.)

“ കുഴിച്ചിട്ടതിനുറപ്പുണ്ടെങ്കിലെ കൊണ്ടച്ചാരിയതു നിൽക്കൂ”
English Translation:
Only if the post planted in the ground is firm will what is leaned against it stand. (Any support, alliance, or superstructure is only as dependable as the foundation on which it rests.)