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“ പുല്ലിൽ തൂകിയനെയ് (തവിടു) പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like clarified butter (or rice bran) spilled onto wild grass. (Wasting precious, nourishing resources where they cannot be recovered or put to any useful purpose.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പെറ്റമ്മെക്കു ചോറുകൊടുത്തൊ മുത്താച്ചിക്കരിയളപ്പാ”
English Translation:
Did you ever feed a bowl of rice to your own mother, that you now go measuring out grain for your grandmother? (Neglecting the primary, immediate duty right before your eyes while making grandiose gestures for distant relations.)

“ ഒരിക്കൽ ചത്താലെ ചുടുകാടറിയൂ”
English Translation:
Only by dying once does one truly know the cremation ground. (Certain grim realities and ultimate truths can be understood only through direct personal experience.)

“ പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലിൽ പതിരുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ (പശുവിൻപാലും കൈക്കും) പഴഞ്ചോറ്റിൽ കൈവേകും”
English Translation:
If there is any husk of falsehood in an old proverb, your hand will be scalded by cold leftover rice (and cow’s milk will taste bitter). (Traditional folk wisdom is proven and infallible; questioning it is as absurd as expecting cold rice to burn your skin.)